Statistics and open data

Inquiry by the Public Administration Committee, 1 July 2013 to 15 September 2014. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

• 10th Report - Statistics and Open Data: Harvesting unused knowledge, empowering citizens and improving public services (17 March 2014)
• 5th Special Report - Statistics and Open Data: Government Response to the Committee’s Tenth Report of Session 2013-14 (15 September 2014)

Evidence sessions

• 8 October 2013: Professor Helen Margetts, Director, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, and Dr Ben Worthy, Lecturer in Politics, Birkbeck College, University of London; Tom Steinberg, Director, MySociety, Heather Savory, Chair, Open Data and User Group, and Dr Rufus Pollock, Chief Executive Officer, Open Knowledge Foundation (at 10.30 am).
• 22 October 2013: Professor Sir Nigel Shadbolt, Chair, Open Data Institute, and Stephan Shakespeare, Chief Executive, YouGov.
• 11 November 2013: Michael Fallon, Minister, BIS, Nick Hurd MP, Minister for Civil Society, Cabinet Office; Jil Matheson, National Statistician, UK Statistics Authority, Glen Watson, Director General, Office for National Statistics, and Sean Whellams, Head, Statistics Profession, HM Revenue and Customs (at 5.30 pm).