Question follow-through · 1968
Research: Government Departments
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to ensure that departments have access to high quality predictive modelling.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 26 Jul 2024
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2024
- Answer
- 2 Sept 2024 · 38 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
26 Jul 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to ensure that departments have access to high quality predictive modelling.
2 Sept 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
2 Sept 2024
Answer published
Predictive modelling is widely used across government departments, including DSIT, and is implemented by analysts from the various analytical professions. These professions are brought together by the ONS-based Analysis Function, which co-ordinates analyt...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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