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Data Protection: Public Sector

Asked by Ben Obese-JectyConservativeDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled Answered 20 October 2025UIN 79163

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the UK’s Modern Industrial Strategy, CP 1337, published on 23 June 2025, what progress she has made on establishing a clear framework to (a) value and (b) licence public sector data assets.

Answered by Ian Murray

As the Government outlined in the UK Industrial Strategy, there are significant benefits from the financial, economic, and societal value of the different types of data it holds, and work is ongoing to understand how best to assess that.

DSIT is working across departments to fulfil the commitment in the Industrial Strategy by April 2026.

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