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Written question asked by Will Quince (Conservative) on Monday, 25 April 2016, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 27 April 2016. It was answered by Nick Gibb (Conservative) on Wednesday, 4 May 2016 on behalf of the Department for Education.


Department for Education: Electronic Government

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 21 April 2016 to Question 34465, if her Department will take steps to allow web-users to include honours when completing government online forms.

Answer

The Department for Education works closely with the Government Digital Service (GDS) to ensure the digital products and services delivered are fit for purpose and put the user first. Each of the online forms is developed in accordance with the GDS Service Standard, applying design principles and house style to ensure consistency and a satisfying user experience.

When designing online forms, the only questions asked are those that are relevant and required and eliminate unnecessary steps and fields that are not pertinent to the purpose of the data we are collecting. At present there are no plans to include an honours question as a standard element across all of the online forms but if the data being collected requires this information to be collected then the online form will contain this particular field.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
35207
Session
2015-16
Related items
Electronic Government
Thursday, 21 April 2016
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects
Honours Electronic government Department for Education
Link
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