Despite the best intentions, vital information about vulnerable individuals often sits in disconnected systems. This case study shows how joined-up data enables earlier, evidence-based decisions that protect citizens and strengthen public safety.

Capita, in partnership with a Northern police force and a ministerial department, overcame technical and cultural barriers by successfully testing a secure, scalable multi-agency data sharing (MADS) solution—built on Microsoft Azure. The cloud platform provides timely access to unified data from across agencies, enabling better decision-making, earlier interventions, and safeguarding. The pilot used synthetic and operational data to deploy a demonstrator pipeline, supported by Infrastructure as Code and intuitive Power BI dashboards. But the success wasn’t just technical—it was cultural. Through training, documentation, and agile collaboration, the pilot built confidence within teams. The result is a proven model for ethical, secure, and scalable data sharing, designed to fit public sector operational and budget constraints.

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