Source · Select Committees · Women and Equalities Committee
Recommendation 2
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Accepted
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We welcome the move to offer applicants a digital route.
Recommendation
We welcome the move to offer applicants a digital route. This will bring the process up to date with other Government services, which can be accessed online. The Government must ensure it is a system that can be accessed via smartphones as well as other devices. It will also need to offer a non-digitised route for those people who do not have access to the right technology and who feel more able to submit documents in hard copy. In response to this report the Government must set out and commit to placing the process online in the next six months. It should provide regular updates to stakeholders, including this Committee, on what stage the process is at and immediately clarify whether a non-digitalised system will continue to exist.
Government response summary AI-generated
The government accepted the recommendation, confirming the digitised GRC application process is in its testing phase and will be operational by summer 2022. It assured the system's accessibility on smartphones and mobiles, and committed to retaining a paper-based application process for those who prefer it.
Summary of the government's response below — read the verbatim text to verify.
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Government Response
Accepted
HM Government · verbatim extract
Accepted
9. We continue to make progress with the digitisation of the GRC application process. The system is currently in its testing phase and will be operational by summer 2022.
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