Central Digital and Data Office

{{short description|UK government agency responsible for digital, data, and technology functions (2021–2025)}}

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{{Infobox government agency

| name = Central Digital and Data Office

| formed = January 2021

| dissolved = January 2025

| headquarters = 10 Whitechapel High Street, London

| employees =

| budget =

| chief1_name = Paul Willmott

| chief1_position = Chair

| chief2_name = Mike Potter

| chief2_position = Government Chief Digital Officer

| parent_department = Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

| website =

}}

The Central Digital and Data Office was an agency{{efn|It was not an executive agency, but was instead classed as a high profile group}} under the United Kingdom's Department for Science, Innovation and Technology which was responsible for coordinating digital, data, and technological programmes across the government, and setting standards in those areas.{{cite web |title=About us |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/central-digital-and-data-office/about |access-date=14 September 2024 |website=Central Digital & Data Office |publisher=GOV.UK}} In January 2025, the body was merged into the Government Digital Service.{{Cite web |date=January 2025 |title=Central Digital and Data Office |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/central-digital-and-data-office |access-date=2025-01-25 |website=GOV.UK |publisher=Department for Science, Innovation and Technology |language=en}}

It was established in January 2021 under the Cabinet Office,{{cite news |last1=Say |first1=Mark |title=Central Digital and Data Office goes into operation |url=https://www.ukauthority.com/articles/central-digital-and-data-office-goes-into-operation/ |access-date=14 September 2024 |work=UK Authority News}} and was moved to the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology by the incoming Labour government in 2024.{{cite news |last1=Markson |first1=Tevye |title=Digital bodies move from Cabinet Office to DSIT in Labour’s first big MOG change |url=https://www.civilserviceworld.com/professions/article/gds-cddo-iai-move-dsit-cabinet-office |access-date=14 September 2024 |work=Civil Service World}} The CDDO shared an office with the Government Digital Service in London, and both organisations were guided by the Digital Advisory Board.