We will continue to support organisations that are helping businesses to realise the potential of the data they hold. The approach must be secure, reliable and convenient for individuals and businesses. We are committed to implementing the strategy and have established mechanisms to ensure this happens effectively. Technology also offers opportunities to make efficiency savings, we have recently prototyped a new ‘Data Exchange’ system to simplify how we collect data from the sector into the department and this is built upon a common and open set of standards. Strategy and Action Plan since our first Digital Summit in July and the follow up in December 2017. We will, for example, conduct research to look at 3D printing technology and how IP rights apply to 3D files and products. This support includes examples of delivery models, technologies, financing options and case studies from similar communities in the UK. [footnote 2] Of the G7 countries, the UK has the most productive science base and we rank first in many key global measures of research quality. Ultimately, businesses rather than the government are best placed to identify what companies need to enhance their competitiveness as a sector. It complements the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS), which offers tax reliefs to investors in high risk and growing companies. The government has delivered highly competitive headline corporation tax rates and introduced a range of initiatives to further support innovative businesses. This review will build on the work on machine learning by the Royal Society, and it will complement, but remain separate from, the ongoing work by the British Academy and Royal Society on data ethics and governance, which will also cover ethical issues around AI. These measures will underpin the digital skills agenda and ensure that the UK economy has the skills and capacity to protect businesses and individuals from cyber threat. This Digital Strategy applies this framework to the digital economy across the whole country. Digital skills and inclusion - giving everyone access to the digital skills they need, 3. The ICO website contains a range of clear advice and information for individuals on their privacy rights and on actions they can take to keep their information safe. We will also work across government to determine the best next steps for other forms of identity (such as verification of intermediaries and businesses) and which parts of government would be best placed to lead on this. There is a tremendous opportunity to reduce fraud in our current system. The National Citizen Service (NCS) helps 16 and 17 year olds to build skills for work life, take on new challenges and make new friends. In order to support digital innovation that helps people better manage their money, we will launch a competition to encourage the development of digital approaches to support financial inclusion. The government has supported projects such as these through the £10 million Social Incubator Fund, and we will continue to support the UK’s social tech ecosystem. We use cookies to collect information about how you use GOV.UK. There are significant economic and environmental benefits to developing a smart energy sector, with estimated benefits to consumers of £17-40 billion over coming decades. We will therefore continue the engagement with industry that has played such an important role in the development of this strategy. We’ll send you a link to a feedback form. We are keen to ensure that we are acting at speed to put in place the necessary regulatory framework to enable the safe sale and use of this technology, and will be taking forward a rolling programme of reform, engaging with industry and international partners to identify where to focus our efforts. We will build on this momentum by setting out recommendations later this year to improve data in the rail industry by making it more open and better quality in areas including reservations, reliability, planned disruptions, routing guides, and GPS train locations. As a key part of this, we are taking forward the recommendations of the Nurse Review, and creating UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), in order to ensure that the UK continues to support world-leading research and innovation, investing public money in the best possible way. As the recent National Infrastructure Commission report on the future of mobile connectivity set out, it is essential that outdoor mobile services - such as basic talk, text and data - are available wherever we live, work and travel. At all times, the need to preserve appropriate privacy and security will remain paramount and will be non-negotiable. These include a degree which is an integral part of the apprenticeship and are designed by groups of employers to make sure apprentices achieve full occupational competence. [footnote 63] So we will develop and promote guidance and schemes to help firms protect themselves against cyber threats. Outside of financial inclusion, the Council for Science and Technology will undertake a number of studies considering the opportunities for society from emerging technologies, including how technology can help extend healthy and independent living for ageing populations. A key part of this will be creating a genuinely digital transport system, making infrastructure smarter, more accessible and convenient. O2 aims to help 20 million people engage better with technology by 2020 through its online safety partnership with the NSPCC; through opening up digital skills, social action and work experience opportunities for young people through its GoThinkBig