National Digital Twin Programme: Finance

(asked on 25th May 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if his Department will adopt the Institution of Civil Engineers' recent recommendation that increased funding should be made available for the National Digital Twin Programme.


Answered by
Anne-Marie Trevelyan Portrait
Anne-Marie Trevelyan
Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
This question was answered on 7th June 2021

The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) are widely recognised for providing leadership to the increased digitalisation of the construction sector and the wider built environment. Innovative digital and information management techniques have already proven to deliver improved sector performance and operational efficiency from our national infrastructure. In future, these will significantly contribute to delivering our Net Zero Carbon commitments.

This is why, in collaboration with industry and academia, the Department is supporting programmes to develop new digital techniques, standards and guidance including funding the National Digital Twin Programme (NDTP). Therefore, we welcome ICE’s support for the NDTP, and we will continue to work with them and other stakeholders to take this forward.

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