Decommission and Legacy Risk Migration (DLRM)

Information and Communications Technology (ICT)

Record date: 31 March 2026

Whole-life cost: £273.3m
Published schedule: 01/07/2021 – 30/09/2028
NISTA delivery confidence: Not disclosed
Senior responsible owner: John Laverick

What the project is for

The Decommissioning and Legacy Risk Mitigation (DLRM) Programme has been established to mitigate the risks presented by HMCTS legacy technology. The DLRM Programme will retire aged and unused applications and update and migrate existing applications to supported hosting environments

Departmental delivery commentary

Compared to financial year 24/25 Q4, the NISTA Delivery Confidence Assessment (DCA) rating at 25/26 Q4 remained at Amber. This is driven primarily due to continued delivery risk driven by complex design challenges.

Schedule

Compared to financial year 24/25-Q4, the programme's end-date at 25/26-Q4 changed from 31/03/28 to 30/09/28. This is primarily due to the programme allowing additional time to ensure a full closure process is completed.

Cost

Compared to financial year 24/25-Q4, the project's Whole Life Cost at 25/26-Q4 reduced to £273.28m. The Whole Life Cost remains aligned to the current baseline business case. All costs have been reported in 2024/25 base prices in line with NISTA requirements. This is a change from previous years where costs were reported in nominal prices. All costs reflect this accounting reduction regardless of any actual changes.

Benefits

The project's departmentally agreed Benefits at 25/26-Q4 (measured in £m) is 0. This project currently reports no monetised benefits. The project's benefits focus on reducing the risk of legacy technology through decommission, transition and replacement.