platform; and through helping customers live smarter and more sustainable through connected devices. We must continue to address this digital divide between those who have been able to embrace the digital world and those who have not. The plans and proposals outlined in this strategy, and those we will develop together over the coming years, will deliver a thriving, inclusive, outward-looking digital economy in the UK, with the benefits and opportunities spread across every region, and every community. As part of this we have commissioned independent research on approaches to commercialisation in different institutions, including how they approach licensing intellectual property and taking equity in spin-outs. We will also continue to lead the global effort to end online child sexual exploitation. Some people in the UK struggle to access and engage with the financial system. Digital sectors contributed £118 billion to the economy in 2015: over 7% of the UK’s gross value added (GVA),[footnote 25] and exports of digital goods and services now amount to over £50 billion. As outlined in the Industrial Strategy green paper, Sir Peter Bazalgette will conduct an independent review into how the UK’s creative industries, such as our world-leading music and video games industry, can help underpin our future prosperity by utilising and developing new technology, capitalising on intellectual property rights, and growing talent pipelines. Initiatives such as the Digital Skills Partnership (described in Chapter 2), and the Productivity Council (described above) have been designed to make the process of finding the right support as simple as possible. The Minister for Small Businesses will take on an additional role as the Scale-up Champion, working to coordinate support across the UK specifically aimed at these businesses, which are so crucial to our future prosperity. We have also negotiated preferential rates with key e-marketplaces, making the UK one of the easiest and best places from which to sell goods online around the world. We welcome the work of Professor Dame Wendy Hall, Regius Professor of Computer Science at the University of Southampton, and Jerome Pesenti, Chief Executive of BenevolentTech, who will undertake a review of how we can create the conditions for the artificial intelligence industry to thrive and grow in the UK. Shareholders of public companies demand immediate returns. As the use of AI increases, we need to carefully consider how to ensure that the technology is not producing outcomes that discriminate unfairly or make judgmental, prejudicial or dangerous decisions. The Digital Strategy also includes an Activation Plan, consisting of three workstreams, which outlines how UNDP will implement the strategy by 2021: The Digital Strategy is not meant to be exhaustive or prescriptive. As our modern industrial strategy sets out, a lack of digital skills is not only a barrier to people fulfilling their potential, but also a barrier to a more productive economy. We will also explore all regulatory levers, including the forthcoming General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), to drive improvements in cyber risk management across the economy, expanded intelligence and law enforcement. 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Our technology and cyber security capability is delivered by working with the UK’s diverse, world-beating market of technology companies. Our digital air traffic control systems have created vital extra capacity for UK airports and it will create more space still in the future as it evolves and improves. This new funding stream will enable UKRI to back technologies at all stages, from early research to commercialisation, where the UK has the potential to take an industrial lead. The UK’s global competitiveness will increasingly depend on not just a flourishing digital sector, but on all our businesses using the best digital technology and data to drive innovation and productivity. And, as jobs and whole industries are disrupted by digital innovation, we need to make sure those affected have the support they need to adapt. To promote this, we will invest £400 million in a new Digital Infrastructure Investment Fund, which we anticipate will be more than matched by private sector investors. So we have: We will look at ways to deliver services in innovative ways. Data helps cities and regions get smarter by understanding challenges, using their assets more effectively, develop integrated solutions and plan future developments based on better information. We need to support everyone to develop the skills they need to participate in the digital economy and help all businesses harness the productivity benefits of digital innovation. Government has an important role to play to accelerate and de-risk the deployment of the next generation of digital infrastructure - setting the structures; supporting experimentation and testing; helping to reduce the costs; and above all for leadership and setting ambition. By strengthening our infrastructure we will create new opportunities for organisations to use data to produce market-changing new products and better public services. This infrastructure is also integral to the successful development of technologies such as connected and autonomous vehicles, smart cities, and the Internet of Things. BT has pledged to reach a further 500,000 children by end of 2017/18 academic year through its Barefoot Computing Project programme. Central to this is building the capability of government to not only design, develop and operate modern digital public services but also to transform old government