Question follow-through · 120697
Government Departments: Digital Technology
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what progress has been made in increasing the number of digital and data professionals in the civil service.
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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 Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 13 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 18 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 23 Mar 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
13 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what progress has been made in increasing the number of digital and data professionals in the civil service.
18 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
23 Mar 2026
Answer published
In April 2025, the Prime Minister made the commitment that one in 10 civil servants will work in technology and digital roles by 2030. When like-for-like roles are compared over the 6-months from April to October 2025, the digital workforce has grown by 0...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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