Source · Select Committees · Public Accounts Committee
Recommendation 8
8
Accepted
Cabinet Office's InSite programme targeting improved data consistency for government property by April 2025.
Recommendation
The Cabinet Office aims to improve data consistency through its new InSite programme, enabling the implementation of the government property data standard across the central government property portfolio.12 It told us that the Insite was going live and would be fully functional on 1 April 2025, the day after we took evidence.13 Poor condition of property affecting public services
Government Response Summary
The Cabinet Office has written to the Committee alongside the Treasury Minute response with updates on data standardisation and Insite implementation.
Government Response
Accepted
HM Government
Accepted
1. PAC conclusion: Government efforts to tackle the backlog are undermined by inconsistent and incomplete data. 1a. PAC recommendation: Alongside its Treasury Minute response to this report the Cabinet Office should write to the Committee to update us on: • its progress in mandating that departments use a standard definition of backlog and collect consistent and–up–to–date data so the scale of the backlog is accurately captured in the State of the Estate report; • how Insite implementation has improved data collection and collation; and • what it has done to make sure that all departments comply with its requirements or explain deviation from it. It should include compliance rates alongside the backlog calculation in the 2026 State of the Estate report. 1.1 The government agrees with the Committee’s recommendation. Recommendation implemented 14 1.2 The Cabinet Office has written to the Committee alongside this Treasury Minute response in response to this recommendation.