Cabinet Office: Automation

(asked on 4th September 2017) - View Source

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the savings to the public purse as a result of the robotic process automation campaign put out to tender by his Department; and what the evidential basis was for that estimate.


Answered by
Caroline Nokes Portrait
Caroline Nokes
This question was answered on 12th September 2017

Services under the Robotic Process Automation (RPA) Partnership contract began on 4 September 2017 and there is not currently enough analysis on which to base an estimate of potential savings or improvements to public services. The initial focus of the contract is to develop a Centre of Excellence that promotes RPA across government and helps Departments identify suitable opportunities for automation. The initial services are being provided at the supplier's cost and we will only pay for services where we agree terms for full development and deployment of RPA applications into Departments.

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