Question follow-through · 19421
Department for Work and Pensions: Technology
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to use technology to improve its productivity.
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A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 11 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 16 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 18 Dec 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
11 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to use technology to improve its productivity.
16 Dec 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Dec 2024
Answer published
As part of the Department’s ongoing transformation, we are increasing our use of automation, improving our underlying technology, and increasing the number of citizen self-service opportunities where it is appropriate to do so, meaning that, despite incre...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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