Statistics Group strategic priorities
The strategic priorities for the Scottish Government Statistics Group.
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There is a need for the statistics profession in Scotland to evolve, build on and grow the excellent work over the last number of years since the pandemic. This allows us to remain relevant, get the most out of our time and skills to provide a valuable service for the users of our statistics. These strategic priorities are to provide a direction to help teams decide where to focus their efforts in improving the production and dissemination of statistics.
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There are four high level strategic priorities, and we have suggested some steers under each:
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Value for users is central to what we do. Steers:
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Streamlining what we do. Steers:
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Maximising the use of our data. Steers:
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Making the most out of statisticians’ skills. Steers:
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The strategic priorities tie into three overarching guiding principles that the Chief Statistician has also set out which should underpin what we do:
- Focus on our purpose – in the context of us as statisticians, our teams and the statistics we produce.
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Chase the value – the tasks we do are all contributing to things that add value for our users, and minimising things that add less value.
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Be ready for the future – that we aren’t left behind in terms of our skills, communications, relevance and technical infrastructure.
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How individual teams across the statistics group take forward these priorities is up to them, and how they fit into business planning activity. Some of the priorities and steers might be things that teams are already doing; some may be more of a priority some statistical teams than others.
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