As part of the Vetting Reform programme, the Cabinet Office planned to replace UKSV’s legacy IT system, the National Security Vetting System, through the Future Vetting System programme, by February 2020 at a cost of £19 million. Failures in project management meant that the programme ran £9 million over budget and resulted in a 47 C&AG’s Report, para 3.5 48 C&AG’s Report, paras 1.2, 2.10 and Footnote 8 49 C&AG’s Report, para 3.15 50 C&AG’s Report, para 3.3 and paras 3.7 to 3.12 51 Q 62 52 C&...

As part of the Vetting Reform programme, the Cabinet Office planned to replace UKSV’s legacy IT system, the National Security Vetting System, through the Future Vetting System programme, by February 2020 at a cost of £19 million. Failures in project management meant that the programme ran £9 million over budget and resulted in a 47 C&AG’s Report, para 3.5 48 C&AG’s Report, paras 1.2, 2.10 and Footnote 8 49 C&AG’s Report, para 3.15 50 C&AG’s Report, para 3.3 and paras 3.7 to 3.12 51 Q 62 52 C&AG’s Report, para 3.11 and Figure 15 53 Qq 74, 80; C&AG’s Report, paras 3.11 and 3.12 54 Q 78 55 Q 63 56 Q 82 The performance of UK Security Vetting 17 £ Type: conclusion | Number: 22 | Response status: not_addressed Government response: 6.1 The government agrees with the Committee’s recommendation Target implementation date: Winter 2023 6.2 In light of the Committee’s recommendations, the Cabinet Office has contracted external support for a 10-week enhanced discovery to review and advise on how