Suffolk’s public service organisations believe that a shared and high-quality evidence base enables better decision making to improve the lives of Suffolk residents. The Suffolk Office of Data & Analytics (SODA) has been set up as a collective endeavour between Suffolk public service organisations to:
- Make better use of data to generate new insights into public services and the needs they serve
- Apply these insights to improve policy and service design and delivery
SODA will achieve this through:
- Joining up and analysing data from multiple sources, including internal data from Suffolk’s public service organisations, its partners and nationally available data
- Ensuring that data-sharing is lawful and appropriate
- Applying robust analytical techniques and synthesising data to generate insight
The public service organisations behind SODA are:
- Babergh District Council and Mid Suffolk District Council
- East Suffolk Council
- Ipswich Borough Council
- Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care System
- Suffolk Constabulary
- Suffolk County Council
- West Suffolk Council