United Kingdom’s economy and society have witnessed seismic changes in the last few years. Measuring and understanding these changes demanded a joined-up approach to sharing data and the skills to answer questions with statistics quickly and securely. Significantly, quality data ensured that informed decisions could be made at pace. As new challenges emerge, joined-up data is becoming more critical than ever. This makes the drive to find new and innovative ways of collecting and combining data critical.
The Integrated Data Service (IDS), a collaboration among organizations to work on projects that shed light on the significant issues of the day, will see ready-to-use datasets made available to accredited cross-government teams and researchers, enabling them to securely share, link, and access them for vital research.
IDS, the government’s vehicle to transform efficiency, will extend its operations, bringing in more accredited researchers and government analysts later this year. In beta-phase, IDS has already combined novel datasets to unlock fresh insights about society and the economy.
When it comes to IDS’ future potential, accessibility is vital. Rather than creating a data lake, or warehouse, of individual datasets, the IDS will facilitate accredited researchers to request access to the latest available data from across departments.
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