Recommendation 21

The government has published a ‘Digital, data and technology playbook’, which sets out key policies and guidance for how digital projects are assessed, procured and delivered.33 We asked whether this would be the primary tool for driving some of the change that was needed. DSIT described the purpose of the playbook as “how do we buy well and manage well” 28 Qq 69–71 29 Qq 7, 51 30 Q 48 31 Qq 49–50 32 Letter from the Cabinet Office, 13 March 2025 33 Cabinet Office, The Digital, Data and Technology Playbook, March 2022, updated June 2023 15 and that it would be a joint production with the digital sourcing strategy.34 While the digital playbook required the technical feasibility of large–scale projects to be assessed, the NAO found that it contained limited detail on how this should be undertaken.35