Last year I noticed in a blog post by Sam Lawler, who was then a Deputy Director at the Central Digital and Data Office (CDDO), that the UK Cabinet Office had launched its first data strategy:
The Cabinet Office has launched its first data strategy, 'Better Data for a Better Cabinet Office', recognising data and information to be among the Cabinet Office’s most valuable assets. The vision is ‘Data Confidence’ to ensure all staff are enabled to use data effectively and appropriately to enhance decision making, drive efficiencies and unlock innovation. The strategy will also deliver the right data culture and foundations to safely and securely approach the use of advanced capabilities like AI. All teams are being asked to contribute, with a people-first approach to delivery, including through strong data leadership, strengthening data literacy training and sharing expertise.
This strategy didn't seem to be available online anywhere, so in December I asked Cabinet Office for a copy.
60 working days later, Cabinet Office has disclosed the data strategy in the form of a 17-page PDF dated July 2023:
The Cabinet Office Data Strategy v1.0: Better Data for a Better Cabinet Office
You can also download the correspondence: FOI2024-16586.zip (2.0 MB)
Some of the text in the strategy has been redacted for reasons of national security.
I don't have any particular analysis of the data strategy but there it is, if you want to take a look.
I should think many of the plans suggested in the strategy have fallen by the wayside, given that there has been a change of Government and that the CDDO and other data functions have now been merged into DSIT's new "digital centre of government".
