London: 25 February 2010

The UK Office of Public Sector Information (OPSI) provides a public sector information unlocking service. The OPSI PSI unlocking service states:

“As the regulator for public sector information re-use, we know that people can encounter difficulty from time to time getting hold of the information they need in the formats they want. Such difficulties can include issues with charging, licensing or the data standards that public sector information is provided in.”

UK Parliamentarians have questioned the Minister responsible for the PSI re-use Regulations in the UK on the success rate of the OPSI PSI Unlocking service.

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

Public Sector: Disclosure of Information

Mr. Maude: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the answer of 26 January 2010, Official Report, column 734W, on public sector: disclosure of information, if he will list each of the 57 primary requests that have been accepted by the Unlocked Service; and what the status is of each. [318341]

Mr. Wills: The following 57 requests to the Unlocking Service were accepted:

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Asset

Status

DEFRA News

Part resolved

Royal Mail PAF

Unresolved

Driving Theory Test Questions

Part resolved

UKMO rainfall radar and lightning (sferic) location data

Part resolved

Planning Inspectorate: Decisions on rights of way orders for Wales

Unresolved

Post Office name, address and opening times

Unresolved

Civil Service Yearbook

Unresolved

National Land and Property Gazetteer and Scottish National Gazetteer

Unresolved

School Performance Tables

Resolved

Highways Agency Roadworks and improvements

Unresolved

Output from UKMO numerical weather prediction models

Resolved

National Planning Appeals

Unresolved

Schools database (EduBase)

Resolved

UK Parliament Bills

Unresolved

Efficiency and Fairness White Paper

Resolved

London Gazette Supplements

In progress

Electoral Boundary Data

In progress

HM Court Service Case Law

Unresolved

Ordnance Survey Points of Interest data

In progress

Primary School counts

Resolved

COI News Distribution Service

Resolved

Ordnance Survey Administrative Boundaries

In progress

HSE Health and Safety Information

Resolved

National Public Transport Data Repository

Resolved

Local Authorities: Registration districts and register offices

Unresolved

Civil Service Yearbook

Unresolved

DEFRA Bluetongue Clinical Signs Images

Part resolved

Sitefinder mobile phone mast locations

Unresolved

Consultations of various departments

Resolved

Local Authorities Licensed premises

Unresolved

Local Authorities Planning Applications

Unresolved

Government Expenditure

Resolved

Companies House Company Information

In progress

NHS Choices API

Part resolved

Postcodes to Administrative Areas

In progress

National Land and Property Gazetteer

Unresolved

National Street Gazetteer

Unresolved

Information Asset Registers

Resolved

Headcount for NHS PCTs

Unresolved

UK Patent Data

In progress

DfID Aid Information

In progress

URI Addressable Resources of various departments

Part resolved

Open DRM for Maps

In progress

RESTful API for NHS Choices

Unresolved

Companies API

Part resolved

Ordnance Survey Administrative Areas

In progress

OS Data on Google Maps

Unresolved

Ministry of Justice FOI Statistics

In progress

Photographs of Lords and MPs

Unresolved

School Inspections Database

Unresolved

Train Timetable Information

Unresolved

Royal Mail Address Data

Unresolved

Council Tax Valuation List

Unresolved

HSE Health and Safety Publications

Resolved

Childcare facility waiting data

In progress

Welsh Statutory Instruments

Unresolved

Welsh Assembly Record of Proceedings

Unresolved

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