Introducing the UK Parliament’s Knowledge Exchange unit
Posted: Sat Feb 08, 2025 5:45 am
Naomi Saint and Sarah Foxen introduce the UK Parliament’s Knowledge Exchange unit and the importance of data in Parliament.
If you think of the UK Parliament, words that spring to mind could be politics, opinions, debates, votes, elections, scrutiny.
How about data?
Not necessarily something you’d associate with Parliament.
But Parliament uses data and usa rcs data research in all its core activities: scrutinising the UK Government, debating matters of the day, legislating, and approving taxes and spending. In short, Parliament uses data to help it hold the Government to account and to shape policy and decisions.
There is a strong demand from parliamentarians and parliamentary staff for up to date, accessible data.
Equally, there are a lot of routes for data to feed into the UK Parliament.
Select committees need evidence to inform their inquiries into all aspects of the work of Government;
the House of Commons and House of Lords Libraries use research and data in their briefings on a huge range of current topics as needed by Members of both Houses;
POST (the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology) works closely with academics to provide contextualised data on public-policy issues for Parliamentary use.
If you think of the UK Parliament, words that spring to mind could be politics, opinions, debates, votes, elections, scrutiny.
How about data?
Not necessarily something you’d associate with Parliament.
But Parliament uses data and usa rcs data research in all its core activities: scrutinising the UK Government, debating matters of the day, legislating, and approving taxes and spending. In short, Parliament uses data to help it hold the Government to account and to shape policy and decisions.
There is a strong demand from parliamentarians and parliamentary staff for up to date, accessible data.
Equally, there are a lot of routes for data to feed into the UK Parliament.
Select committees need evidence to inform their inquiries into all aspects of the work of Government;
the House of Commons and House of Lords Libraries use research and data in their briefings on a huge range of current topics as needed by Members of both Houses;
POST (the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology) works closely with academics to provide contextualised data on public-policy issues for Parliamentary use.