This investment follows the ministry’s launch of a procurement process for a cross-government data platform, designed to enhance transparency

HM Treasury has spent more than £63.6m on cloud services over the past three years, showing a decisive shift toward fully cloud-based IT infrastructure.

The department has eliminated on-premise systems entirely, reflecting a broader digital transformation agenda across public spending and tax policy.

According to the State of Digital Government Review , around 60 per cent of public sector IT systems now operate in the cloud.

The Treasury’s move to a fully cloud-based model exemplifies how some departments are taking this shift to its furthest extent.

Recent data, revealed through an FOI, showed the Treasury’s cloud expenditure remained broad

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