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Written question asked by Jim Dowd (Labour) on Thursday, 2 March 2017, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 6 March 2017. It was answered by Simon Kirby (Conservative) on Friday, 10 March 2017 on behalf of the Treasury.


Government Departments: Copyright

Question

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what process his Department has for allocating funds for the payment for copyright licenses by the Government; and what funds were allocated for such payments in each of the last five years.

Answer

Government departments buy copyright licences according to their needs from their departmental budgets. Funds are not allocated by HM Treasury specifically for licensing and departmental procurement. This type of procurement is a matter for individual departments.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
66284
Session
2016-17
Subjects
Copyright Finance Licensing Government departments
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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