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The cross-government digital workforce strategy should include detailed targets for departments and public bodies to...
Conclusion
The cross-government digital workforce strategy should include detailed targets for departments and public bodies to meet by the end of the current Spending Review period, including: the publication of departmental plans to reduce the proportion of total workforce and cost of contractors in digital and technology roles; a clear plan to deliver on the Prime Minister’s commitment for one in 10 civil servants to be in technology and digital roles by 2030, as well as a definition of what constitutes a technology and digital 50 role in the civil service; and a cultural transformation strategy to underpin digital transformation, developed in consultation with trade unions. (Recommendation, Paragraph 33) Building block three: Information and data security
Source
Inquiry
Digital centre of government
Report
1st Report - Rewiring the state: Delivering digital government
03 Jun 2026
HC 61
Addressee Bodies
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Timeline
Recommendation age
0.3 yrs
Report published
03 Jun 2026