Central Digital and Data Office

Central Digital and Data Office
Agency overview
FormedJanuary 2021
DissolvedJanuary 2025
Headquarters
  • 10 Whitechapel High Street, London
Agency executives
  • Paul Willmott, Chair
  • Mike Potter, Government Chief Digital Officer
Parent department
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

The Central Digital and Data Office was an agency[a] under the United Kingdom's Department for Science, Innovation and Technology which was responsible for coordinating digital, data, and technological programmes across the government, and setting standards in those areas.[1] In January 2025, the body was merged into the Government Digital Service.[2]

It was established in January 2021 under the Cabinet Office,[3] and was moved to the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology by the incoming Labour government in 2024.[4] The CDDO shared an office with the Government Digital Service in London, and both organisations were guided by the Digital Advisory Board.

Notes

  1. ↑ It was not an executive agency, but was instead classed as a high profile group

References

  1. ↑ "About us". Central Digital & Data Office. GOV.UK. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
  2. ↑ "Central Digital and Data Office". GOV.UK. Department for Science, Innovation and Technology. January 2025. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
  3. ↑ Say, Mark. "Central Digital and Data Office goes into operation". UK Authority News. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
  4. ↑ Markson, Tevye. "Digital bodies move from Cabinet Office to DSIT in Labour's first big MOG change". Civil Service World. Retrieved 14 September 2024.