infrastructure. It’s estimated that the app is now installed on half of the iPhones in London. Analysis by the British Business Bank using data from Beauhurst shows a record £1.57 billion of equity finance was invested in the digital sectors in 2015, more than four times the level of investment in 2011. We will use our international influence to: The Culture White Paper set out our ambitions for culture. This government is committed to seeing this enormous potential fulfilled - to ensuring the UK is the best place to start and grow a digital business, trial a new te… Individuals, businesses, government and other organisations must take steps now to ensure that we have the skilled and capable workforce needed in an increasingly digital world. We expect culture to be accessible to all with the wide benefits it brings, and digital technology has a key role to play in this aim. In education, for example, we will address the barriers faced by schools in regions not connected to appropriate digital infrastructure and we will invest in the Network of Teaching Excellence in Computer Science to help teachers and school leaders build their knowledge and understanding of technology. [footnote 20] Public libraries work in partnership with charities and private partners such as Halifax, BT, and Barclays to improve the lives of some of the most socially and digitally excluded people. By 2019, nearly 200 trains with this technology will run on Thameslink and Crossrail. It involves building on Britain’s strategic strengths and tackling our underlying weaknesses, creating the conditions where successful businesses can emerge and grow. We are taking steps to drive progress towards faster and more reliable free Wi-Fi across the train network. Barclays runs the Digital Eagles programme to help people develop their digital skills and confidence so they are able to fully take advantage of all things digital, including, but not restricted to, digital banking. This report will provide valuable analysis as we take forward our work looking at how businesses and new technologies can maximise the potential of data, while ensuring appropriate safeguards for citizens. However, we will measure this Strategy’s success not just by the national performance of the sector, but also by its strength right across the UK. Vision A leading research university offering connected experiences that delight people and empower them to achieve the amazing . 56% of that (almost £1 billion) has been with small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). This has already significantly exceeded the government’s ambitious target that £1 in every £3 spent will be with SMEs by 2020. [footnote 56] For example, small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) with a strong web presence on average grow more than twice as quickly as those with minimal or no presence, export twice as much, and create twice as many jobs. [footnote 21] The introduction of computing in the national curriculum means that our school children will be taught the knowledge and skills that employers will need. As part of our ‘Making Tax Digital’ programme, we will continue to invest £1.3 billion in order to transform HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) into one of the most digitally-advanced tax administrations in the world. The strategy will set out the UK’s long term plans to develop a self-sustaining pipeline of talent. Globally, retail is increasingly moving online and the UK leads the way in online sales. Based on what we have learned, there is a cross-government consensus on how the scope of service transformation must expand. [footnote 60]. All four Mobile Network Operators each now have a legally binding obligation to reach at least 90% landmass coverage by the end of this year. AWS re:Start also offers work placements to 1,000 people as part of the programme. One of the most important and challenging aspects of delivering transformed online services is identity assurance – establishing that the user is who they say they are and not someone pretending to be them. The first step was to understand the issues. Recent studies by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) show that only one in four UK adults currently trusts businesses with their personal information. As the Secretary of State responsible for tech, I have the privilege of overseeing one of the UK’s most important sectors - important not just for its value to the UK economy, but also for its potential to change the world for the better. And we will continue to lead the world in addressing the challenges posed by online radicalisation and extremism. To tackle this and the other specialist skills challenges, we are taking action across further, higher, and employment based education. http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/E-business_integration#Database. We must ensure citizens and businesses can trust the outcomes of processes that use AI technology. Alongside development of the strategy, we are undertaking immediate work to address some of the known issues, including: Government is by no means the only provider of digital skills training, and nor should it be. Strong competition will help ensure the private sector meets consumers’ needs and demands, keeps pace with technological change, and provides commercial investment in digital infrastructure. This enabled the company to be an early mover in the transport app market. We will deliver better services and drive innovation by ensuring the use of high quality, authoritative data across the economy. Some examples of these are set out in the sixth chapter of this