I was part of the team that created the Transforming Together events, which brought together the leaders of the biggest digitally-enabled change programmes in UK government.
As of July 2018, government had approved over £80 billion to spend on 41 major transformation programmes across 10 departments and one public body. At least 19 of these, costing almost £38 billion, were primarily digital transformation programmes. These range from the Home Office’s £145 million Smarter Working Programme, designed to improve workspaces, technology and operations, to HM Courts & Tribunals Service’s £1.65 billion Reform Programme, intended to transform the courts’ service including making more cases digital, to Universal Credit, which is replacing six means-tested benefits for working-age households by 2023 and estimated to cost £13.5 billion.
My work at the Cabinet Office was focussed on improving our chances of delivering these programmes.
Institute for Government report: The hidden obstacles to government digital transformation, Tess Kidney-Bishop & Sally Howes, 24 October 2018