Public Sector: Intellectual Property

Treasury written question – answered at on 9 September 2019.

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Photo of Lord Freyberg Lord Freyberg Crossbench

To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to publish the detailed implementation strategy that has been prepared, as a result of the Knowledge Assets Implementation Study, for ministers in (1) Her Majesty's Treasury, (2) the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, and (3) the Cabinet Office.

Photo of Lord Freyberg Lord Freyberg Crossbench

To ask Her Majesty's Government which department will host the centre of expertise providing advice and support on technical, legal, commercial and financial aspects of generating and exploiting knowledge assets, as proposed in the terms of reference of the Knowledge Assets Implementation Study; and how this centre will work with the proposed National Centre of Expertise to provide specialist advice and guidance to the NHS on agreements for the use of health data.

Photo of Lord Freyberg Lord Freyberg Crossbench

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, in seeking to develop new standards and approaches for measuring and reporting the value of knowledge assets in the public sector, they have taken account of the recent work of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's Working Parties on National Accounts and on International Trade in Goods and Services Statistics.

Photo of Lord Freyberg Lord Freyberg Crossbench

To ask Her Majesty's Government which department will be responsible for the proposal to establish a central repository detailing Government knowledge asset holdings and their value, as set out in the terms of reference of the Knowledge Assets Implementation Study.

Photo of Lord Freyberg Lord Freyberg Crossbench

To ask Her Majesty's Government which department will be responsible for the proposal to register intellectual property assets with the most commercial potential, as set out in the terms of reference of the Knowledge Assets Implementation Study; and what role they expect the National Audit Office to perform in ensuring best value of the use of such assets, for both individual data subjects and UK taxpayers.

Photo of Lord Freyberg Lord Freyberg Crossbench

To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have made to publish an annual report on their knowledge asset holdings and progress in exploitation of them, as set out in the terms of reference of the Knowledge Assets Implementation Study; and when they expect to publish the first such report.

Photo of The Earl of Courtown The Earl of Courtown Captain of the Queen's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard (HM Household) (Deputy Chief Whip, House of Lords)

The Knowledge Assets team, based in HM Treasury but supported by a range of departments, is working with strategic partners to develop an implementation strategy which is aligned with related policy and institutions across the public sector. This includes colleagues in the Office for Life Sciences, which has announced plans to establish a National Centre of Expertise within NHSX that will provide specialist commercial and legal advice to NHS organisations entering data agreements.

The implementation strategy remains in development and it is the intention to publish it later this year. It will respond to each of the ten recommendations made in the 2018 Budget report ‘Getting smart about intellectual property and other intangibles in the public sector’, including questions of future departmental responsibilities and reporting.

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