Recommendations from the London Data Commission Developed in partnership with Acknowledgements The London Data Commission would like to thank all who Facilitating the London Data Commission and developing this contributed their insights or resource to this report. report would not have been possible without the support of our Foreword delivery partners: Arup, Microsoft and Oliver Wyman Forum. We would like to extend a special thank you to those Their teams are listed below: organisations that agreed to participate in the data- sharing pilot initiatives that were central to the London Data Commission. These organisations include: For many years London has been a leader in The UK Government’s impending National Data Richard de Cani Daniel Batts Has Dosanjh publishing city data, and in making it widely available. Strategy, led by Department for Digital, Culture, Media The Alan Turing Institute, Argent Related, Arup, Patrick Andison Sonia Cooper Deborah O’Neill Midtown BID, Business Improvement District, BP, BT, Sarah Hayes Vram Oknayan Rupal Kantaria Transport for London’s (TfL’s) live transport data and Sport (DCMS), will establish a country-wide vision The Greater London Authority, Grosvenor, Kainos, Eva Smaga Quam Adewale Lewis Cannon stimulated the creation of apps and tools that made it for the UK to be a leading data-led economy, by Lloyds Banking Group, London Legacy Development Nick Bec Owen Larter Michelle Mahoney easier for Londoners and visitors to navigate the city’s maximising our opportunities to promote responsible Corporation, London Office of Technology and Rebecca Chau Irina Kirikova transport network. growth through innovation in data-led solutions. Joe Minett The London Data Commission’s recommendations Innovation, Microsoft, The Northbank Business Sneha Jain provide the initial but essential milestones for London to Improvement District, Oliver Wyman Forum and Mayor Sadiq Khan’s bold ambition to make London, be a leading city on this journey. UK Power Networks. ‘the smartest city in the world’ is the right one, but the world is moving fast, and we are now creating more The analysis and conclusions contained in this report data than ever before. Much of that data sits behind Our work over the past nine months has been defined are those of London First and no endorsement should be corporate walls, and 90% is never looked at again. by a genuinely collaborative approach with business inferred from any one individual or organisation referred to in and London’s government. Together, working hand in these acknowledgements. hand on a new ecosystem that can help unlock the There is growing recognition that to help address increasing potential of data to transform London and London’s most pressing challenges, the city needs improve the lives of all of us who get to experience the to make better use of the vast amounts of data and brilliance and innovation of this city every day. The London Data Commission analysis held by businesses. Leaders in the public and private sectors are resolved to find new ways of Co-Chairs Ed Thurman Lloyds Banking Group working together, and the London Data Commission Isabel Dedring Arup Piers Townley Grosvenor is a major step in this process. Chris Perkins Microsoft Jace Tyrell New West End Company John Romeo Oliver Wyman Forum Howard Watson BT Jasmine Whitbread London First Matt Webb UK Power Networks Tim Whitley BT Commissioners Senior advisors consulted Todd Asher Bloomberg Associates Julian Barker British Land Ann Cairns Mastercard Theo Blackwell Greater London Authority Michael Cole-Fontayn AFME Catherine Brien The Guardian Bob Wigley UK Finance Harry Cassar BP Katherine Oliver Bloomberg Eddie Copland LOTI Cindy Rose Microsoft Miguel Gamino Mastercard Martha Lane-Fox Crossbench peer Neil Impiazzi SEGRO Shriti Vadera Santander UK Theo Blackwell MBE Jasmine Whitbread Lauren Sagar Weinstein Transport for London Chris Grigg British Land Chief Digital Officer Chief Executive Greater London Authority London First ii 1 Data for London is a proposed new data ecosystem for London - a framework to manage London’s data and bring together all parts of London’s Harnessing a history of leadership government and the private sector. The goal is to promote collaboration and data-sharing to generate insights that will lead to better policy decision- to re-imagine London’s data future making, and have a positive impact on the lives of Londoners. Data for London will have four key pillars: Twenty years ago, London faced the question of how best to Despite the successes, more often than not, much of the organise its public transport. The creation of a new organisation, data London needs remains inaccessible. Yet it is becoming Transport for London (TfL), provided the answer, delivering an increasingly clear that no individual organisation has all the integrated network to support the capital’s growth. Today, London information necessary to solve complex issues. Analysing faces a similarly complex question - how to make the best use of aggregated city-wide data