The Alan Turing Institute is established as the UK national institute for the data sciences.The mission of the institute is to: undertake research in the data sciences at the intersection of computer science, mathematics, statistics and systems engineering; provide technically informed advice to policy makers on the wider implications of algorithms; enable researchers from industry and academia to work together to undertake research with practical application; act as a magnet for world leaders in academia and industry to engage with the UK; attract senior business and public service leaders to engage with and be trained in the business of data and analytics; and, promote the transfer of skills and insight as well as of technologies.