‘This is sector is being revolutionised by emerging technologies’ – DfT seeks to boost leadership with second perm sec
Postholder will assume responsibility for science and analysis
Home Office picks Capgemini for £4m deal to deliver ‘final stages’ of digital border crossing
Supplier will provide development specialists to support conclusion of delayed rollout
Queues at airports after Border Force endures ‘systems failure’ of e-passport gates
Home Office claims problem was quickly fixed
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UK to introduce digital driving licences
Reforms will also encompass provisional licences and MOT documents
National Highways plans digital twin of England’s road network
Digital roads strategy gets £14.6m to revolutionise maintenance and cut emissions from roadworks by 50%
Lasers and robots receive funding in anti-graffiti drive
Five proposals will each receive up to £30,000 of government backing
Aberdeenshire Council launches demand-responsive transport app
Council’s Ready2Go transport app to cut journey times and meet Covid-related changes in demand
Government explores drones and 3D printing to fix potholes
Input encouraged from innovative SMEs from outside the transport sector
HMRC sets 2023 shutdown date for CHIEF customs platform
One year shy of its 30th birthday, outgoing system will be finally and fully replaced by Customs Declaration Service
Inspector sought to examine plane crash data
Air Accidents Investigation Branch offers role gathering data on incidents
Digital system to allow police to instantly check drivers’ identity
Technology developed by DVLA has already saved 14,000 hours so far
DVLA presses on with ‘digital service enhancements’ to reduce 60,000-a-day mailbag as strike action continues
Minister says that agency will push on with digitisation work to reduce administrative burden
Mobile connectivity to be rolled out across London tube network
Passengers will have ubiquitous 4G access by 2025
DVLA takes advantage of government MoU to keep Microsoft in cloud mix
Deal signed under public sector-agreement put in place last year
Government Covid travel scheme to gather data on 150 million people a year
Home Office systems will store information on all arrivals in the UK for at least six weeks
Home Office talks up digital visa plan
Priti Patel claims tech-based system will provide ‘a far clearer picture of who is here and whether they should be’
Immigration minister insists high-tech Brexit passports are ‘rigorously tested’
Security-focused documents are put through their paces in exercises designed to mimic 10 years of travel
EU citizens can still access digital status on expired passports, says immigration minister
Updates are encouraged but not mandatory
Foreign holidays still illegal but citizens ‘urged not to delay’ passport applications
Government says those requiring a new document should get online ASAP
HMRC awards £10m deal to support customs and border services
Mastek swipes one-year contract
EU introduces digital vaccine ‘green pass’
UK officials will talk to European counterparts about operation of system that allows individuals to demonstrate they have been vaccinated
Transport body to harvest smartphone data to understand citizens’ road journeys
Engineering heavyweight Atkins wins £360,000 deal
Only one in 15 staff needed to run new border system has begun using platform
Home Office chief reveals two thirds of users also need to be trained
How digital services kept the DVLA on the road during 2020
Chief executive Julie Lennard on the role of tech in responding to the pandemic, and how people’s expectations of online tools have changed