Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent progress has been made on the use of digital technologies to improve public services.

We are committed to improving public services through better use of technology. We are making it easier to assure your identity online through GOV.UK Verify, which went live in May 2016 and has so far verified more than 900,000 users.

We are piloting two programmes with Local Authorities on using GOV.UK Verify to make it easier for users to apply for parking permits and concessionary travel discounts.

Additionally, the cross-Government payment platform, GOV.UK Pay, took its first payments in October 2016.