strategy. In December we published a Call for Evidence to ask stakeholders to consider and provide information on a series of options to support this deployment. Improved connectivity also increases innovation and productivity across the economy, bringing significant economic rewards. This will bring together representatives of some of the leading tech companies, tech industry bodies and innovative SME tech and digital-enabled firms from across the UK. Empowering consumers with better information will help them make informed choices on the best network for them and will promote competition to deliver improved connectivity for consumers. Garages have operated in Newcastle, Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds, and Glasgow. Analysis predicts that data will benefit the UK economy by up to £241 billion between 2015 and 2020. This will enable the UK’s robotics and artificial intelligence researchers to accelerate the translation of fundamental research into enabling technologies and promote cross-sector growth. According to Accenture, digital strategy looks for ways to use technology to transform activity, and therefore business, whereas IT strategy aims to transform technology in isolation from the rest of the business.Traditionally, the process of IT strategy has been to determine which technologies to invest in, based on the current direction of the business. Through the Digital Economy Bill we are also giving consumers greater clarity on services in their area by giving Ofcom powers to share data on coverage and network performance. At Autumn Statement 2016 we made a clear commitment to digital connectivity, including the allocation of £740 million from the National Productivity Investment Fund to support the market to roll out of next generation digital infrastructures. Science, research and innovation, where we must become a more innovative economy, and do more to commercialise our world leading science base to deliver growth across the UK, Skills, where we must help people and businesses to thrive by ensuring everyone has the basic skills needed in a modern economy; by building a new system of Technical Education to benefit the half the population who do not go to university, boosting STEM skills and numeracy, and raising skill levels in lagging areas, Infrastructure, where we must upgrade our performance on digital, energy, and transport infrastructure, and must better align central government infrastructure investment with local growth priorities, Supporting businesses to start and grow, where we must ensure that businesses across the UK can access the finance and management skills they need to grow; and create the conditions to enable firms to invest for the long term, Procurement policy, where strategic government procurement can drive innovation and enable the development of UK supply chains, Trade and inward investment policy, where government policy can help boost productivity and growth across our economy including by increasing competition and helping to bring new ways of doing things to the UK, Affordable energy and clean growth, where we need to ensure that we both keep costs down for businesses, and secure the economic benefits of the transition to a low carbon economy, Sectoral policies, where we must both build on our areas of competitive advantage, and help new sectors to flourish, in many cases challenging existing institutions and incumbents, Spreading growth across the country, whether it is investing in key infrastructure projects to unlock growth, increasing skill levels, or backing local innovation strengths, the Industrial Strategy will create a framework to build on the particular strengths of different places and address factors that hold places back, Creating the right institutional framework, in some places and sectors there may be missing institutions which we could create, or existing ones we could strengthen: be they local educational institutions, trade associations or financial networks. To help us improve GOV.UK, we’d like to know more about your visit today. Microsoft is providing support to charity NACUE (National Association of College and University Entrepreneurs) to help young entrepreneurs get digital and business skills training. But our strategy is a framework, not a single document. In May 2016 we published a Data Science Ethical Framework to provide guidance to civil servants on the ethical use of data within government. The world-leading Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) was established in the UK to prevent access to images of child sexual abuse. Through this we will ensure everyone has access to the support they need to realise the benefits of the digital world. In November 2016, the Government Office for Science published its ‘Artificial Intelligence: opportunities and implications for the future of decision making’ report which sets out where this technology is heading and describes some of the implications for society and government. They collated data from Companies House, a scrape of company websites, twitter data and existing lists to identify all the businesses in Leeds undertaking digital projects. BEIS analysis shows the roll out of smart meters is expected to deliver net benefits of £5.7 billion. And we know that real-world, day-to-day connectivity in the places we live, work and travel matters, so we will roll out free Wi-Fi on trains, and in more public places. Four out of five companies are struggling to find the talent they need[footnote 70] and two thirds of data-driven companies have experienced difficulty in filling at least one vacancy when they have tried to recruit