Finalists
At the Grand Finale, the four remaining teams pitched their updated ideas to the Judging Panel – which now included Department for Science, Innovation and Technology Permanent Secretary Emran Mian – and demonstrated their digital models, showing how their proposals and solutions had developed in the two months since the Semi-Finals.
Below, we present the full team memberships and five-minute videos demonstrating their digital solutions. You can view the 10-minute videos explaining their ideas, produced after the Semi-Finals, on the Semi-Finalists page.
Casework compliance assistant
AI guidance and support with data analysis, verification and processing for DWP benefits teams
Team Members:
- Marlon Woodley, CFCD Verification Assurance Officer, Department for Work and Pensions (idea originator)
- Mohammed Islam, Appeal Writer, Department for Work and Pensions
- Sam Lewis, Lead Data Scientist, Crown Commercial Service
- Laura Winstanley, VAT Compliance Caseworker, HM Revenue and Customs
- Smriti Jha, CASPO (Case Administrator for Senior Probation Officers), HM Prison and Probation Service
- Oliver Critchfield, Head of Data Engineering for HMCTS & Agencies, Ministry of Justice
- Richard Morgan, Continual Improvement Practice Manager, HM Revenue and Customs
- Melanie Smith, DWP Child Maintenance Group, Applications and Maintenance Caseworker
Fraudulent document detection
AI verification service to identify documentation that has been tampered with or falsified
Team members:
- Eric Edward, Trainee Tax Specialist, HM Revenue & Customs (idea originator)
- Chelsea Scarth, Universal Credit Review, Department for Work and Pensions
- Neelam Ahmed, Compliance Officer, HM Revenue & Customs
- Charlie Metcalfe, VAT Specialist, HM Revenue & Customs
- Ozkan Bahceci, Senior Solutions Architect (Innovation), HM Revenue & Customs
- Pete Hewes, Lead Product Manager, HM Revenue & Customs
- Iqbal Hamid, Academy Lead, Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- Gary Garner, Strategic Criminal Analyst, Department for Work and Pensions
- Jamie Mann, Head of Data Science & Analytics, British Council
- Mehnaz Ahmed, Corporation Tax Specialist, HM Revenue and Customs
FOI request assistant
Multi-agent AI to aid triage, costing, data-gathering, and response drafting for Freedom of Information requests
Idea submitted by:
- Matthew Pickering, Stakeholder Engagement Lead, Department for Energy Security & Net Zero (idea originator)
- Rachael Geddes, Renewable Electricity, Department for Energy Security & Net Zero
- Alex Routledge, Senior Briefing Lead, Clean Energy Investment, Department for Energy Security & Net Zero
- Curtis Shea, Head of Briefing and Engagement – Clean Power 2030, Department for Energy Security & Net Zero
Virtual personas for policy testing
Creation of AI personalities to explore the views and reactions of various demographics
Team members:
- Dr Kiyoshi Bhuiyan, Behavioural Scientist, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (idea originator)
- Dr Amish Sarpotdar, Senior Carbon Budget Analyst, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (idea orginiator)
- George Griffiths, Data Scientist, Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (idea orginiator)
- Victoria Long, Data Scientist, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Sarju Patel, Head of Commercial/Corporate Finance – Greenhouse Gas Removals, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Dr Vanessa Wong, Project Controls and Analysis Manager, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Dr Louis Kinnear, Senior Data Analyst, Rural Payments Agency
- Inna Dalton, Product Manager, Department of Health and Social Care
- Josephine Peiris, Programme Manager, Government Legal Department
Director – Chief Data and AI Officer, Digital Transformation and Digital Business Partnering, Deputy CIO, Ministry of Defence
Chief Data Architect, Department for Business and Trade
Head of Data Strategy and Transformation, Home Office
Head of Data Science Hub and Head of Data Science Practice, Department for Work and Pensions
Director of Functional Integration, Ministry of Defence
Deputy Director and Head of Profession/Chief Statistician for Statistics , Ministry of Justice
Group Chief Digital and Information Officer, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, United Kingdom
Chief Data Officer and Director, Data Growth and Operations, Office for National Statistics, United Kingdom
Deputy Director, Enterprise Data, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Chief Data Officer, 
Heather Wheeler MP was appointed as a Parliamentary Secretary in the Cabinet Office, in addition to her current role as an Assistant Government Whip, on 8 February 2022.
Matthew is the CEO for NHSX, a joint unit between the Department for Health and Social Care and NHS England, set up to ensure that staff and patients have the technology they need.
Chief Digital and Information Officer, HMRC
Chief Executive NHS Digital
Chief Executive, Central Digital and Data Office
Chief Analyst, 10 Downing Street
Head of Public Sector, NTT DATA UK
Chief Data Officer, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Deputy National Statistician and Director General for Data Capability, ONS
Head of the Policy Profession & Permanent Secretary, Defra
Head of the Operational Delivery Profession & Permanent Secretary, Department for Work and Pensions
Minister, Cabinet Office