PSI and Government in
Wales
Bill Oates
Welsh Assembly Government
December 2009

Government in Wales
• Health
• Education
• Transport
• Environment & Agriculture
• Local Government
Cross-boundary collaboration and joint working required in many arenas – cannot be divorced from activities in England
Consumer of externally-generated PSI (policy development / service delivery)
Generator of PSI through the activities of government

PSI-related Landscape
FOI
Wales Accord for the
Sharing of
Personal Information
(WASPI)
Code of Practice on
Access to Information
Welsh Assembly Government
Publication Scheme
Performance Management:
Ffynnon & IDEAS
Infobase Cymru
INSPIRE
Legislative Programme
Information Commissioner for Wales
National Library for Wales
StatsWales
Ministerial Briefings and
Correspondence
Gathering the Jewels

WAG’s Current PSIrelated initiatives
• Corporate GIS – INSPIRE
• Single Set of Knowledge
• iShare – Records Management
• Observatories
• Local Service Board
Intelligence Units

Key Questions
• Harmonisation of PSI policies and attitudes across the UK
• Understanding the scope and overlap of PSI with other related issues
• PSI as a “by-product” of the business of government