data analysts. For example: wearable monitors can improve personal health care; smart water pipes can warn of falls in pressure; street-level data can improve traffic flows and planning. This strategy has a set out how we will build on our success to date to develop a world leading digital economy that works for everyone. By identifying and acting on digital skills shortages at a local level, we will help more people across the country to access the training and information they need to move into highly-skilled, well-paid digital jobs across the economy. Responding to this threat and ensuring the safety and security of cyberspace is an essential requirement for the entire digital economy. Accenture, in recognition that digital skills are key to employability, is partnering with FutureLearn, and has pledged to create a brand new Digital Skills Programme, which maximises effective learning through online collaboration. Our reform of the technical education system will see the creation of a specialist digital route, with employers setting standards and specifying the knowledge, skills and behaviours that individuals will need. To maintain our position at the forefront of the data revolution, we will implement the General Data Protection Regulation by May 2018. Libraries also support transformative initiatives like code clubs, Code Green and the innovative Make It Digital in partnership with the BBC. Justice projects will We want to transform the way citizens communicate with government. BEIS’s Chief Entrepreneurial Advisor, tech entrepreneur Tim Dafforn, will also lead a review to take stock of the support currently available to entrepreneurs and consider international best practice, with the aim of identifying any potential gaps in current policy. Securing the status of, and providing certainty to, EU nationals already in the UK and to UK nationals in the EU is one of this Government’s early priorities for the forthcoming negotiations. The UK and our allies have been successful in building a broad consensus that the multi-stakeholder approach is the best way to manage the complexities of internet governance. The new Government Transformation Strategy published on 9 February 2017 sets out our intention to serve the citizens and businesses of the UK with a better, more coherent experience when using government services online - one that meets the raised expectations set by the many other digital services and tools they use every day. We will: We have already committed to increasing investment in transport by 50% by 2020. We will do this in a way that is secure, with privacy and security considerations throughout the design and deployment of every component and platform. And as the digital economy grows, there will be even greater demand for people with specialist digital skills. The Digital Catapult Centre is a space for technologists, creatives from business and academia to collaborate and develop their new ideas and showcase their products to the UK and the rest of the world. Many of our national and local cultural institutions are digitising their collections and screening content online, opening up access, especially for those who find it difficult or are unable to visit. The government is committed to ensuring that our laws on data protection respond to the dramatic pace of change in the digital field, and that innovation with personal data is ethical and responsible. [footnote 5] Tech City UK’s Tech North programme is helping to catalyse the development of the tech ecosystem around the seven northern cities of Hull, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, Sheffield and Sunderland - while the Northern Powerhouse’s tech businesses produce £9.9 billion GVA, with Manchester identified as the biggest cluster outside of the South East. Data - unlocking the power of data in the UK economy and improving public confidence in its use, The Digital Skills Partnership Board and Terms of Reference, DFID Digital Strategy 2018 to 2020: Doing Development in a Digital World, The Seven Pillars of the Digital Strategy, Coronavirus (COVID-19): guidance and support, Transparency and freedom of information releases, Connectivity - building world-class digital infrastructure for the UK, Skills and inclusion - giving everyone access to the digital skills they need, The digital sectors - making the UK the best place to start and grow a digital business, The wider economy - helping every British business become a digital business, Cyberspace - making the UK the safest place in the world to live and work online, Digital government - maintaining the UK government as a world leader in serving its citizens online, The data economy - unlocking the power of data in the UK economy and improving public confidence in its use. This will enable the development of apps and services that will improve the customer experience, increase accountability and produce innovative solutions to problems the rail industry faces. It’s true that companies have been using technology for many decades. If we don’t do this, our citizens, businesses and public services cannot take full advantage of the transformational benefits of the digital revolution. For example, a 2014 study of the global financial services market found that firms in the sector that use predictive data analytics were able to achieve an 11% increase in customers and a 10% increase in new opportunities. We will continue to work closely with international partners to ensure the continuation of a free, open and secure internet that supports our economic prosperity and social well-being. 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