Consultations National Data Strategy and ‘Data: A New Direction’ consultation
At the end of 2020, the previous government launched its National Data Strategy, and in September 2021 that government launched the "Data: a new direction" consultation .
	This consultation closed in November 2021 having received close to 3000 responses. These were received from individuals, businesses, and other organisations including global think tanks, non-profit organisations, research institutes and trade bodies.
	The previous government's response to the consultation was published on 17 June 2022.