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date	03/07/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the amount of manual processing on paper that it carries out and to make such processing digital.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
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answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence is committed to reducing its paper-based processes by digitising these where possible. The Department is committed to delivering the Government Transformation Strategy and, in February 2017, published the Defence Information Strategy highlighting its strategic objectives to deliver user-centric digital services.</p><p>Work to identify where manual processes exist and explore opportunities to digitise them is ongoing across the Department. For example, as part of the transformation of our Defence Business Services organisation, a Forms Digitisation project is seeking to automate as many paper forms as possible in order to reduce manual processing and improve the experience for the end user.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 10/07/2017 15:51:14 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

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date	03/07/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Department for International Development: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the amount of manual processing on paper that it carries out and to make such processing digital.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	2599
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2017 answer text <p>Management of aid programmes, including procurement and payments, is managed through electronic systems. In addition, corporate support functions for managing staff and facilities management are also undertaken on electronic systems. There are a limited number of processes where use of paper is required.</p><p>DFID will continue to review processes and use evolving digital technology to reduce manual processing on paper.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 07/07/2017 15:07:24 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day