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Government Digital Strategy: reports and research

• From: Cabinet Office
• Part of: Civil service reform
• Published: 4 December 2013
• Last updated: 27 March 2015, see all updates

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Research and reports relating to the Government Digital Strategy.

The Government Digital Strategy sets out how government will redesign its digital services to make them so straightforward and convenient that all those who can use them prefer to do so. This strategy:

• follows the March 2012 Budget commitment to digital services being the default
• has been developed collaboratively across government, as part of the Civil Service Reform Plan
• has been followed up with departmental digital strategies, published in December 2012
• is supported by a cross-government approach to assisted digital provision

The strategy also describes how delivering services digitally will result in savings of £1.7 to £1.8 billion each year, and commits government to 16 actions.

The Government Digital Strategy

1. Government Digital Strategy

   • 10 December 2013
   • Policy paper

Background documents

1. Digital Landscape Research

   • 6 November 2012
   • Research and analysis

2. Digital Efficiency Report

   • 6 November 2012
   • Research and analysis

Helping people who aren't online

What the government’s approach is on assisted digital and digital inclusion.

1. Government Digital Inclusion Strategy

   • 4 December 2014
   • Policy paper

2. Government approach to assisted digital

   • 4 December 2013
   • Policy paper

Progress reports

Progress with the Government Digital Strategy is reported every quarter.

1. Government Digital Strategy: quarterly progress report March 2015

   • 27 March 2015
   • Corporate report

2. Government Digital Strategy: quarterly progress report December 2014

   • 16 January 2015
   • Corporate report

3. Government Digital Strategy: quarterly progress report October 2014

   • 15 October 2014
   • Corporate report

4. Government Digital Strategy: quarterly progress report July 2014

   • 24 July 2014
   • Corporate report

5. Government Digital Strategy: quarterly progress report April 2014

   • 30 April 2014
   • Corporate report

6. Government Digital Strategy: quarterly progress report December 2013

   • 10 December 2013
   • Corporate report

7. Government Digital Strategy: quarterly progress report October 2013

   • 4 December 2013
   • Corporate report

8. Government Digital Strategy: quarterly progress report July 2013

   • 4 December 2013
   • Corporate report

9. Government Digital Strategy: quarterly progress report April 2013

   • 4 December 2013
   • Corporate report

10. Government Digital Strategy: annual report 2014

    • 16 January 2015
    • Corporate report

11. Government Digital Strategy: annual report 2013

    • 10 December 2013
    • Corporate report

What government is doing on each action

What departments are doing towards the Government Digital Strategy action by action.

1. Government Digital Strategy: action 1 - digital leadership

   • 16 January 2015
   • Policy paper

2. Government Digital Strategy: action 2 - service managers

   • 16 January 2015
   • Policy paper

3. Government Digital Strategy: action 3 - departmental digital capability

   • 16 January 2015
   • Policy paper

4. Government Digital Strategy: action 4 - digital capability support across government

   • 16 January 2015
   • Policy paper

5. Government Digital Strategy: action 5 - redesigning services

   • 16 January 2015
   • Policy paper

6. Government Digital Strategy: action 6 - digital by default service standard

   • 16 January 2015
   • Policy paper

7. Government Digital Strategy: action 7 - GOV.UK

   • 16 January 2015
   • Policy paper

8. Government Digital Strategy: action 8 - increasing digital take-up

   • 16 January 2015
   • Policy paper

9. Government Digital Strategy: action 9 - assisted digital

   • 16 January 2015
   • Policy paper

10. Government Digital Strategy: action 10 - improve tendering processes

    • 16 January 2015
    • Policy paper

11. Government Digital Strategy: action 11 - common technology platforms

    • 16 January 2015
    • Policy paper

12. Government Digital Strategy: action 12 - removing legislative barriers

    • 16 January 2015
    • Policy paper

13. Government Digital Strategy: action 13 - consistent management information

    • 16 January 2015
    • Policy paper

14. Government Digital Strategy: action 14 - digital and policymaking

    • 16 January 2015
    • Policy paper

15. Government Digital Strategy: action 15 - digital inclusion

    • 16 January 2015
    • Policy paper

16. Government Digital Strategy: action 16 - opening up government data and transactions

    • 16 January 2015
    • Policy paper

What departments are doing

What each department is doing towards the Government Digital Strategy. The Department for Communities and Local Government did not publish a digital strategy.

