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845716

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date	20/02/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Land: Databases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress his Department has made on creating a comprehensive geospatial data body to provide open land data.
tabling member constituency	Walsall North
tabling member printed	Eddie Hughes
uin	128688
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2018 answer text <p>The Autumn Budget 2017 announced that the government will establish a new Geospatial Commission to maximise the growth of the digital economy and provide strategic oversight for the public bodies that hold geospatial data. An update on the establishment of the Commission will be provided in due course.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 28/02/2018 12:11:12 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes

845719

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date	20/02/2018
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Gibraltar: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions his Department have had with Gibraltar on their blockchain licensing regulations.
tabling member constituency	Walsall North
tabling member printed	Eddie Hughes
uin	128691
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2018 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office have not had discussions with the Government of Gibraltar on this particular issue. The Government of Gibraltar is responsible for the provision of legislation related to economic matters, including blockchain licensing regulations, to the extent they do not otherwise cross into matters falling within the Governor's special responsibilities.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 28/02/2018 16:11:39 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes

845720

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date	20/02/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	NHS: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential benefits of using blockchain for the NHS; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Walsall North
tabling member printed	Eddie Hughes
uin	128692
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2018 answer text <p>The Department is currently assessing the potential benefits of Blockchain along with a number of other innovative, emerging technologies. Blockchain has the potential to enable patients to have greater control over who can access their records through the use of encrypted data and a permanent ledger in which all transactions are recorded. It also has possible applications in contracting. Globally the use of Blockchain in health and care is in a very early stage of development and there is no firm evidence as yet of the exact benefits it might offer.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 28/02/2018 17:35:58 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes

845722

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date	20/02/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Cryptocurrencies: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential benefits of using blockchain for (a) the tax system and (b) the customs and excise system; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Walsall North
tabling member printed	Eddie Hughes
uin	128694
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2018 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs are considering the use of blockchain alongside other technical options for both tax and customs and excise systems.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 28/02/2018 12:57:34 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes