Guidance

DfT analytical assurance framework: strength in numbers

'Strength in numbers' is the framework within which analysis is specified, produced and used within the Department for Transport.

Documents

DfT guidance for quality assuring analytical models

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The publications provide information about the ‘strength in numbers’ framework.

This includes guidance on:

  • the principles behind the Department for Transport’s (DfT’s) analytical assurance framework
  • quality assurance processes for models
  • registers of the DfT’s business-critical analytical models

This guidance is for DfT officials. We have published this to aid working with our partners and as part of our response to the Macpherson review.

Previous strength in numbers reports are available:

Published 4 September 2014
Last updated 12 January 2022 + show all updates
  1. Added April 2021 DfT register of business critical models.

  2. 'DfT register of business critical models - April 2020' published.

  3. 'DfT register of business critical models - September 2019' published.

  4. 'DfT register of business critical models, September 2018' published.

  5. Register of business critical models for September 2016 released.

  6. 'DfT register of business critical models, September 2015'

  7. First published.