Central Digital and Data Office

Central Digital and Data Office

Agency overview
Formed	January 2021
Dissolved	January 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.