Defra had made progress in tackling its most urgent legacy systems. The NAO found that it had addressed the most pressing issues, prioritising work on applications that need to be stabilised in the short-term. Defra had taken a formal approach to prioritising its work and focussed on riskiest systems first. It established a digital prioritisation board, 7 C&AG’s Report, paras 17, 2.15 8 Qq 28, 72 9 Qq 28–29 10 Q 35 11 Qq 77, 83 12 Q 31; C&AG’s Report, para 1.8 13 Qq 74–75 Tackling Defra’s ageing digital services 11 made of up Defra’s senior leaders and representatives from its main arm’s-length bodies. This board identified 109 projects that it will fund with the £366 million it received in the 2021 Spending Review to address all areas of digital legacy.14