GDS launches passport-checking verification scheme for commercial services
Year-long pilot will include up to 11 firms
‘The civil service needs to modernise’ – departing Whitehall chief urges officials to engage with ‘substance’ of Cummings reform plans
Mark Sedwill says equipping government with ‘more expertise… is a good thing’
Sturgeon apologises after outcry over exam results downgraded by ‘deprivation algorithm’
First minister acknowledges misstep and vows to ‘put it right’
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NAO finds big gaps in Home Office data on illegal immigration and enforcement
Report reveals most recent estimate for people in the country illegally dates from 2005
Government scraps £12m contact-tracing app after finding it does not work on iPhones
UK will switch to Google and Apple system after discovering that less than one in 20 contacts were detected on the latter’s devices by the NHS’s own system
Minister says NHS contact-tracing app ‘isn’t a priority’ and may not launch until winter
Date for possible rollout of technology has been pushed back significantly
Fraud risk too high to host citizenship test remotely, immigration minister claims
Testing centres are now reopen and online tests may be considered in future
Study shows big divide between richer and poorer children in access to IT during lockdown
Study from NFER shines a light on disparities
Norway suspends ‘deeply intrusive’ contact-tracing app and deletes all existing data
The country’s data-protection authority has placed a ban on the collection of information via the software after Amnesty investigation
NHS seeks £7m supplier to take over coronavirus testing website
External provider will need to ensure ‘service is accessible, automated, and successfully scaled’
Contact-tracing app began 11-week load-testing programme in mid-May, documents reveal
Contract with software firm Eggplant runs until end of July
NHS Digital to lead work to supply GPs with coronavirus testing data
Primary care minister says work, which will begin within a couple of weeks, ‘needs to be carefully done to minimise safety risks’
Full customs checks for EU goods to be deferred, report claims
New HMRC system given more breathing room as Border Delivery Group moved from tax agency to Cabinet Office
Using data to better understand the hidden crime of domestic abuse
Criminal justice data shows about 60,000 convictions per year, while public surveys reveal 2.4 million adults experience domestic abuse. The ONS tells PublicTechnology how it has brought together information from a range of sources to help policy makers and support services
Human rights watchdog raises concerns over impact of courts reform on disabled people
EHRC also flags up need for more data on impact of remote hearings
EC warns outside states are sowing coronavirus disinformation in Europe
China and Russia are among those claimed to be undertaking ‘targeted influence operations’
NHS smartphone GP provider shares users’ consultation videos with other people after ‘software error’
ICO alerted to data breach at Babylon Health
HMRC claims Making Tax Digital has generated £200m-plus in extra revenue
Number of personal tax accounts goes past 20 million
DHSC finds that Serco ‘processes have been strengthened’ after contact-tracing data breach
Department says investigation into leaking of email address has been satisfactorily closed
Government warned over ‘lack of transparency’ on coronavirus homeless response data
Statistics regulator writes to MHCLG to criticise lack of publication of information
DfE to gather data on thousands of pupils and parents to support coronavirus policy response
Department is to set up an online research hub to conduct regular surveys
Four-fifths of citizens want more government communication in face of fake news
Half the population believe they have been exposed to misinformation during the coronavirus pandemic and want to see more official TV ads
DWP’s ‘serious IT challenges’ pegged as key cause of disparity in benefits system during coronavirus crisis
Chair of arm’s-length body praises government response but identifies lower payments for recipients of legacy benefits as one of several ‘rough edges’
Regulator says coronavirus testing data ‘falls well short of expectations’
Head of statistics watchdog tells health secretary ‘it is not surprising data is widely criticised and mistrusted’