The policy team are part of the Executive Office and responsible for interpreting government policy and steering how it will impact on council work and the people of Plymouth. They work with city-wide data and intelligence functions, and hold a number of statutory responsibility duties for the council. As well as implementing existing government policy they also horizon scan for possible emerging policy conduct local survey and consultation, and lobby government in relation to planned or suggested changes. For example Key Cities.
Many different parts of the Council hold their own data and intelligence and the policy team often find themselves cascading and sourcing data and share information efficiently and effectively. Key data holders are public health, capacity and planning, performance, economic development as well as each directorate and service holding their own data: but all teams access and use city level data, often used and interpreted differently.
The HDRC is funding a secondment to work across the council to make better use of our data, ensuring we know what is available, where it is stored, how it is accessed and consider how it can be used to help inform priorities for the city. It will be the opportunity to test how data can be used to create a better picture of our strengths and needs by joining up knowledge looking for synergy, trends and greater granularity.
Contact: Julian Elston [email protected]
Working with; Plymouth City Council Policy team and informatics colleagues across the council, University of Plymouth