Issue - meetings

This report introduces the Brent Data and Insight Strategy and Delivery Plan, which fulfils the commitment in the Brent Borough Plan 2023-27 to develop a dedicated data strategy that supports the council in becoming an organisation that maximises the value of data in all that it does.

Cabinet RESOLVED to endorse the Brent Data and Insight Strategy and the accompanying Delivery Plan set out in Appendix 1 of the report.

Councillor Muhammed Butt (Leader of the Council) introduced a report which outlined the development of a Brent Data and Insight Strategy and Delivery Plan.

In considering the report, Cabinet noted that the Strategy and Delivery Plan had been developed to fulfil the commitment within the Borough Plan 2023-27 to introduce a dedicated data strategy that would support the Council in becoming an organisation that maximised the value of data.  The Strategy and Delivery Plan was also recognised as key in defining the Council’s approach to harnessing the power of data to not only inform decision making but also secure improvements in the way the organisation operated and collaborated in delivering better outcomes for local people.

In welcoming the innovative nature of the Strategy, members also recognised the confidence and assurance it would provide in ensuring that data continued to be used in accordance with best practice and the necessary legal and ethical guidance.  In recognising the increasing significance and need for robust management of data, members also welcomed the establishment of a Data Ethics Board as a means of providing further guidance and challenge in delivery of the Strategy, with it noted that Brent was currently one of only a few local authorities to have implemented such a Board.

Having expressed support for the approach outlined in terms of the way it would assist in establishing more modern, joined up and agile ways of working to support better outcomes for local residents, Cabinet RESOLVED to endorse and approve the Brent Data and Insight Strategy and the accompanying Delivery Plan, as set out in Appendix 1 of the report.