Data is one of our most valuable assets as a council and helps to inform how we best deliver our services to meet the needs of our communities.

Over the next five years we want to make even better use of data and insight as we continue to deliver our ambitious Council Plan and ten council commitments.

We will proactively seek data and business intelligence that can help with decision making and ensure we continue to be transparent in how we use, keep and store data.

This strategy puts down the foundations for a data-first approach across the council and our future data and information aspirations.

It will ensure data is embedded in everything we do to improve the outcomes for people in Dorset.