Data Transparency and Accountability: Covid 19

Inquiry by the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee, 16 September 2020 to 3 May 2021. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

• Eighth Report - Government transparency and accountability during Covid 19: The data underpinning decisions (15 March 2021)
• First Special Report - Government transparency and accountability during Covid 19: The data underpinning decisions: Government’s response to the Committee’s Eighth Report of Session 2019–21 (25 May 2021)

Evidence sessions

• 22 September 2020: Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation; Professor Sir Ian Diamond, Office for National Statistics
• 5 November 2020: Steven Grimmond; Councillor Alison Evison; Phil Roberts; Cllr Hugh Evans OBE
• 5 November 2020: Councillor Georgia Gould; Jeanelle de Gruchy; Joanne Roney OBE; Councillor Ian Hudspeth
• 24 November 2020: Will Moy; Prof Sylvia Richardson CBE; Prof Sir David John Spiegelhalter OBE FRS; Dr Ben Worthy
• 16 December 2020: Emma McClarkin, British Beer and Pub Association; Julian Bird, Society of London Theatre and UK Theatre; Bill Sweeney, Rugby Football Union; Andrew Goodacre, British Independent Retailers Association
• 19 January 2021: Professor Steve Reicher, University of St Andrews; Professor David Halpern, Behavioural Insights Team; Ed Conway, Sky News; Richard Earley, Facebook; Dr Richard Fletcher, Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
• 4 February 2021: Rt Hon Penny Mordaunt MP; James Bowler CB; Helen Whately MP; Clara Swinson