8g. Identify data to be collected
‘Data is distinct pieces of information. When designing and running services you should make appropriate use of data to inform your choices and improve the experience for users.’ GOV.UK Service Manual, Designing With Data
Identifying the data that a service needs to collect has environmental impact implications as that data will have to be stored.
Likely Lead Roles
Data architect, technical architect
Sub-actions
8g. (i) Only collect data that is necessary
8g. (ii) Identify opportunities for data sharing
(i) Only collect data that is necessary
Find out if the data you need has been collected elsewhere and if you can reuse it.
Environmental benefit:
Reducing data storage cuts required infrastructure, power and data transfer.
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(ii) Identify opportunities for data sharing
Sharing data with other services might mean it only needs to be collected once, saving on storage.
Environmental benefit:
Reducing data storage cuts required infrastructure, power and data transfer.