Oral Answers to Questions

Marco Longhi Excerpts

Thursday 23rd September 2021 Commons Chamber

[Dr James Davies (Vale of Clwyd) (Con)]

2. What steps the Government is taking to improve its use of data to inform policy decisions.

[Marco Longhi (Dudley North) (Con)]

7. What steps the Government is taking to improve its use of data to inform policy decisions.

[The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office (Steve Barclay)]

The national data strategy sets out a vision to transform the Government’s use of data. The declaration on government reform, published in June, further committed to data being central to decision making, and the new Central Digital and Data Office is implementing common data standards and data-sharing frameworks to underpin better use of data in policy making.