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The Defence digital strategy

Status: Closed Opened: 14 Oct 2022 Closed: 13 Apr 2023 15 recommendations 8 conclusions 1 report

The nature of modern warfare is changing, with access to and exploitation of information becoming a vital way of securing military advantage. But the Ministry of Defence’s (MoD) digital estate includes many aged legacy systems, it is operating with poor data and it faces critical digital skills gaps. To address these challenges the MoD has …

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Reports

1 report
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Thirty-Sixth Report - The Defence digital strategy HC 727 3 Feb 2023 23 Responded

Recommendations & Conclusions

1 item
19 Recommendation Thirty-Sixth Report - The Defence digit… Deferred

The Department told us government sees digital technology as a way it can make services...

The Department told us government sees digital technology as a way it can make services more affordable and that the Integrated Review in 2023 will inevitably focus on this.59 The Department hopes to use digital technology to transform how it runs itself and the Armed Forces, and has already assumed …

Government response. The department will provide an update on the impact to the implementation of the department’s Digital Strategy following the publication of the refreshed Integrated Review in Summer 2023.
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Oral evidence sessions

1 session
Date Witnesses
14 Nov 2022 Charlie Forte · Ministry of Defence, David Williams CB · Ministry of Defence, Laurence Lee CMG · Ministry of Defence, Lieutenant General Tom Copinger-Symes CBE · Ministry of Defence View ↗