Policy paper: Smart Data Strategy

This strategy sets out the long‑term vision for smart data in the UK, and the actions government will take to unlock growth, competition and innovation through secure, trusted data sharing across the economy.

Smart Data 2035: The UK's Smart Data Strategy

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The Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 provides government with powers to implement smart data schemes. The UK's Smart Data 2035 Strategy sets out the government's next steps to develop a smart data economy in the UK. This will involve schemes that maximise benefits for customers across the economy and that work well with one another and with the UK's wider data ecosystem, including artificial intelligence (AI).