The 2023-2024 longlist
After sifting through 98 ideas submitted to the programme in this cycle, the judges selected the eight ideas below for further development by our project teams. On this page you can read precis of the eight ideas.
Our congratulations to all those selected, and thank you to all who submitted an idea!
Tenderwise: DWP Training Tender Evaluation – applying generative AI technologies to improve efficiencies and summarise, score, and compare bids in a faster manner.
SmartQ: Border Control Queue Optimisation – merging datasets and digitalising how passengers are tracked when travelling through the border control at airports.
POSUM: Policy Summarisation Chatbot – introducing generative AI to revolutionise how governmental agencies harness their data, by strengthening staff tools and minimising time spent, as well as saving taxpayers’ money and improving outcomes for citizens.
NHS Geospatial Planning Tool – using open-source software and publicly accessible datasets to support NHS workers in planning visits to patient’s home, reduce emissions through optimised travel planning and ensure coverage across GP practices.
GENIE: Streamlining the NHS-DWP Death Data Exchange – automating how data is shared between the NHS and DWP to reduce duplication of civil servant workloads and reliance on legacy systems.
Accurate EV Usage Distribution Mapping – data analysis and data linking to effectively plan for further public investment into local-level charging infrastructure, and support uptake of EVs in future.
InspectAI: Unlocking Unstructured Prison Data – applying advanced data analytics to unanalysed text-based data uncover hidden insights in existing data within prisons.
Optimising Prison Space Management – increasing the effective capacity of the prisons system by using algorithms to improve the allocation of beds.
Watch the presentations from the 2021 longlisted teams on our YouTube channel
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