Connecting data for better outcomes

"The UPRN is the jewel at the heart of the addressing system. It links address data across a diverse range of systems and services. The UPRN facilitates greater accuracy and immediate data sharing and matching - delivering better services and better outcomes for citizens"

Rt Hon Matthew Hancock MP, previous Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General and present Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport

"I am now convinced that any public sector organization that wants to get involved in using data for better outcomes needs to connect together your spatial data, use UPRNs there's an easy way to match records. There are amazing things you can do by matching records. If you don't have the UPRN you are making your life impossibly difficult to do it. Its starting with the basics and there is a marked difference with what you can do if you do it well."

Eddie Copeland, Director of Government Innovation in the Innovation Lab at NESTA

"We all hear all the time that technology delivers value through being scaled, data delivers value when it is linked and it is shared. The future of local government, the future of public services, the future of our communities depends on this - connecting data for better outcomes. For that you need UPRNs they are absolutely vital"

Eddie Copeland, Director of Government Innovation in the Innovation Lab at NESTA

"In terms of building a business case for an investment in the LLPG, it is my conclusion that you can't build a successful transformation programme without building a strong foundation first and building a corporate approach to the LLPG is at the heart of that. Without creating a strong LLPG infrastructure and the resources to maintain it, every digital project that your council or your organisation works on so will be much harder to deliver."

Ben Jones, Head of Digital Services at Harrow Council

"Using the UPRN means that we can match records with greater success. The aim of the golden record is to cherry pick the best data from different sources and assemble a record based on what we believe is the best data we hold, and the UPRN is one of the top ones. It is also an essential tool for cleansing and de-duplicating data held in source systems. We are putting a huge effort into improving the quality of data across the organisation as this will lead us to being able to provide better services to our residents."

Sanja Milojevic, senior business analyst for Camden's Shared Digital Service with Islington and Haringey.

"We have always maintained that Multi Agency Information Transfer (MAIT) in Wales utilises the UPRN as the key unique identifier. Information sharing using the UPRN is now in operation with the majority of Welsh Emergency Services and we are currently testing a similar approach in the exchange of data between Social Services and Emergency Services for example to undertake free Home Fire Safety Checks for vulnerable adults. My role has increasingly involved the Emergency Services in England and I am confident that within the near future, the use of the UPRN to underpin Emergency Service Command and Control Systems and as the unique identifier for wider public service information sharing, will be the norm not the exception. GeoPlace will be instrumental in achieving this."

Tony Bracey, MAIT Project Manager

"We firmly believe the UPRN to be a key element in driving forward effective and targeted service delivery. By placing the UPRN at the core of every service delivery system, not only can we continue to improve the services we offer, but also make savings through effective data sharing and joined up working. The immediate benefits internally range from fraud detection to enhanced routes for waste collection, as well as a much better understanding of each and every resident who consumes our services. As a result, the resident benefits from better services, as well as the convenience of being able to transact and gain access to a wealth of public information online. All of this has been facilitated by the UPRN."

Luke Studden, Address Information Custodian, London Borough of Harrow