Current status: Answered by Claire Baker (on behalf of the SPCB) on 31 July 2025
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body how much it spent on Microsoft 365 licences in the most recent year for which figures are available.
Microsoft 365 licences are required for the 1654 users of the Parliament IT systems to access their emails, SharePoint, MS Teams, and MS Office applications as well as providing advanced security features. The annual cost for these licences is £549K and covers the period 1 July 2025 – 30 June 2026.