Transforming for a Digital Future: Progress Update
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The Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office (Alex Burghart)
In June 2022, the Government published “Transforming for a digital future: 2022 to 2025 roadmap for digital and data”. This set an ambitious plan that by 2025, we will deliver a transformed, more efficient digital Government that provides better services for the people of the United Kingdom.
In September 2023, I published an update to the road map to ensure we are keeping pace with emerging trends, challenges and opportunities.
At the request of the Public Accounts Committee, I am now updating Parliament on progress made against the road map including progress made by individual departments. Key recent achievements include:
16 of the top 75 services have so far reached great, well on the way to our target of 50
29 Government services are now live with gov.uk One Login and over 3.3 million people have so far proven their identity through the new system
The Government digital and data profession has grown from 4% to 5.4% of total civil service headcount, close to our target of 6%, bringing in the key skills we need
The generative AI framework for Government has been published, to provide detailed guidance, resources and tools for the safe and secure usage of generative AI
There is much work still to be done, but I remain confident that under this Government’s plan we are on course to meet the commitments set out in the road map by 2025.
We will be depositing a full copy of “Transforming for a Digital Future: Government’s 2022 to 25 roadmap for digital and data, February 2024 progress update” in the Libraries of both Houses.
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