My honourable friend the Parliamentary Secretary in the Cabinet Office is today, following the publication in November 2005 of Transformational Government—Enabled by Technology (Cm 6683) and the publication in March 2006 of the Transformational Government Implementation Plan, giving notice of the publication of the Transformational Government Annual Report 2006.

Transformational Government set out a vision for 21st century government, enabled by technology. The first annual report provides an overview of progress against the Transformational Government Implementation Plan and highlights evidence of transformational change already apparent across the public sector. The report also includes IT expenditure in 2005-06 of those parts of the public sector represented on the Chief Information Officers Council. Detailed progress reports against each of the 13 strands of the implementation plan will be published on the Chief Information Officers Council website to coincide with the publication of the annual report.

Copies of the annual report will be placed in the Library for the reference of noble Lords and will be available in the Printed Paper Office. It will also be available on the Chief Information Officers Council website at www.cio.gov.uk.