Reducing the Provider Data Burden

The information authority works with other organisations to reduce unnecessary data collection demands being placed upon further education and training providers.

During 2008 - 2010 much of this work was driven by the Data Burden Study carried out by Oakleigh Consulting. The company was appointed by the information authority to determine the amount of administration required of providers to meet external data requests. A number of criteria were used to identify unnecessary burden, including lack of consistency and transparency in requests, tight deadlines and lack of relevance to the provider.

The study

A total of 117 providers contributed to the independent Data Burden study carried out by Oakleigh Consulting - either through in-depth interviews, responses to a detailed structured questionnaire or to a shorter e-survey.

An executive summary of the full report, entitled Identifying and Quantifying the Provider Data Burden Executive Summary was published in June 2008.

Follow this link to see the LSC and Data Service response to the Data Burden report.

If you have any queries about the work on reducing the provider data burden, please email cst@theia.org.uk.