Darllenwch y dudalen hon yn Cymraeg
#LoveData23
February may be the time for romance, but it’s not all about hearts and flowers. St Valentine is sharing the spotlight with Love Data Week!
Continue readingCyber: Planning today for a prosperous future
Darllenwch y dudalen hon yn Gymraeg
In our increasingly digital world, cyber is a word we’re hearing about more and more cyber skills, cyber safety, online crime and cyber-attacks.
In this blog, we want to tell you about the development of a Cyber Action Plan for Wales, a commitment in our Digital Strategy for Wales.
This will be the first in a series of blogs about the action plan and we want to start by explaining a bit about what we mean by cyber, why we need an action plan and who the plan is for.
Continue readingGuest blog: What’s in a name?
Darllenwch y dudalen hon yn Gymraeg
The Digital Strategy for Wales sets out how public sector procurement has a real opportunity to support and grow Welsh businesses and digital skills.
This is the third blog in our series about procurement. Victoria, a member of our delivery team, provides an update on how the ‘Procurement Centre of Excellence’ is developing and shares some findings about what it could be called going forward.
Continue readingGuest blog: Shaping the procurement profession for future generations
Darllenwch y dudalen hon yn Gymraeg
In this second blogpost from our series about procurement, Warren, a member of our delivery team, provides an update on how the ‘Procurement Centre of Excellence’ is developing.
Continue readingGuest blog: Bringing Wales’ commercial and procurement communities together
Darllenwch y dudalen hon yn Gymraeg
In October Rebecca Evans MS, Minister for Finance and Local Government announced that a supplier had been appointed to support a pilot for creation of a ‘Procurement Centre of Excellence’ to provide practical support to Welsh public sector procurement teams.
Continue readingChief Statistician’s update: understanding Census 2021 data about the Welsh language
Darllenwch y dudalen hon yn Gymraeg
Today we published the first data from Census 2021 about the Welsh language.
On Census Day, 21 March 2021, an estimated 538,300 usual residents in Wales aged three years or older reported being able to speak Welsh. This is 17.8% of the population. This represents a decrease of around 23,700 people since Census 2011, or a decrease of 1.2 percentage points.
Continue readingData Sharing and the Cost-of-living crisis: where do we start?
Darllenwch y dudalen hon yn Gymraeg
Data sharing is key to unlocking improved public services for the people of Wales, but the concept of data sharing, for many, can be daunting. With the cost of living rising, it is important that we work together and share information where we can to help support the citizens of Wales. This week we hosted a forum to dispel some of the myths and concerns around data sharing in the hope of raising confidence levels and breaking down barriers to make the process clearer and easier.
Continue readingChief statistician’s update: where to find data and analysis on the cost of living crisis
Darllenwch y dudalen hon yn Gymraeg
The cost of living has been increasing across the UK since early 2021. The annual rate of inflation reached a 41-year high of 11.1% in October 2022, and the Bank of England raised interest rates to 3% in November, the highest level since the financial crisis of 2008. This affects the affordability of goods and services for households, and also impacts on businesses.
Continue readingChief Statistician’s update: comparing NHS performance statistics across the UK
Darllenwch y dudalen hon yn Gymraeg
The provision of health services is devolved across the four nations of the UK. As a result, the way we measure NHS activity and performance in each nation differs, in order to reflect the different policy priorities and circumstances of each nation. While there are similarities in the types of data collected, there are also important differences in coverage and definitions, meaning that the headline statistics are often not directly comparable. However, understandably, there is considerable interest in making these comparisons, so this blog post aims to offer advice on doing this.
Continue readingWould you like to use your digital and technology skills to help the people of Wales?
Darllenwch y dudalen hon yn Gymraeg
If so, now is an exciting time to be joining the Digital, Data and Technology (DDAT) profession in Welsh Government. We’re looking for people with a variety of different skills to help support the digital transformation of services to citizens, transform our internal ways of working, and manage and develop our technical infrastructure and services in Welsh Government.
Continue reading
Digital and Data Blog 