Department for Education: Databases

(asked on 1st December 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Spending review 2020, what criteria his Department will use to a) distribute funds under the Data Improvement Project and b) determine the success of funds distributed under the data improvement project.


Answered by
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Nick Gibb
This question was answered on 9th December 2020

Data Improvement across Government is a programme comprising of projects involving the Department for Education, Ministry of Justice, Department of Health and Social Care, Home Office, and Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG).

The overarching aim of the programme is to improve the cross-government evidence base and use of data to inform policy decisions and service delivery for children and young people. The amounts for each department have been pre-agreed with Her Majesty’s Treasury as part of the shared outcomes fund bidding process reflecting the specific requirements of their projects.

Several projects are focused on improving Government capability which will be delivered directly by the involved departments. MHCLG is developing an element of the programme to help improve local areas' capability in their use of data and data matching to support vulnerable children and families, and will provide guidance on how funds will be bid for in due course. The programme will be evaluated to assess its impact and to inform future policy development.

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