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Digital Technology: Public Sector
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the Answer of 4 June 2025 to Question 55785 on Public Sector: Digital Technology, what discussions his Department has had with the Digital Commercial Centre of Excellence on
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 9 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 13 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 13 Jun 2025 · 4 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
9 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the Answer of 4 June 2025 to Question 55785 on Public Sector: Digital Technology, what discussions his Department has had with the Digital Commercial Centre of Excellence on
13 Jun 2025
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13 Jun 2025
Answer published
The State of Digital Government review, A blueprint for modern digital government and the Performance Review of Digital Spend, all published this year, have highlighted the need to reform digital purchasing.The Government has launched a Digital Commercial...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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