Ordnance Survey public task!

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Posted by ChrisCorbin on 20 Jul 2010

London: 12 July 2010

UK Members of Parliament question the progress regarding defining the public task of the Ordnance Survey of Great Britain and whether the responsible Minister has considered the recommendations of the UK Advisory Panel on Public Sector Information.

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Ordnance Survey

Mr Mark Field: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government when he expects to announce his decision on the Ordnance Survey's Public Task. [6402]

Robert Neill: The Government are continuing to think carefully about the Ordnance Survey's public task and will inform the House when a decision is made.

Mr Mark Field: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what account he plans to take of the recommendations of the Advisory Panel on Public Sector Information on the regulation of Ordnance Survey in its response to the consultation on the future of Ordnance Survey. [6403]

Robert Neill: The response to the consultation on "Policy options for geographic information from Ordnance Survey" received from the Advisory Panel on Public Sector Information has been carefully analysed and continues to be considered. Officials from CLG have met with the chair of the Advisory Panel on Public Sector Information a number of times to discuss the issues covered by the consultation.”

“Departmental Legal Costs

Graham Evans: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much (a) his Department and its predecessors and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on legal advice in each year since 1997. [7563]

Robert Neill: The following table shows total spend on legal advice for the last financial year for (a) the Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental bodies. Details of expenditure in earlier years could be supplied only at disproportionate cost.

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2009-10

Total (£)

Communities and Local Government

9,564,505

Government Office Network

54,714

Planning Inspectorate

Fire Service College

41,659

Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre

Housing and Communities Agency