Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, who is responsible for digitisation in her Department; and what mechanisms the person with responsibility for digitisation uses to champion digitisation.

Holly Ellis, Director of Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT), alongside Departmental Directors and DGs, is responsible for ‘digitisation’

Digitisation, and maturing our current digital services and approach, is championed through a variety of means, including:

- Demonstrating benefits to colleagues across the Department, so they understand the productivity gains, increased customer satisfaction and reach.

- Delivery of training and communication to build capability, helping employees understand possibilities and how to engage on DDaT projects.

- DDaT and other function joint boards for cross-departmental buy-in and delivery of digitisation projects.

- The DIT DDaT strategy has been approved by the Executive Committee.