Issue - meetings

To consider a report of the head of Policy and Performance.

The Committee considered a report of the head of Policy and Performance on the Council’s Data Quality Strategy.

The Council’s Data Quality Strategy had been put in place to ensure that the Council carried out its responsibilities in respect of producing and using quality data in an effective and co-ordinated manner.  It i played a vital role in the management and improvement of Council services.  The Strategy acknowledged that quality data were an integral part of the Council’s operational, performance management and governance arrangements.

The Strategy set guidelines for putting into place systems, policies, and procedures to enable the highest possible data quality, including information shared between the Council and partners. The Strategy would also set guidelines to ensure that all staff, Members, partners and other stakeholders understood their roles and responsibilities.

It was intended that a detailed action plan would be submitted to a future meeting of the committee for the Committee to undertake a programme of work to challenge data quality across the Council to include :

·        An examination of roles and responsibilities for data quality and tests to determine whether role requirements are being met

·        An evaluation of data quality assurance arrangements across key systems

·        An assessment of officers’ awareness of data requirements in their areas

·        An examination of the presentation of information to identify best practice in the Council and standardise on it

·        An assessment of the risk associated with poor data quality and actions across the Council to identify and address the risks.

RSOLBVED –

(a)               That the Data Quality Strategy and the actions being carried out to evaluate performance against the actions and standards it sets be noted. 

(b)       That data quality improvement through a programme of reviews and assessments be supported. 

(c)        That the Committee take responsibility for ongoing review of the Data Quality Strategy and that quarterly reports be submitted to the committee in future.