Data Bites #22: Getting things done with data in government

Please note that at 25:24 minutes into the recording, the speaker intended to say "when we went to ADR UK" instead of "when we went to HDR UK". We were excited to announce another online-only Data Bites event.  We took questions virtually during the event via the integrated event chat. Better use of data is key to more effective government. Across government, teams are doing fascinating work with data. But those projects don’t get the attention they deserve. At this month's event, the 22nd in our series, the speakers presented their work in an exciting, quickfire format. Each speaker had eight minutes, followed by eight minutes of questions from the audience. This month's speakers were: Ruth Gilbert, Epidemiologist, University College London and Co-Director of the NIHR Children and Families Policy Research Unit, on the potential for the ECHILD Database to inform policy in health, education and social care Gary Connell, Head of Data Ownership and Data Sharing at the Department for Education, on widening access to, and maximising the benefit of, Longitudinal Educational Outcomes data for England Morag Treanor, Professor of Child and Family Inequalities at Heriot-Watt University, on linking data to better understand children’s lives and outcomes Robert French, Senior Research Fellow at the School of Medicine, Cardiff University, on data linkage and Type 1 diabetes data for children The event was chaired by Gavin Freeguard, Associate at the Institute for Government.