Ministerial Foreword
We announced in January our plans to establish a Public Data Corporation (PDC) and set out the vision and objectives for an organisation that would bring together data rich bodies, providing easier access to public information.This consultation document takes the next step by engaging data users, and the public more generally, to consider some of the important data policy questions that need to be decided in order to successfully establish a PDC later this year.
Welcome to the site
On 4 August 2011 the Government launched a consultation on data policy for a Public Data Corporation. This consultation was launched in conjunction with the Cabinet Office’s consultation on Making Open Data Real.
We want to hear from everyone – citizens, businesses, public services themselves, and other interest groups – on how best we can provide a consistent approach towards access to and accessibility of public sector information, balancing the desire for more data being freely available at the point of use whilst ensuring affordability and value for taxpayers.
You can find more information about the consultation document and how to get involved by following the links on this page. The consultation closes on 27 October 2011
Recent comments
- Donald Henderson on Consultation Document
- Leonard Gore on Charging for PDC information
- d travers on Consultation Document
- Two New Cabinet Office Open Data Consultations: Data Policy and Making Open Data Real « OUseful.Info, the blog… on Consultation Document
- Two New Cabinet Office Open Data Consultations: Data Policy and Making Open Data Real « OUseful.Info, the blog… on Open Data and the Public Data Corporation
Consultation Document
Click here to read and download the full text of the consultation, how to engage and comment on the proposals
Consultation Chapters