Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office
Thursday 23rd October 2025

(1 day, 21 hours ago)

Commons Chamber
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The Minister for the Cabinet Office was asked—
Lewis Atkinson Portrait Lewis Atkinson (Sunderland Central) (Lab)
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1. What steps he is taking to develop the Government’s approach to public sector reform.

Elsie Blundell Portrait Mrs Elsie Blundell (Heywood and Middleton North) (Lab)
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2. What steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to reform public services.

Darren Jones Portrait The Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister (Darren Jones)
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The Prime Minister has asked me to help drive the Government’s delivery of the public’s priorities: boosting living standards, fixing our NHS and securing our borders. I and the team are focused on changing how Government works, to build the foundations of a modern British state that delivers for the British people, using modern technology with more accountability and by breaking down silos and outdated hierarchy.

Lewis Atkinson Portrait Lewis Atkinson
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Could my right hon. Friend outline what role he thinks digital ID could play in supporting public sector reform?