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178049

registered interest
date	05/02/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Ordnance Survey
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the value of the intellectual copyright held by Ordnance Survey.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	223558
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2015 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>No estimate has been made of the value of the Crown copyright and data rights in material held by Ordnance Survey. When Ordnance Survey became a Trading Fund in 1999, the opening balance sheet of the Trading Fund did not include an asset value in respect of this Intellectual Property (the geographic data held on the National Geographic Database) as the applicable accounting standards at that time did not enable valuation of the asset. When Ordnance Survey transitions to a government owned company, copyright and data rights will remain the property of the Crown.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 10/02/2015 15:06:34 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

178051

registered interest
date	05/02/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Ordnance Survey
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with whom he consulted and what representations he received before taking the decision that Ordnance Survey should become a government-owned company.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	223559
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2015 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The change to a Government–owned Company is operational in nature, designed to improve the performance of the organisation. There are no legislative requirements to the change and no proposed change in ownership. As the project has developed, the Department and the Ordnance Survey management have held discussions with interested parties across the public and business sectors, as well as with Ordnance Survey staff.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 10/02/2015 15:04:50 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

178055

registered interest
date	05/02/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Ordnance Survey
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what timetable he has set for Ordnance Survey to become a government-owned company.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	223594
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2015 answer text <p>It is the intention to vest Ordnance Survey into a Government-owned Company by the end of the Financial Year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The change to a Government–owned Company is operational in nature, designed to improve the performance of the organisation. There are no legislative requirements to the change and no proposed change in ownership. As the project has developed, the Department and the Ordnance Survey management have held discussions with interested parties across the public and business sectors, as well as with Ordnance Survey staff.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 10/02/2015 15:05:47 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

178060

registered interest
date	05/02/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the total advertising budget is for the Get In. GO Far campaign; and how much has been spent on (a) television, (b) newspaper, (c) online, (d) radio and (e) other advertising using the phrase Get In. GO Far in the last 24 months.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	223662
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2015 answer text <p>The spend on the Get In Go Far campaign was agreed with the Minister for the Cabinet Office through the Efficiency Reform Group in 2014 following a direct commission from the Prime Minister. The campaign is aimed at young people aged 14-24, parents of 14-24s, and teachers to establish apprenticeships as the norm alongside A levels and university. The campaign began on 20 August 2014. The budget is £6,007,000 of which the items specified below are receipted spend by the end of January 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>TV</p></td><td><p>£1,180,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Press</p></td><td><p>£376,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Digital</p></td><td><p>£1,060,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Out of home (posters, bus panels, shopping malls)</p></td><td><p>£1,173,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Media partnership cross format package, including press, radio, TV and online channels.</p></td><td><p>£489,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 10/02/2015 10:06:32 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

178064

registered interest
date	05/02/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many meetings he has had on the Department of Health's Responsibility Deal; and whom he has met on that matter.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	223670
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2015 answer text <p>My Rt. Hon. friend the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills has not had any such meetings.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 10/02/2015 10:02:53 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

178065

registered interest
date	05/02/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Employment Tribunals Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average cost was of each case heard by an employment tribunal in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Meg Munn
uin	223678
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p>Employment tribunal cases can vary in nature and complexity and some can last over more than one year, particularly where collective disputes are involved. Claims in employment tribunals can be classified into either single or multiple claims. Multiple claims are where two or more people bring proceedings arising out of the same facts, usually against a common employer. Where claims are grouped as multiples, they are processed administratively and managed judicially together. We call these groups of claims ‘multiple claims cases’. One multiple claim case would therefore involve two or more claims. Claims can be disposed of in a variety of ways, including being rejected either because they are out of time, or have no reasonable chance of success. A minority of cases are disposed of at a full hearing.</p><p>There are therefore many ways the term an employment tribunal case can be interpreted. The costs directly attributable to each claim / case are not collected, as current systems do not allow us to link staff, judicial and other costs to claims / cases. As a result, it is not possible to provide average costs per case over the last three years on a comparable basis.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 17/03/2015 16:44:05 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1448 label Biography information for Meg Munn

