Many of the projects and programmes brought before the Committee suffer from a lack of good quality data or are adversely affected by government IT systems not ‘talking’ to each other.22 Issues with data was identified as the main barrier to cross-government working in HM Treasury’s and the Cabinet Office’s survey of 229 departmental practitioners in 2022. 63% of respondents felt that technical issues made it difficult to share data effectively across government and 62% saw departmental unwil...

Many of the projects and programmes brought before the Committee suffer from a lack of good quality data or are adversely affected by government IT systems not ‘talking’ to each other.22 Issues with data was identified as the main barrier to cross-government working in HM Treasury’s and the Cabinet Office’s survey of 229 departmental practitioners in 2022. 63% of respondents felt that technical issues made it difficult to share data effectively across government and 62% saw departmental unwillingness to share data across government as a major barrier to effective cross-government working.23 Type: conclusion | Number: 13 | Response status: accepted Government response: The government agrees with the Committee’s recommendation. Recommendation implemented. The Evaluation Task Force will continue supporting departmental analysts with identifying project-specific evaluation data, particularly for projects within the Task Force’s priority areas, which are listed on its