Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how her Department plans to ensure that public sector digital initiatives support communities in Buckingham and Bletchley constituency.

Our roadmap for modern digital government sets out how every corner of the state is using technology to make government work for the citizens it serves. It’s an action plan for the whole of the public sector, bringing together some of the most important products, platforms and transformation initiatives planned between now and 2030. Our commitments in the roadmap include strengthening collaboration between local authorities and central government, piloting local government services in the GOV.UK App and developing a strategic vision for local government technology.

To deliver this work, we launched GDS Local in November 2025 - a new unit within the Government Digital Service that brings central and local government together to improve how digital public services are designed and delivered. GDS Local works with local authorities across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to support and accelerate digital transformation around key priorities which are set out in the Roadmap to a Modern Digital Government.

This new unit has already engaged with over 300 local government digital practitioners and will continue to support councils across the country to ensure public sector digital initiatives support local authorities and the citizens that they serve.