Presentation by Malcolm Britton, Head of Data Services Group, DCSF; Kevin Rennie, KPMG; Rob Bear, KPMG and Andrew Waterer, KPMG

1. Planning for the future How the Data & Statistics Strategy will help us get the right data for our future policy needs Speakers: Malcolm Britton DCSF Kevin Rennie KPMG Rob Bear KPMG Andrew Waterer KPMG 2010 DCSF Research Conference

2. Agenda 13:45 Welcome from Malcolm Britton, Head of the Data Services Group in DCSF 13:55 What will the strategy cover? 14:00 Introduction to exercise on identifying future needs 14:05 Exercise to identify future needs 14:40 Plenary 14: 55 Closing remarks 1

3. What will the strategy cover? Work package 1 – Identify future needs Future Scenario thinking Knowledge map Identify future data requirements Map out core requirements 2

4. What will the strategy cover? Work Package 2: Manage Demand Prioritisation mechanisms Governance arrangements 3 Develop Prioritisation mechanism Agree governance arrangements Benchmark best practice elsewhere

5. What will the strategy cover? Work Package 3: Co-ordinate supply Linkages Roadmap to deliver overall strategy Road map 4 Identify linkages with other data sets Join up with IT Strategy

6. Exercise to identify future needs - possible axes to future gaze 5 local national institution holistic single phase cross phase

8. Task 1 – Future gazing 7 Policy Challenge Key questions that need to be answered Key new data needed (over what is currently available) Notes on whether poles on the “axes” change way in which data is gathered and held

9. Task 2 – Immediate gaps 8 Gaps in current data (brief description of the gap and why it needs to be filled) What can be done (e.g. linkages to other data sets, amend existing survey / new service / new data collection)