Recommendation 12

When we examined the challenges in implementing digital change in December 2021, we concluded that there was a large gap between the demand for, and supply of, the digital specialists that government needed, and that it was hard to get the right balance of in-house and outsourced skills.24 In response, in February 2022, CDDO committed to creating 14 C&AG’s Report, paras 9, 18, 22 15 C&AG’s Report, paras 9, 22 16 Q 24 17 Q 25 18 Qq 13–14 and C&AG Report, figure 3 19 Qq 19–20 20 Qq 13–14 21 Qq 14, 20 22 Q 15 23 Qq 29, 78 24 Committee of Public Accounts, Thirtieth Report of Session 2021–22, Challenges in implementing digital change, HC 637, 10 December 2021 12 Tackling Defra’s ageing digital services a consistent, streamlined process for Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT) recruitment which would enable a consistent, streamlined process through which government would identify, assess, onboard and deploy DDaT talent. It explained that this would align departments with the DDaT capability framework and associated remuneration offer to further support recruitment and retention.25