Resource constraints at the centre of government mean that less support is available to departments compared to what was available under previous initiatives like the Top 75 programme.50 We have often observed on this committee that government pay rates cannot match what highly skilled people could earn in the private sector. Government has attempted to address this through the digital pay framework, which DSIT told us has recently been uplifted to market rates.51 However, we are concerned that it still falls short of industry rates in London and the South East, and this will affect the recruitment and retention of people with sufficient seniority and calibre to lead the transformation required.52