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Parliament's record since 1997: debates, questions, statements, votes, bills, committees and members' interests

Where MPs Stand

Sourced briefings on the record of Parliament

Digital Government inquiry

Inquiry by the Science and Technology Committee (Commons), 17 July 2018 to 9 September 2019. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

Evidence sessions

  • 27 November 2018: Tom Loosemore, Partner at Public Digital, former Deputy Director of the Government Digital Service (2011-2015), and Dafydd Vaughan, Director, Cedyrn Ltd
  • 4 December 2018: Sam Smith, Coordinator, medConfidential, Professor Vishanth Weerakkody, Professor of Information Systems Management and Governance, University of Bradford, Robert McLaren, Head of Industry, Technology and Innovation, Policy Connect, and Professor Helen Kennedy, Professor of Digital Society, University of Sheffield; Dr Fiona Lugg-Widger, Research Associate for Routine Data, Centre for Trials Research, Tom Smith, Managing Director of the Data Science Campus, Office for National Statistics, Joel Bellman, Partner, Deloitte, and Cllr Peter Fleming, Chairman of the LGA Improvement and Innovation Board, Local Government Association
  • 8 January 2019: Simon Hansford, Co-founder and Chief Executive, UKCloud, Professor Chris Johnson, Member of the Executive Committee, UK Computing Research Committee, and Antony Walker, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, techUK; Professor Helen Margetts, Programme Director for Public Policy, The Alan Turing Institute, Peter Wells, Head of Policy, Open Data Institute, and Daniel Korski, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, PUBLIC
  • 4 March 2019: Matthew Gould, Director General for Digital and Media Policy, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, Kevin Cunnington, Director General, Government Digital Service, and Simon McKinnon, Interim Chief Digital and Information Officer, Department for Work and Pensions; Margot James MP, Minister for Digital and Creative Industries, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, and Oliver Dowden MP, Minister for Implementation, Cabinet Office