Select committee: Public Accounts Committee
Conclusion 8
75th Report - Government use of data analytics on error and fraud
Published 27 Mar 2026
Addressed to HM Treasury
Public Accounts Committee Government use of data analytics on error and fraud All items in this report Report on parliament.uk ↗ Inquiry on parliament.uk ↗
Conclusion (the committee's words)
There are a number of issues that are undermining government’s efforts to use data analytics more widely to combat fraud and error. DSIT told us that that getting usable data can be difficult because they are held on legacy IT systems or because the data are not of good enough quality.16 The PSFA stated that government bodies find data-sharing, which underpins data analytics, difficult because different bodies use different data processes.17 Government has also acknowledged that some parts of the civil service do not have the level of digital skills required to use data analytics to their full potential.18
From: Public Accounts Committee, 75th Report - Government use of data analytics on error and fraud (HC 891), 27 March 2026
Government response
The government responded to the whole report on 1 June 2026 (deadline 27 May 2026).