A question on #ElectronicGovernment tabled by Lord Agnew of Oulton on 18-03-2025 has been answered by Baroness Jones of Whitchurch.

Heading: Electronic Government
Question ID: 1786106
UIN: HL5869
House: Lords
Date tabled: 2025-03-18
Asking Member ID: 4689
Asking Member display name: Lord Agnew of Oulton
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Asking Member Twitter reference: Lord Agnew of Oulton
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Question text: To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the publication of the State of Digital Government Review on 21 January (CP 1251), what methodology they used to calculate the estimate that full potential digitisation could deliver over £45 billion in annual s
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Date answered: 2025-04-01
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Answering Member ID: 3792
Answering Member display name: Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
Answering Member handle: WhitchurchGirl
Answering Member Twitter reference: @WhitchurchGirl
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Answer text: The Government’s £45 billion estimate is based on a detailed, bottom‐up analysis employing three levers: automating routine tasks (£36 billion), migrating services online (£4 billion) and reducing fraud via digital compliance (£6 billion). This work scale...
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Answering body ID: 216
Answering body name: Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
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