The Science, Innovation and Technology Committee will question Ian Murray, the Minister for Digital Government and Data, in the final session of its inquiry into the Digital Centre of Government.
\r\nThe cross-party Committee could ask the Minister about Digital ID, including the recently announced cross-government division of responsibility for its development and technical delivery, and the timeline for publication of the government’s promised Digital and AI Roadmap.
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\r\nThere could also be questions about how the new GDS will strengthen the UK's national technical resilience and the the government’s response to the recent Amazon Web Services outage.
\r\nThe Government’s estimate that the full digitisation of public sector services could deliver £45 billion annual savings, which the committee requested a full breakdown of during this inquiry, may also be explored.
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