Guidance

The Aqua Book: guidance on producing quality analysis

Guidance for producing quality analysis for government.

• From: Government Analysis Function and HM Treasury
• Published: 26 March 2015
• Last updated: 19 October 2023 — See all updates

Documents

The Aqua Book: guidance on producing quality analysis for government

Ref: ISBN 978-1-910337-67-7, PU1740

PDF, 1.02 MB, 70 pages

Addendum to the Aqua Book: guidance on producing quality analysis for government.

PDF, 136 KB, 2 pages

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Details

Following the ‘Review of quality assurance of government analytical models’, a cross-departmental working group on analytical quality assurance was established. The Aqua Book is one of their products and is a good practice guide to those working with analysis and analytical models.

The addendum was added in response to a recommendation by the Public Accounts Committee, to provide clear principles for departments to follow on the publication of models, their outputs, and registers of business-critical models.

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Published 26 March 2015

Last updated 19 October 2023 + show all updates

1. 19 October 2023

   Addendum published to the Aqua Book: guidance on producing quality analysis for government.

2. 5 October 2023

   Addendum added to the Aqua Book: guidance on producing quality analysis for government.

3. 26 March 2015

   First published.