The Central Digital and Data Office was an agency under the United Kingdom's

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) is a ministerial department of the government of the United Kingdom. It was established on 7 February 2023 by a cabinet reshuffle under the Rishi Sunak premiership. The departm ...

which was responsible for coordinating digital, data, and technological programmes across the government, and setting standards in those areas. In January 2025, the body was merged into the

Government Digital Service The Government Digital Service is a unit of the Government of the United Kingdom's Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, tasked with transforming the provision of online public services. It was formed in April 2011 by David Camero ...

. It was established in January 2021 under the

Cabinet Office The Cabinet Office is a Departments of the Government of the United Kingdom, ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom. It is responsible for supporting the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, prime minister and Cabinet ...

, and was moved to the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology by the incoming Labour government in 2024. The CDDO shared an office with the Government Digital Service in London, and both organisations were guided by the Digital Advisory Board.

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