sets can provide valuable insights data for the benefit of the city and its people. that lead to better policy making. To fully realise the benefits of Leadership Responsibility Innovation Collaboration data, London needs to develop the ability to share data across Convene a London Data Establish the first Launch Data Innovation Find new ways to Some businesses are already harnessing data and using organizational boundaries in a way that is secure and respects Board to provide leadership London Data Charter Challenges that help solve collaborate with others, new technologies such as artificial intelligence to make better privacy. and drive the Data for the capital’s biggest issues both in London and with cities decisions and improve efficiency. Increasingly, data is being London key pillars nationally and internationally used to help tackle some of the world’s most pressing societal The London Data Commission aimed to find new ways to bring challenges. From climate change to education, and more the public and private sectors together to unlock the data currently recently the COVID-19 pandemic, data is playing an increasingly available in London and support the creation of an internationally It has four aims: critical role. Accurate reliable data and reporting and challenge leading city data framework. The London Data Commission assumptions and highlight the effectiveness of specific policy has championed these core aims and explored practical data- Deliver data driven insights Build trust Harness new technologies Be a strong coherent voice measures, while also showing how successes can be replicated. led solutions across four ‘first wave’ pilots, which closely map to London First’s business priorities for London: People, Place, Boosting the use of data Safeguarding the anonymity Promoting the use cases Providing a strong and currently available in London and security of data from and testing of new data coherent voice for London The world is moving fast, and is now creating more data in a Connectivity and Competitiveness. Accurate data has a critical and supporting the creation of individuals, businesses and technologies such as 5G, in discussions with role in dealing with COVID-19 and in supporting the recovery, single day than existed up to the year 2000. Much of this data sits an internationally leading city groups via a London Data artificial intelligence, the government and other cities behind corporate walls or within layers of government, and 90% making the work of the London Data Commission timely and data platform to bring together Charter that helps maintain Internet of Things (IoT), digital about how the city can benefit of it is never mined for insight and understanding. The London urgent. anonymised data from the the highest standards of twinning, blockchain and from the use of its data Data Commission was established with the aim of creating a new public, private and third sector data management and analytics, and helping ensure data ecosystem – a framework to bring together all parts of the Just as TfL created an integrated transport network that provided to deliver clearer insights into transparency these innovations benefit all London’s government with the private sector, to make better use of the impetus for the capital’s success in the twenty-first century, the city’s challenges Londoners the anonymised data that currently exists by creating insights that what is needed now is a new way of thinking about data as a vital help make London a better place to live, work and do business. infrastructure asset. The London Data Commission has championed these core aims and explored four first wave In undertaking this work London First, together with Oliver Wyman It is time to create Data for London with a new London Data Board practical data-led solutions, which closely map to London First’s business priorities for London Forum, Arup and Microsoft, are building on a strong foundation at its core. of public sector data innovation in London. The London Data Store, the city’s first open data platform, is the home of TfL’s open People Connectivity transport data, which has led to the creation of hundreds of apps Identifying drivers of digital inclusion to enable Developing insights into our future infrastructure that improve how Londoners and visitors navigate the city. The COVID-19 recovery in London needs to support the rapid uptake of electric London Office of Technology and Innovation (LOTI) has promoted vehicles better collaboration between local authorities with an interactive dashboard that helps drive efficiencies in local government Place Competitiveness Unlocking data-led solutions to the key challenges procurement. Guiding this work is the Smarter London Together Isabel Dedring John Romeo Chris Perkins Creating smarter neighbourhoods that use COVID-19 roadmap, sets out the Mayor’s ambitious plan to make London Global Transport Managing Partner General Manager data to unlock local social and economic facing London as it recovers from – ‘the smartest city in the world’.