1. Attorney General's Office: Government Digital Strategy actions

   • 16 January 2015
   • Corporate report

2. Cabinet Office: Government Digital Strategy actions

   • 16 January 2015
   • Corporate report

3. Business, Innovation and Skills: Government Digital Strategy actions

   • 16 January 2015
   • Corporate report

4. Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Government Digital Strategy actions

   • 16 January 2015
   • Corporate report

5. Department for Education: Government Digital Strategy actions

   • 16 January 2015
   • Corporate report

6. Department for Energy and Climate Change: Government Digital Strategy actions

   • 16 January 2015
   • Corporate report

7. Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Government Digital Strategy actions

   • 16 January 2015
   • Corporate report

8. Department of Health: Government Digital Strategy actions

   • 16 January 2015
   • Corporate report

9. Department for International Development: Government Digital Strategy actions

   • 16 January 2015
   • Corporate report

10. Department for Transport: Government Digital Strategy actions

    • 16 January 2015
    • Corporate report

11. Department for Work and Pensions: Government Digital Strategy actions

    • 16 January 2015
    • Corporate report

12. Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Government Digital Strategy actions

    • 16 January 2015
    • Corporate report

13. HM Revenue and Customs: Government Digital Strategy actions

    • 16 January 2015
    • Corporate report

14. HM Treasury: Government Digital Strategy actions

    • 16 January 2015
    • Corporate report

15. Home Office: Government Digital Strategy actions

    • 16 January 2015
    • Corporate report

16. Ministry of Defence: Government Digital Strategy actions

    • 16 January 2015
    • Corporate report

17. Ministry of Justice: Government Digital Strategy actions

    • 16 January 2015
    • Corporate report

Departmental digital strategies

Reports from each central government department describing how they will carry out the Government Digital Strategy. The Department for Communities and Local Government did not publish a digital strategy.

1. Law Officers' Departments - Digital Strategy

   • 20 December 2012
   • Corporate report

2. BIS digital strategy

   • 21 December 2012
   • Policy paper

3. Cabinet Office digital strategy

   • 20 December 2012
   • Corporate report

4. DCMS Digital Strategy

   • 21 December 2012
   • Guidance

5. DECC Departmental Digital Strategy

   • 20 December 2012
   • Corporate report

6. Digital in defence

   • 18 December 2012
   • Policy paper

7. Department for Education departmental digital strategy

   • 12 December 2012
   • Corporate report

8. Defra digital strategy 2012

   • 20 December 2012
   • Corporate report

9. Digital strategy: Leading the Culture Change in Health and Care

   • 20 December 2012
   • Policy paper

10. Department for International Development Digital Strategy 2012 to 2015

    • 19 December 2014
    • Corporate report

11. Home Office digital strategy

    • 20 December 2012
    • Corporate report

12. Department for Transport digital strategy

    • 20 December 2012
    • Policy paper

13. DWP Digital Strategy

    • 20 December 2012
    • Policy paper

14. HMRC digital strategy

    • 24 November 2014
    • Corporate report

15. HM Treasury digital strategy

    • 20 December 2012
    • Transparency data

16. Ministry of Justice Digital Strategy

    • 20 December 2012
    • Corporate report

17. The FCO Digital Strategy

    • 6 November 2012
    • Corporate report

Government Digital Strategy case studies

These illustrate some of the actions within the Government Digital Strategy.

1. Case study on action 1: active board-level leadership

   • 24 March 2014
   • Policy paper

2. Case study on action 2: redesigning services

   • 24 March 2014
   • Policy paper

3. Case study on action 3: in-house digital capability

   • 24 March 2014
   • Policy paper

4. Case study on action 4: digital capability across departments

   • 24 March 2014
   • Policy paper

5. Case study on action 6: encouraging third parties to develop services on top of our APIs

   • 24 March 2014
   • Policy paper

6. Background on action 9: a cross-government approach to assisted digital

   • 24 March 2014
   • Policy paper

7. Case study on Action 10: offering leaner and more lightweight tendering

   • 24 March 2014
   • Policy paper

8. Case study on action 11: build government as a platform

   • 24 March 2014
   • Policy paper

9. Case study on action 13: management information

   • 24 March 2014
   • Policy paper

10. Case study on action 14: using digital tools to engage the public

    • 24 March 2014
    • Policy paper

11. Background on action 15: Why digital inclusion matters

    • 24 March 2014
    • Policy paper

Document information

Published: 4 December 2013

Updated: 27 March 2015

+ full page history

1. 27 March 2015 March 2015 quarterly progress report has been added.
2. 1 October 2014 Added HMRC digital strategy: 2014
3. 4 December 2013 First published.

From: Cabinet Office

Part of: Civil service reform