Source · Select Committees · Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee
Recommendation 23
23
Accepted
Paragraph: 89
OSR's Intelligent Transparency guidance improves evidence access but requires further development.
Conclusion
Since its launch in 2022, the Office for Statistics Regulation’s Intelligent Transparency guidance has helped to unlock important evidence for Parliament, business, researchers and citizens, but there remains more to do.
Government Response Summary
The OSR accepts the conclusion and is forming a working group to promote and embed Intelligent Transparency principles. They are developing proposals for a cross-departmental monitoring and reporting approach, considering incentives and automated tools, subject to a sustainable funding model.
Paragraph Reference:
89
Government Response
Accepted
HM Government
Accepted
OSR accepts this recommendation and thanks the Committee for its commendation of our work on intelligent transparency (IT). We agree that this would expand the remit of OSR and would therefore need to be appropriately funded. OSR has an intelligent transparency working group tasked to find ways to promote, and embed, the IT principles across government. We are beginning work to develop proposals for a monitoring and reporting approach for IT across departments. The project will consider incentives and formats for departmental reporting, as well as automated tools for OSR to monitor IT on a rolling basis. We will consider these proposals alongside discussions with HM Treasury on a sustainable funding model for this work.