Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office

Oral Answers to Questions

Hywel Williams Excerpts
Wednesday 12th September 2018

(5 years, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Oliver Dowden Portrait Oliver Dowden
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The hon. Gentleman makes an important point, and I would be happy to discuss the example that he has raised. Local authorities have frequently bid for these GovTech funds. As I said, Monmouthshire County Council has been successful, as have local authorities in Northern Ireland, and I encourage others to make a bid when the next round opens shortly.

Hywel Williams Portrait Hywel Williams (Arfon) (PC)
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What progress is being made to ensure that my constituents can claim universal credit online through the medium of Welsh?

Oliver Dowden Portrait Oliver Dowden
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The Government Digital Service is committed to ensuring full accessibility to all public services, including in our home nation languages, and it will certainly look into that point.