There are a number of issues that are undermining government’s efforts to use data analytics more widely to combat fraud and error. DSIT told us that that getting usable data can be difficult because they are held on legacy IT systems or because the data are not of good enough quality.16 The PSFA stated that government bodies find data-sharing, which underpins data analytics, difficult because different bodies use different data processes.17 Government has also acknowledged that some parts of the civil service do not have the level of digital skills required to use data analytics to their full potential.18