Answers trickle!

London: 6 October 2008

As the UK Parliament went into summer recess a Member of Parliament asked a range of central government bodies questions about the re-use of public sector information within their organisation. The written questions were scheduled to be answered beginning on Monday 6 October 2008. The first set of answers has been published.

Parliamentary material is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO on behalf of Parliament

“Departmental Information

James Duddridge: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what types of data have been sold by (a) his Department and (b) its agencies under the Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations in the last 12 months. [221960]

Mr. Sutcliffe: Neither the Department for Culture Media and Sport nor its agency (the Royal Parks) has sold any data under the Re-Use of Public Sector Information Regulations in the last 12 months.

Departmental Information

James Duddridge: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what types of data have been sold by (a) his Department and (b) its agencies under the Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations in the last 12 months. [222138]

Mrs. McGuire: We can confirm that no data has been sold by the Department or its Agencies under the Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations in the last 12 months.

Departmental Information

James Duddridge: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what types of data have been sold by (a) his Department and (b) its agencies under the Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations in the last 12 months. [222148]

Mr. Woodward: In the last 12 months, no data has been sold by the Northern Ireland Office or its agencies under the Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations.

Departmental Data Protection

James Duddridge: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what types of data have been sold by his Department under the Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations in the last 12 months. [222161]

Mr. Paul Murphy: None.”

One way of providing feedback on these and subsequent answers from the UK Parliament is to place a comment on the They Work For You portal where all the questions and answers along with a wide range of materials from the UK Parliament may be found.

In the context of the above answers a few minutes browsing the Power of Information Task Force portal and the associated competition provide many examples of what people and organisations would do if they had the opportunity to re-use public sector information. At the current time voting is also open so why not consider the submissions and add your support to up to ten propositions that you believe demonstrate the best of the bunch of ideas on the re-use of Public Sector information. Now I wonder which stakeholders say No one is interested in re-using public sector information!

The UK Guardian Newspaper Free Our Data Campaign is assisting the UK Cabinet Office Power of information Task Force with the promotion and selection of the ideas.

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