This data then needs to be published and made easily available (subject to any restrictions needed to maintain the privacy and identifiability of individuals). access to this data (including through provision of adequate skills and expertise) will then be required to ensure the data is used in a way which benefits society. This is one france rcs data element of the proposals of the UK National Data Strategy.
Part of that easy availability is simply making it easier for users to generate tables based on their own data needs. I’ve been quite impressed with the DWP’s StatXplore tool which has improved a lot in the last few years. Similarly, Public Health England and NHS Digital have been working hard to create comprehensive and accessible tools to access key data on health and social care.
Some of the responsibility could lie with data users as well in alerting data producers to where gaps (both of data and accessibility) are, especially where we don’t have the resources to produce the data ourselves.