178066

registered interest
date	05/02/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Departmental Records
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he expects the process of reviewing the Cabinet Secretary's file to be completed; how many files are contained within that volume; how many such files have been indexed as part of the review to date; and for what reason those files were (a) uncatalogued and (b) unregistered before the review commenced.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Mr Tom Watson
uin	223655
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2015 answer text <p>I have placed copies of the following documents in the Library:</p><p>· Cabinet Office Records Management Policy 2011</p><p>· Cabinet Office Information Retention Policy 2011</p><p>The policies in these documents in relation to paper files have remained the same as when the Hon. Member was a Minister in this Department. They were updated in 2011 to reflect changes in the Cabinet Office IT system.</p><p>The work outlined in my written statement of 4 February is underway and will be completed as quickly as possible. Information on the Cabinet Secretaries' Miscellaneous Papers, which was closed in 2007, can be found online on The National Archives Catalogue under the series CAB301. The Papers are covered by a Lord Chancellor’s retention instrument issued in 23 September 2014 under section 3(4) of the Public Records Act to allow series of records which form part of a backlog awaiting appraisal or preparation for transfer to TNA. This is standard practice for handling sensitive papers and has been in place since 1958. It would therefore be inappropriate to say anything further about their content.</p><p>Recording of file destruction is embedded within individual Cabinet Office records lists. Extracting the detail requested would have to be done manually and could only be delivered at disproportionate cost. The file marked for destruction had been reviewed in 2013 and had not met the criteria for permanent preservation as set out in the Records Collection Policy of The National Archives. Before final destruction took place, as part of standard processes, which have not changed since the Hon. Member was a Minister in this Department, a further review was undertaken and in the light of the content a decision was made not to destroy the file.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude grouped question UIN 223654 question first answered 10/02/2015 17:46:06 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

178069

registered interest
date	05/02/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Child Sexual Abuse Independent Panel Inquiry
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the written statement of 4 February 2015, HCWS251, what the titles are of the four additional files that have been found; if he will place in the Library copies of those files; for what reason one file had been marked for destruction; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Mr Tom Watson
uin	223654
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2015 answer text <p>I have placed copies of the following documents in the Library:</p><p>· Cabinet Office Records Management Policy 2011</p><p>· Cabinet Office Information Retention Policy 2011</p><p>The policies in these documents in relation to paper files have remained the same as when the Hon. Member was a Minister in this Department. They were updated in 2011 to reflect changes in the Cabinet Office IT system.</p><p>The work outlined in my written statement of 4 February is underway and will be completed as quickly as possible. Information on the Cabinet Secretaries' Miscellaneous Papers, which was closed in 2007, can be found online on The National Archives Catalogue under the series CAB301. The Papers are covered by a Lord Chancellor’s retention instrument issued in 23 September 2014 under section 3(4) of the Public Records Act to allow series of records which form part of a backlog awaiting appraisal or preparation for transfer to TNA. This is standard practice for handling sensitive papers and has been in place since 1958. It would therefore be inappropriate to say anything further about their content.</p><p>Recording of file destruction is embedded within individual Cabinet Office records lists. Extracting the detail requested would have to be done manually and could only be delivered at disproportionate cost. The file marked for destruction had been reviewed in 2013 and had not met the criteria for permanent preservation as set out in the Records Collection Policy of The National Archives. Before final destruction took place, as part of standard processes, which have not changed since the Hon. Member was a Minister in this Department, a further review was undertaken and in the light of the content a decision was made not to destroy the file.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude grouped question UIN 223655 question first answered 10/02/2015 17:46:06 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

178070

registered interest
date	05/02/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electronic Government
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to page 104 of his Department's Annual Report and Accounts 2013-14, on how many occasions the National Information Infrastructure has been accessed; and what assessment he has made of the economic and social effects of making datasets more widely available by means of that infrastructure.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	223658
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2015 answer text <p>The National Information Infrastructure (NII) dataset has been viewed nearly 1,000 times.</p><p>This government has prioritised the release of open data for economic growth in the belief that people outside government are better placed to add value and build tools and services using this data. A report by Deloitte for the Department of Business Innovation and Skills from May 2013 calculated the value of public sector information to consumers, businesses and the public sector in 2011/12 was approximately £1.8 billion. However, the use and re-use of public sector information has much larger downstream impacts affecting all areas of society beyond the direct customer.</p><p>Adding this social value estimate to the calculated value of public sector information to consumers, businesses and the public sector, gives an aggregate estimate of between £6.2 billion and £7.2 billion in 2011/12 (2011 prices).</p><p>In 2012 we launched the Open Data Institute (ODI) to help incubate startup companies that use and/or produce open data. To date the ODI has worked with over 15 small businesses. Their first cohort of startups secured over £2m in contracts and investments.</p><p>We are currently working on a second iteration of the NII with a view to furthering its impact.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 10/02/2015 13:51:12 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

178071

registered interest
date	05/02/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electronic Government
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to page 23 of his Department's Annual Report and Accounts 2013-14, what the 327 external applications using Government data published on data.gov.uk referred to in that report are.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	223659
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2015 answer text <p>We publish a list of applications using open data on data.gov.uk but these are only those that developers choose to tell us about. We do not require people to do this so this is not an extensive list of all applications using government data.</p><p>There are currently 363 external applications using government data published on data.gov.uk. The list of applications can be viewed at <a href="http://data.gov.uk/apps" target="_blank">http://data.gov.uk/apps</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 10/02/2015 13:52:05 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell