We asked the Cabinet Office the extent to which it felt that government was “moving from a basic digital world to an evolved digital world” and whether addressing issues with digital procurement, at the speed needed, could help this transition. The Cabinet Office agreed that “procurement and commercial teams can be a catalyst in the change that we have to make”. It accepted that it needed to both recruit some different skills, and to “step up the skills and the training programmes that we hav...

We asked the Cabinet Office the extent to which it felt that government was “moving from a basic digital world to an evolved digital world” and whether addressing issues with digital procurement, at the speed needed, could help this transition. The Cabinet Office agreed that “procurement and commercial teams can be a catalyst in the change that we have to make”. It accepted that it needed to both recruit some different skills, and to “step up the skills and the training programmes that we have.” It recognised that this needed to be a comprehensive package, and committed to coming back to us on this with more detail.42 GCF acknowledged that go Type: conclusion | Number: 25 | Response status: accepted Government response: 4.1 The government agrees with the committee’s recommendation. Target implementation dates: first phase by September 2025, second phase by March 2026, final phase to be confirmed. 4.2 Within the GCF there are already 500 individuals who are considered experts in digit