Source · Select Committees · Public Accounts Committee
Recommendation 30
30
New digital data platform will improve spending data but requires further enhancement for analysis.
Recommendation
We asked how government was going to make better use of the data available on spending on digital programmes. Cabinet Office said that a new data platform was introduced in March 2025 to enable departments to provide better data on spending and pipelines. GCF explained that the central digital platform would give it access more quickly to the procurement data it needed. However, DSIT said that it would need to “build on” this and “add to it” with additional information from operational trends and investment forecasts.53 50 C&AG’s Report, para 12 51 Qq 19, 51, 69 52 Qq 13–14; C&AG’s Report, paras 1.3, 1.13 53 Qq 13–14, 23, 33 19
Government Response
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