Written question asked by Howard Stoate (Labour) on Wednesday, 18 December 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 9 January 2003. It was answered by Tony McNulty (Labour) on Thursday, 9 January 2003 on behalf of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Question: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans he has to make use of the provision for differential pricing contained in the Electronic Communications Act 2000 to support the work of the National Land Information Service; how many local authorities have introduced pricing for the electronic provision of answers to land and property search enquiries; what plans he has to provide financial support to the National Land Information Service to encourage take up of its services; whether it is his policy to support differential pricing for local authorities for the provision of answers to land and property search enquiries between electronic search and other methods of searches; what plans he has for action in the next six months to encourage local authorities to introduce pricing for the electronic provision of answers to land and property search enquiries; what assessment he has made of the (a) administrative and (b) staffing cost to local authorities of responding to land and property search enquiries by (i) electronic means and (ii) other means; what steps he has taken in the last six months to encourage local authorities to introduce pricing that encourages take-up of the electronic provision of answers to land and property search enquiries. - Inc ref to letter and figures in Library.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 397 c348-50W; 88672;88656;88670;88658;88657;88671;88655
Session: 2002-03
Subjects: Databases Conveyancing Costs Computers Finance Fees and charges Land ICT Local government Property transfer Staff Regulation National Land Information Service
Contains statistics: Yes
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