FOI 0500-2024/25- Data Governance

Request:

Data Governance

Q1. Does your police force have a documented data governance framework? (Yes/No)

Q2. If yes, when was it last reviewed and updated?

Data Leadership

Q3. Is there a designated Chief Data Officer (CDO) or equivalent role within your police force? (Yes/No)

Q4. How many Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) staff are dedicated to data management and analytics? Please break this down by Data Analysts, Data Scientists, Data Engineers, Data Architects, Database Administrators & Data Leaders.

Data Quality Management

Q5. Does your force routinely (at least quarterly) assess the quality of its data (e.g., accuracy, completeness, timeliness)? (Yes/No)

Q6. What percentage of your force's critical datasets have been subject to a formal data quality assessment in the last year?

Data Strategy

Q7. Is there a data strategy aligned with your force’s broader organizational strategy? (Yes/No)

Q8. Please provide the year when the data strategy was first implemented and any subsequent revisions. Please also provide the strategy document if available.

Data Literacy

Q9. Has your force implemented any formal data literacy programs or training for staff? (Yes/No)

Q10. What percentage of your staff have completed data literacy training in the last 12 months?

Data Infrastructure and Technology

Q11. What data management platforms or tools does your force use (e.g., data warehouses, ETL tools, analytics platforms)?

Q12. Does your force have a cloud strategy for data storage and processing? (Yes/No)

Data Sharing and Integration

Q13. To what extent does your force share data with other forces and public sector bodies? (Scale: None, Limited, Extensive)

Q14. Does your force have standardized protocols for data integration between internal systems? (Yes/No)

Data Ethics and Privacy

Q15. Does your force have an ethics board or similar body that reviews data-related projects? (Yes/No)

Q16. Are there policies in place to ensure data privacy compliance (e.g., UK GDPR, UK DPA)? (Yes/No) If yes, please list the data privacy policies you follow and adhere to.

Data Use and Analytics

Q17. What proportion of your force's operational decisions are data-driven? (Please estimate a percentage)

Q18. Does your force use widespread (across multiple departments) advanced analytics (e.g., predictive modelling, AI, machine learning) to inform policing strategies and crime prevention? (Yes/No)

Continuous Improvement and Innovation

Q19. Does your force have a process for continuously improving its data management practices? (Yes/No)

Q20. How often are new data management technologies or practices piloted within your force?

Response: 

Extent and Result of Searches to Locate Information

To locate the information relevant to your request searches were conducted within North Yorkshire Police. I can confirm that the information you have requested is held by North Yorkshire Police.  

Decision

I have today decided to disclose the located information to you.

Q1. No

Q2. N/A

Q3. No

Q4. North Yorkshire Police have 8 FTE staff members deditcated to data management and analytics of those 2 FTE are data analysts. North Yorkshire Police do not employ any persons in the roles of “Data Scientists’’, “Data Engineers’’, “Data Architects”, “Database Administrators” & “Data Leaders” and therefore hold no information to disclose in respect of this part of your request.

Q5. Yes

Q6. 0

Q7. No

Q8. N/A

Q9. No

Q10. 0

Q11. Data Warehouse, SSMS, Power BI

Q12. No

Q13. Extensive

Q14. Yes

Q15. Yes

Q16. UK DPA,  UK GDPR

Q17. 65%

Q18. No

Q19. No

Q20. None

Please note that systems used for recording information are not generic, nor are the procedures used locally in capturing the data.  It should be noted therefore that this force’s response to your questions should not be used for comparison purposes with any other responses you may receive.