The National Data Strategy (NDS) is an ambitious, pro-growth
strategy that drives the UK in building a world-leading data
economy while ensuring public trust in data use.
From:
Department for Digital,
Culture, Media & Sport
Published
8 July 2019
Last updated
16 June 2021 — See all updates
Contents
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About the National Data
Strategy
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The story so far
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Blog posts about the
NDS
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Sign up for updates on
the NDS
The National Data Strategy was published on 9 September
2020.
A period of open consultation was then held on the publication in
late 2020, and the government responded in May 2021.
Read the consultation
response.
About the National Data Strategy
The aim of the National Data Strategy (NDS) is to drive the
collective vision that will support the UK to build a
world-leading data economy.
It will help ensure that people, businesses and organisations
trust the data ecosystem, are sufficiently skilled to operate
effectively within it, and can get access to data when they need
it.
The NDS will also provide coherence and impetus to the wide range
of data-led work across government, while creating a shared
understanding across the economy of how data is used.
The story so far
In June 2019, we opened our call for evidence and ran a series of
stakeholder engagements. A summary our findings
from this process has been published alongside the strategy.
These findings were critical in helping us develop and publish
the National Data
Strategy.
Following publication, a further period of consultation was held,
and the government responded to this in May 2021.
Read the government’s
formal response on the National Data Strategy publication.
COVID-19 response
As with so many sectors, the COVID-19 crisis has caused us to
reflect on our priorities. The UK’s response has only increased
our understanding of the significance of data use within the
economy, society and the public sector, underlining the
importance of ensuring that data can be shared in timely and
trustworthy ways. The National Data Strategy will take account of
lessons learned from the COVID-19 response.
In the global recovery from this crisis, we must draw upon the
UK’s long-championed values of transparency, accountability and
inclusion. The sharing of best practice will be more vital than
ever in ensuring that data underpins our future resilience and
economic prosperity, throughout this crisis and beyond.
Blog posts about the NDS
Bethan
Charnley, Head of National Data Strategy Implementation,
updates on Ministerial conversations and plans for the National
Data Strategy Forum following the government’s response to the
NDS consultation.
Phil
Earl, Deputy Director for Data Strategy, Implementation
and Evidence, reflects on the National Data Strategy.
Gaia Marcus,
Head of the National Data Strategy, writes about her reflections
after speaking at the Westminster eForum in May 2019.
Sam
Roberts, Senior Policy Adviser in our Data Policy Team,
writes about how roundtables are helping inform the National Data
Strategy.
Sasjkia
Otto, Vision Lead of the National Data Strategy, and
Claire Donaldson, Engagement Lead of National
Data Strategy Team, reflect on their findings from roundtable
discussions as they move towards co-creating the long-term vision
for the data ecosystem.
Sasjkia
Otto, Vision Lead of the National Data Strategy, and
Claire Donaldson, Engagement Lead of National
Data Strategy Team, write about travelling the country to learn
how people from all walks of life want to live in 2030.
