Announcing the shortlist for the 6th Annual Analysis in Government (AiG) Awards

This award celebrates a person or team who has worked with other teams, departments, other professions, external organisations or researchers to produce a piece of analysis or analytical project. 

The shortlisted nominations are: 

• “The Global Supply Chains Intelligence Programme (GSCIP)” — The GSCIP team, Department for Business and Trade (DBT)
  
• “StatsWales open data service” — StatsWales project team, Welsh Government
• “Refugee Integration Outcomes (RIO) project” — Refugee Integration Outcomes Project Team, Office for National Statistics (ONS) and Home Office
• “ONS Local: local data at the heart of decision making” — ONS Local, Office for National Statistics (ONS)
  
• “Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) Scotland Section 13 report as at 31 March 2023” — The LGPS Scotland advisory team, Government Actuary’s Department (GAD)
  
• “EU Entry and Exit System Queue Modelling” — Manisha Gupta, Emily Morey, James Pritchard, Alex MacFarlane, Mark Briggs, Charlotte Copley, and Lindsay McCearney, Department for Transport (DfT) and Home Office
  
• “Assisted Dying Bill Impact Assessment” — NHS Quality, Safety and Investigations Analytical Team, Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) 

This award celebrates those who have successfully used clear communications to present analysis, considering the needs of their audience. This could be an example of public-facing communication, or internal communication within teams, departments, or across professions.   

The shortlisted nominations are: 

• “The new Innovation Clusters map” — The Innovation Clusters team, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT)
  
• “Pharmaceutical Clinical Effectiveness (PCE) Project” — Andrew Lawrie, Health and Social Care, Northern Ireland (HSCNI)
• “Northern Ireland Public Expenditure Webpage” — Northern Ireland Public Expenditure Webpage team, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA)
  
• “NISRA Local Statistics Explorer” — NISRA Tech Lab, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA)
  
• “Natural Capital and Ecosystem Assessment product communication” — Gavin Haughton, Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs (Defra)
  
• “Health trends and variation in England 2025: achieving excellence in communication” — Population Health Analysis team, Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) 

This award will recognise analysis which has made an impact through use, influenced decision-making or contributed to public debate.   

The shortlisted nominations are: 

• “Universal Credit Fraud Programme” — Mark Craimer, Department for Work and Pensions (DWP
  
• “The Global Supply Chains Intelligence Programme (GSCIP)” — The Global Supply Chains Intelligence Programme (GSCIP) Team
  
• “Power Sector Strategy Analysis for the 2025 Spending Review” — Electricity Strategy Analysis Team, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ)
• “Housing and Planning Policy Analysis” — housing and planning analysts at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) and HM Treasury (HMT)
  
• “Delivering Impact Through Systems Dynamics: Modelling Unprecedented Reform in Children’s Social Care” – Children’s Social Care Forecasting and Systems Thinking Team, Department for Education (DfE)
  
• “Connecting the dots: the benefit of linking data on health and wealth” – Health research group, Office for National Statistics (ONS) 

This award recognises individuals or teams who have made a sustained and meaningful contribution to making the Analysis Function more inclusive, both in how we work and in the analysis we produce. This could include work that supports under-represented communities, advances understanding of diversity and inclusion, or helps ensure our workforce and outputs better reflect the citizens we serve. 

The shortlisted nominations are: 

• “Inclusive by design” — Market Research team, Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO)
  
• “Health inequalities in health protection report 2025” — Public Health Analysis Team, UK Health and Security Agency (UKHSA)
  
• “GSS Diversity and Inclusion Working Group” — Government Statistical Service (GSS) Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) Working Group, cross-government
  
• “From Trait to State: How Ofsted Might Consider Conceptualising Vulnerability for Inspection and Regulation” — Ofsted Research & Evaluation team, in collaboration with Research in Practice at the National Children’s Bureau (NCB), Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills (Ofsted)
  
• “Empowering Inclusivity: Black Analyst Forum” — Black Analyst Forum, Cross-government
• “Data and Analysis at Post Programme” — FCDO Data and Analysis at Post Programme design team, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) 

This award recognises innovative methods or techniques of analysis.  

The shortlisted nominations are: 

• “Technology Smart Specialisation Analysis” — Technology and Science Insights – Data and Analysis, Government Office for Science (GO-Science)
  
• “Publication of first official Input-Output tables for Wales” — Welsh Government Input-Output Table team, Welsh Government
  
• “Laurium” — Better Outcomes through Linked Data, Ministry of Justice (MoJ)
  
• “Labour Flow Networks for Rapid Impact Scenario Testing” — Labour Flow Network Team, Department for Business and Trade (DBT)
  
• “Explore Education Statistics API” — Explore Education Statistics team, Department for Education (DfE)
• “Clean Energy Jobs Plan” — Green Economy Analysis, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) 

The winner of the Rising Star Award will be someone in the first five years of their career as a government analyst who has gone above and beyond what would be expected for an analyst of their experience or made a difference through championing the importance of analysis. 

Nominees for the Rising Star Award can be in grades up to and including Grade 7 and can be of any profession or age. 

The shortlisted nominations are:  

• “Sustainable Aviation Fuel Analysis” — Arywen Morris, Department for Transport (DfT)
• “Rising Star” — James Lane, Building Digital UK (BDUK)
  
• “Cross-government investment advice” — Eva Grace, Government Actuary’s Department (GAD)
  
• “Contribution to ADR Wales and Better Outcomes through Linked Data” — Delyth James, Welsh Government
  
• “Children’s Social Care Analysis” — Hannah Tempest, Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills (Ofsted)
• “Bluefin Tuna Fishery evaluations” — Angus Naylor, Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs (Defra)