Parliament Workbench
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Written Question · S6W-33076 · Session 6

What discussions it has had with Registers of Scotland regarding digital transformation and modernisation of registry systems.

Answered Asked by Douglas Lumsden Con Lodged 8 Jan 2025

The question

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with Registers of Scotland regarding digital transformation and modernisation of registry systems.

The answer

Answered by Ivan McKee on 21 Jan 2025 · 13 days after it was lodged, on time

Registers of Scotland is a non-Ministerial Public Body answerable to the Scottish Parliament and Digital transformation and modernisation of the Registers of Scotland systems are the responsibility of the Keeper.RoS is delivering a significant programme of digital transformation and modernisation. This has moved RoS’s registers to the cloud; enabled applications to be submitted digitally; and enabled customers to self-serve digital information from the registers; as well as significantly modernising the internal digital tools used by RoS to process applications.The Scottish Government sets out the Digital Scotland Service Standards which RoS adheres to and RoS staff have taken part in training and development from the Scottish Government’s Digital Academy.

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S6W-33076 by reference.