UK Treasury not sure about ditching Oracle to join £1.7 billion shared services program it is funding

The UK's Treasury is yet to fully commit to joining a multi-billion pound ERP and HR shared services program it has agreed to fund, potentially slashing any resulting savings, according to a report from the National Audit Office.

• Despite these improvements in governance arrangements and oversight since we last reported on shared services, significant gaps remain. HM Treasury provided significant funding for shared services during Spending Review 2025, addressing some of the concerns.
• Cluster implementation plans depend on the functions' readiness within individual departments for onboarding and there is significant variance across the functions.
• Buy-in from departments that are current cloud users is not clear, creating some uncertainty for the overall strategy.
• Clusters have implemented different module functionality in their ERPs, which will affect how the data across the five clusters can be brought together.
• Finally, it says, there are numerous interdependencies that affect the delivery of shared services ...