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Eighth Report - Government transparency and accountability during Covid 19: The data underpinning decisions
Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee
HC 803
Published 15 March 2021
Government response
First Special Report - Government transparency and accountability during Covid 19: The data underpinning decisions: Government’s response to the Committee’s Eighth Report of Session 2019–21 · published 25 May 2021
Recommendations & Conclusions
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Conclusion
Acknowledged
The Government has overseen a remarkable effort pulling together data on Covid 19 from a...
Conclusion
The Government has overseen a remarkable effort pulling together data on Covid 19 from a standing start 12 months ago. It has also made much of this data and analysis available to the public, primarily through the Covid 19 data …
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Government Response Summary
The government acknowledges the committee's positive observations, reaffirming its commitment to accessible public health information and detailing existing efforts to make data and analysis available, enhance accessibility in communications, and apply best practice in data visualisation.
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Conclusion
Acknowledged
Para 33
The Government has made significant steps in the presentation of data throughout this pandemic, including...
Conclusion
The Government has made significant steps in the presentation of data throughout this pandemic, including through the Covid 19 dashboard. But it is still presenting some graphics which do not meet the basic standards that we would expect. The Committee …
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Government Response Summary
The government states its commitment to transparency and its endeavour to publish all statistics and underlying data in line with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics.