BENEFITS I.T.SYSTEM BILL UP BY £26M
Daily Record|June 03, 2023
Ministers slammed as tech costs soar again
PAUL HUTCHEON
BENEFITS I.T.SYSTEM BILL UP BY £26M

I.T. COSTS for Scotland's devolved benefits agency are projected to soar by another £26million.

The latest "technology" forecast is nearly £280million - a huge rise on earlier estimates.

Labour MSP Paul O'Kane said: "These spiralling costs are draining money that should be going into people's pockets.

"The chaos surrounding the cost and delivery of this IT programme typifies the Scottish Government's botched handling of social security.

This story is from the June 03, 2023 edition of Daily Record.

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