Question follow-through · 11509

Open Government Partnership: Departmental Responsibilities

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what progress he has made on appointing a Ministerial lead for the UK's seat on the Open Government Partnership Steering Committee.

answeredDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology

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Answering body
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Tabled
28 Oct 2024
Target answer date
30 Oct 2024
Answer
5 Nov 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 28 Oct 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what progress he has made on appointing a Ministerial lead for the UK's seat on the Open Government Partnership Steering Committee.

  2. 30 Oct 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 5 Nov 2024

    Answer published

    The responsibility for the interrelated areas of open government and open data is currently held in the Central Digital and Data Office (CDDO). However, as part of a Machinery of Government change to create the Digital Centre of Government, CDDO has moved...

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