Data Bites #21: Getting things done with data in government

At this month's event, the 21st in our series, the speakers presented their work in an exciting, quickfire format. Each speaker had eight minutes, followed by eight minutes of questions from the audience.
This month's speakers were:
Adam Brocklesby, EY Partner, UK&I Consulting, on how government can improve policy decisions and citizen services by being 'insight led' and 'data enabled'
Pye Nyunt, Head of Insight & Innovation at the London Borough of Barking & Dagenham, on insight-led action on reducing homelessness and improving financial resilience
Madeline Lasko, Service Owner, Trading Environment, and Simon Worthington, Chief Data Architect, Trading Environment, Department for International Trade, on publishing the UK tariff as open data
Ben Lyons, Head of External Affairs and Insight at the Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation, on public engagement research to scope standards on public sector algorithmic transparency
The event was chaired by Gavin Freeguard, Associate at the Institute for Government.