Similarly, the Department pointed out that where some programmes were rated red, there were elements of good progress on sub-programmes within them. While the IPA rated the Department’s MODNet Evolve programme red, the Department told us that 16 of its sub-programmes were either delivered or on track, with three remaining elements due to conclude over the next 18 months.51 It hopes to move the programme’s rating to amber in 2023.52 It also told us that the red-rated New Style of IT Base programme was responsible for the rollout of new IT during the Covid-19 pandemic, having now delivered 180,000 laptops across Defence, as well as collaboration tools for remote working and video conferencing.53 However, these are relatively basic IT items, and the technology the Department is ordering is becoming increasingly sophisticated.54