Pillar: Excellence in analysis

Case study: The National Infrastructure Spatial Tool, MHCLG

Team / Department Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) Situation / Action A new digital spatial planning tool, run by the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority (NISTA), will layer environmental, infrastructure, industrial growth and housing needs. Spatial planning will provide further evidence to support place-based infrastructure investment.  A cross-government team has developed the […]

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Case study: Understanding barriers for working parents: where are childcare deserts and oases?, Ofsted

Team name and Department Early Years Data and Analysis Team, Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills (Ofsted). Situation and Action The Early Years Data and Analysis Team collaborated with civil service analysts and external partners to innovate new granular metrics about childcare accessibility. . They worked across organisational boundaries, including with central […]

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Case study: The Government Research & Insights Database (GRID), Cabinet Office Digital

Team / Department Digital Analysis Capability Team, Cabinet Office Digital, Cabinet Office. Situation / Action The Government Research & Insights Database (GRID) is a digital technology project that provides digital capability to cross-government data and analysis teams.  The primary functionality of GRID includes:  Data pipelines (automated data collection)  Webforms (user-submitted data collection)  Data storage (data warehouse […]

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Case study: Unlocking the potential of major projects’ data, HM Treasury

Team / Department National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority (NISTA) Data and Insight Team, HM Treasury. Situation / Action The National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority (NISTA) in HM Treasury (HMT) supports the delivery of the UK government’s largest, most complex and innovative projects in government, a portfolio costing £834 billion.  These are projects that […]

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Programme for Government Wellbeing Framework Development Team, NISRA

Team name and Department Programme for Government (PfG) Wellbeing Framework Development Team, Northern Ireland Executive Office (TEO) and Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA).  Situation and Action Historically, Northern Ireland’s Programme for Government (PfG) relied on performance indicators tied to specific policies or actions, which changed with each administration. This led to inconsistent reporting, […]

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Case study: Make Working at HMRC Work for Everyone Survey, HMRC

Team name and Department HMRC’s National Neurodiversity Network Project Team, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). Situation and Action Analysis of HMRC’s 2020 People Survey revealed that neurodivergent employees consistently reported more negative workplace experiences than other colleagues, including those with other disabilities.  With an estimated 1 in 7 people being neurodivergent, this could affect up […]

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Case study: Analysis in Government (AiG) Rising Star Award 2025

Team name and Department Rebecca Vincent, Senior Analytical Officer, Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills (Ofsted) Project title Understanding barriers for working parents: where are childcare deserts and oases? Situation and Action: With the government’s £14 billion childcare reform rolling out by September 2025, there was a pressing need to understand local […]

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Case study: Innovative Horizon Scanning Identifies the Science and Technology of the Future, Dstl

Team name and Department Discovery Analytics Team, Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl). Situation and Action Horizon scanning for emerging science and technology (S&T) is a critical but complex challenge for defence.  With hundreds of thousands of academic papers and scientific articles published monthly, manually identifying disruptive or novel developments was inefficient and unsustainable.  Analysts […]

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Case study: Launching ‘Explore Local Statistics Service’, ONS

Team name and Department Explore Subnational Statistics Team, Office for National Statistics (ONS). Situation and Action Local-level statistics are essential for policy making, but they are often fragmented, inconsistently formatted, and difficult to access – especially for non-technical users.  Local authorities and the public struggled to find and interpret data relevant to their areas. The […]

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Case study: Health inequalities in health protection report, UKHSA

Team / Department UK Health and Security Agency (UKHSA) Public Health Analysis Analysis and Intelligence Assessment UKHSA Health Equity and Inclusion Health UKHSA Economics UKHSA Strategy and Policy  Situation / Action “Health inequalities in health protection have a high human cost across people and place.  They have a wider societal impact, including on health services […]

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