We noted that a crucial area to improving reporting is ensuring that functions can get the data they need to identify savings, and that to do this effectively data systems needed to be updated or redesigned so that data sets were comparable. The Cabinet Office explained that two types of data were key; operational data, which is used to support the delivery of public services and analytical data which informs future policy. It told us that the crucial thing was ensuring that different local d...

We noted that a crucial area to improving reporting is ensuring that functions can get the data they need to identify savings, and that to do this effectively data systems needed to be updated or redesigned so that data sets were comparable. The Cabinet Office explained that two types of data were key; operational data, which is used to support the delivery of public services and analytical data which informs future policy. It told us that the crucial thing was ensuring that different local data systems were able to speak to each other so that long-term patterns can be found. The Cabinet Office told us the Central Digital and Data Office had Type: conclusion | Number: 16 | Response status: accepted Government response: 3.1 The government agrees with the Committee’s recommendation. Target implementation date: by December 2025 3.2 The functions’ respective methodologies for measuring and reporting efficiency savings reflect the diversity of functional activity undertaken in their respe