This is the National Data Guardian’s (NDG’s) formal response to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport’s consultation Data: a new direction on the proposed reforms to data protection law in the UK.

This is not an exhaustive review of all the government’s proposals, but rather the NDG’s considerations and recommendations on those areas of the reforms that may impact the health and social care sector.

The appropriate use of data is essential to ensure continuous improvements in health and social care. The NDG is supportive of the government’s aim of building an improved data protection regime. As such, this response is intended to provide advice and feedback on areas of the consultation where the NDG believes further consideration might be necessary if the government is to achieve its stated aim.

The Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner Professor Frasor Sampson, and the Scottish Biometrics Commissioner Dr Brian Plastow, write to the government about the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport’s Data Consultation.

This analysis provides estimates of data use amongst UK organisations, using the UK Business Survey (UKBDS). This accompanies analysis within the consultation for UK Data Reform.

This is an abridged set of specific findings from the UKBDS, a telephone-based quantitative and qualitative study of UK businesses, which seeks to understand the role and importance of personal and non-personal data in UK businesses, domestic and international transfers of data, and the awareness of, and attitudes toward, data protection legislation and policy.

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This page lists ad hoc statistics released during the period July-September 2021. These are additional analyses not included in any of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport’s standard publications.

If you would like any further information please contact evidence@dcms.gov.uk

September 2021 - Ad Hoc UK Business Data Survey Release

This analysis provides estimates of data use amongst UK organisations, using the UK Business Survey (UKBDS). This accompanies analysis within the consultation for UK data reform. This is an abridged set of specific findings from the UKBDS, a telephone-based quantitative and qualitative study of UK businesses, which seeks to understand the role and importance of personal and non-personal data in UK businesses, domestic and international transfers of data, and the awareness of, and attitudes toward, data protection legislation and policy.

This is the National Data Guardian’s formal written response to the Home Office consultation on the draft statutory guidance on the Serious Violence Duty which will be issued by the Secretary of State under section 19 of the Police Crime and Sentencing Courts Act 2022.

The feedback was submitted to the Home Office in July 2022.

Headline findings

All estimates in this release are presented in 2022 prices and in chained volume measures. Estimates are provisional and subject to planned revisions. The index of estimated monthly GVA shows the growth or decline of the Digital Sector and its subsectors relative to January 2019.

This current release contains new monthly figures for April 2024 to June 2024 and minor revisions for January 2024 to March 2024.

Estimates of monthly GVA (£ million) are used to determine percentage changes over the relevant time periods mentioned here.

• Estimated monthly GVA for the Digital Sector increased by 1.1% between March 2024 and June 2024, while the GVA of the UK is estimated to have increased by 0.4% over the same period.
• Based on these estimates, the Digital Sector accounted for 7.2% of total UK GVA in June 2024, down from 7.4% in June 2023.
• In our Economic Estimates: Digital Sector Monthly GVA (to March 2024) release we reported a 0.2% increase in Digital Sector GVA from December 2023 to March 2024. As part of planned revisions to the underlying data in this release, this change in Digital Sector GVA has been revised down to a 0.2% decrease from December 2023 to March 2024.
• These same revised figures estimate that monthly Digital Sector GVA decreased by 1.8% in the 12 months between March 2023 and March 2024 whilst, over the same period, the estimate for the total UK GVA increased by 0.9%.

Released

26 September 2024

About this release

This is a continuation of the Digital Economic Estimates: Monthly GVA series, previously produced by Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). Responsibility for Digital Sector policy now sits with the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT).

Monthly estimates

These estimates are Official Statistics, used to provide an estimate of the economic contribution of the Digital Sector, in terms of Gross Value Added (GVA), for the period January 2019 to June 2024. This current release contains new monthly figures for April 2024 to June 2024 and minor revisions for January 2024 to March 2024.

Estimates are presented in chained volume measures (i.e. have been adjusted for inflation), at 2022 prices, and are seasonally adjusted. These latest monthly estimates should only be used to illustrate general trends, not used as definitive figures.

You can use these estimates to:

• Look at relative indicative changes in GVA over time for the Digital Sector and subsectors

You should not use these estimates to:

• Quantify GVA for a specific month
• Measure absolute change in GVA over time
• Determine findings for sectors that are defined using more detailed industrial classes (due to the data sources only being available at broader industry levels)

Data sources and technical information

These findings are calculated based on published Office for National Statistics (ONS) data sources including the Index of Services and Index of Production.

These data sources are available for industrial ‘divisions’, whereas the Digital Sector is defined using more detailed industrial ‘classes’. This represents a significant limitation to this statistical series; the implications of which are discussed furt

The Public Health Outcomes Framework (PHOF) data update for February 2018 has been published by Public Health England (PHE).

The data are presented in an interactive tool that allows users to view them in a user-friendly format. The data tool also provides links to further supporting and relevant information to aid understanding of public health in a local population.

This update contains:

• more recent data for 60 indicators
• 3 new indicators
• 1 indicator with a revised definition
• revised back series data for 1 indicator
• equalities and inequalities breakdowns for 35 indicators

See the attached indicators updated document for full details of what’s in this update.

The Public Health Outcomes Framework was refreshed in May 2016, following a consultation in 2015. We will add new indicators as they become available.

See the government response to the consultation for details of the new framework.

View previous Public Health Outcomes Framework data tool updates.

This set of data covers consultancy expenditure.