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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2018-02-21more like thismore than 2018-02-21
answering body
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy more like this
answering dept id 201 more like this
answering dept short name Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy more like this
answering dept sort name Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy more like this
hansard heading Productivity remove filter
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of the what3words geocoding addressing system for improving productivity in the UK. more like this
tabling member constituency Easington more like this
tabling member printed
Grahame Morris more like this
uin 128955 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2018-02-26more like thismore than 2018-02-26
answer text <p>The Department is aware of a number of new addressing systems (such as what3words) and the huge economic opportunities offered by geospatial data in general. The Industrial Strategy sets out the Government’s commitment to putting the UK at the forefront of the data revolution. In support of this the Government announced in the Autumn Budget that it will establish a Geospatial Commission whose focus will be to unlock the economic opportunities of geospatial data to support the growth of the UK Digital Economy.</p> more like this
answering member constituency East Surrey more like this
answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah more like this
question first answered
less than 2018-02-26T15:33:55.76Zmore like thismore than 2018-02-26T15:33:55.76Z
answering member
3980
label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah remove filter
tabling member
3973
label Biography information for Grahame Morris more like this