Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 34611

Microsoft: Prices

Tabled: 28 February 2025
Answered: 5 March 2025
Named Day

Question

Dame Chi Onwurah

LabourNewcastle upon Tyne Central and West

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of Microsoft's increase in prices for Office 365.

Answer

Gareth Thomas
The Department for Business and Trade has not conducted a formal assessment on Microsoft's price increase for Office 365.Microsoft cites the addition of advanced Artificial Intelligence (AI) capabilities as the main reason for higher prices. Digital techn...

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