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<p>The Central Digital and Data Office (CDDO) in the Cabinet Office does not undertake
a central assessment of measures to encourage adoption of Unique Property Reference
Numbers (UPRN) in government databases. Deployment and adherence to policies and standards
is ultimately the responsibility of individual organisations.</p><p>CDDO currently
has arrangements in place to increase adoption of data standards such as UPRNs. This
includes the Data Standards Authority (DSA) and the Technology Code of Practice.</p><p>The
DSA coordinates cross-government work to specify standards for government data systems
and the DSA-endorsed UPRNs as an open standard in 2020. The Technology Code of Practice
is used by the Cabinet Office Spend Controls assurance process; departments are required
to appraise the use of open data standards such as UPRNs when they build or buy technology.</p><p>The
Geospatial Commission, now part of the Department for Science Innovation and Technology
and the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, continues to promote
the mandated adoption of UPRNs across the public sector.</p><p> </p>
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