Policy paper

Administrative Data Taskforce report: government response

Government's response to the Administrative Data Taskforce report on improving access for research and policy.

• From: Department for Business, Innovation & Skills
• Published: 14 June 2013

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Documents

Improving access for research and policy: the government response to the report of the Administrative Data Taskforce

Ref: BIS/13/920

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Details

The government’s initial response to the recommendations from The UK Administrative Data Research Network: Improving Access for Research and Policy, the report of the Administrative Data Taskforce (ADT).

The government broadly supports the recommendations and will work with the research community to support the use and reuse of de-identified administrative data for research and policy purposes. This government response emphasises the importance of:

• building on existing activities, infrastructure and systems where feasible to develop a new UK-wide approach
• developing the infrastructure to maximise the potential benefits to government analysts, the wider research community and citizens
• ensuring that the full breadth of data sources, with analytical value and held in administrative systems, are accessible for research

This document is a first response following the government’s initial consideration of the proposals. We are developing more detailed plans with the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), the Devolved Administrations and others.

Published 14 June 2013