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Written question asked by Chris Ruane (Labour) on Monday, 11 June 2012, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 13 June 2012. It was answered by Lord Maude of Horsham (Conservative) on Monday, 25 June 2012 on behalf of the Cabinet Office.


Data Visualisation

Question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what steps he is taking to encourage the use of new techniques in data visualisation in his Department.

[111709]

Answer

[holding answer 18 June 2012]: The Government has been publishing unprecedented amounts

of data through data.gov.uk in formats that facilitate the creation of data visualisations and has been working with developers and data users to understand more about what they want. Currently, the public has access to over 45,000 Government data files through data.gov.uk and we are working to identify more.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
111709; 547 cc117-8W
Session
2012-13
Subjects
Data processing
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk