Real time insight for missions: how to measure progress on the government’s priorities
Data is everywhere in government, as departments collect large amounts of information from many different sources across both public and private sectors.
As the UK government looks to refocus the work of government around its five missions, this webinar looked at how the government can more effectively use data to track the progress.
However, currently insight can be lost if it takes too long to analyse the information and unlock the intelligence that could help unlock better decision-making.
The session looked at how data can be collated from public and private sector sources to improve both decision-making and the delivery around the missions, to ensure the government is focusing public services.
Join this webinar to find out:
- How government policies can be developed to make the most of up-to-date data.
- Lessons from how real time data is used in government.
- How the public sector can collect data from both public and private sectors to maximise insight.
Panel
Ben Henshall, Deputy Director Data Science & AI, 10 Downing Street
Biography to follow shortly.
Matthew Lyon, Chief Analyst (Deputy Director of Data Science, Analysis and Economics), Government Digital Service (GDS), Cabinet Office
Matt Lyon currently serves as the Chief Analyst (Deputy Director of Data Science, Analysis and Economics) at the Government Digital Service (GDS), where he leads the GDS IDEA Unit (Insight, Data Science, Economics, and Analysis).
With 8 years of experience in digital transformation, Matt has worked across key areas such as service transformation, data sharing, technology adoption, common platforms, and capability building. His team is currently focused on improving the organisation’s data analysis set-up, further adopting AI and automation to drive efficiency, and supporting the delivery of the organisation’s current digital transformation strategy.
Sue Bateman, Chief Data Officer, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
Sue Bateman joined Defra in April 2024 as Chief Data Officer for the group to lead work in how data and information are used to support Defra’s own transformation journey. The vision is to put data and information at the heart of everything we do in Defra group – maximising the rich and varied data that we hold to support our missions – through the delivery of our Data and Information Strategic Roadmap.
Sue is a longstanding civil servant with digital, data and strategy leadership experience – most recently having been the interim Government Chief Data Officer at Central Digital and Data Office where she led on the development and delivery of the National Data Strategy and Digital and Data Roadmap.
Webinar chair: Sarah Wray, Editor, Global Government Forum
Sarah has over 15 years’ experience as a journalist with a specialism in the public sector and topics such as digitalisation and climate action. Sarah was formerly the editor of Cities Today and Smart Cities World, as well as a specialist video-based publication in the aerospace sector. She has also written for publications including Smart Cities Dive, Mobile Europe, Mobile World Live and Computer Weekly.
