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Deposited by
Ministry of Defence
Type
Deposited papers
Date
3 July 2008
Reference
DEP2008-1784
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will place in the Library copies of the (a) UK Defence Taxonomy and (b) UK Defence Thesaurus.

Asked by
Liam Fox (Conservative)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
20 June 2008
Reference
477 c1206W; 211887
House
House of Commons
Deposited by
Cabinet Office
Type
Deposited papers
Date
10 August 2005
Reference
HDEP 2005/419
House
House of Lords
My Lords, although the use of what the Civil Service calls "controlled vocabulary" may operate as a disincentive to get online to the Government, can the Government say whether there has been a significant improvement in the access to e-government over the past two years? It was made clear in June 2003 that only one-tenth of the population was using the online e-government services, as compared with 50 per cent of the population in Canada, with its single portal.
Asked by
Lord Maclennan of Rogart (Liberal Democrat)
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Date
9 June 2005
Reference
672 c963-4
House
House of Lords
My Lords, I really wonder whether the noble Lord is aware of the extent to which he has attracted to himself this morning the wholehearted sympathy of the House at the appalling ordeal that he has had to go through in not giving a single answer to a question and really fluffing what he has said beyond the limits of comprehension.
Asked by
Lord Peyton of Yeovil (Conservative)
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Date
9 June 2005
Reference
672 c964
House
House of Lords
My Lords, would the Minister comment on how successful the OGC has been in implementing Sir Peter Gershon's e-government efficiency review?
Asked by
Lord St John of Bletso (Crossbench)
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Date
9 June 2005
Reference
672 c964
House
House of Lords
My Lords, can the Minister not pass on congratulations to the civil servants on producing a document that is completely incomprehensible to a normal person and really does not make any sense at all? Why cannot they learn to write English?
Asked by
Earl Ferrers (Conservative)
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Date
9 June 2005
Reference
672 c963
House
House of Lords
My Lords, there have been improvements, and I am sure that the e-Government Unit is aware of its role and responsibility in ensuring that those improvements continue. There is an increasing number of visits to government websites and increased participation—as I understand—in www.govtalk.gov.uk. So I believe that people are learning their way around the system.
Answered by
Lord Bassam of Brighton (Labour)
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
9 June 2005
Reference
672 c963-4
House
House of Lords
My Lords, having looked at the document, which has a modest number of words, I disagree with the noble Earl. I believe that IT users in the business will probably find it very helpful and useful. Certainly, when I read it, I began to understand notions relating to taxonomies, thesauri and ontologies.
Answered by
Lord Bassam of Brighton (Labour)
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
9 June 2005
Reference
672 c963
House
House of Lords
My Lords, I can only at large and in general say that I believe that there have been improvements. The work of Sir Peter Gershon has been widely welcomed throughout government, and our IT record is one of continued improvement and success.
Answered by
Lord Bassam of Brighton (Labour)
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
9 June 2005
Reference
672 c964
House
House of Lords
My Lords, the noble Lord always makes generous remarks across the House, and I suppose that I have to be the beneficiary of those remarks on some occasions.
Answered by
Lord Bassam of Brighton (Labour)
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
9 June 2005
Reference
672 c964
House
House of Lords
My Lords, not that I am aware, no.
Answered by
Lord Bassam of Brighton (Labour)
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
9 June 2005
Reference
672 c964
House
House of Lords
My Lords, yes, the document was published in 2002 by the Office of the e-Envoy, at the request of technical users in government who were new to the subject. It was produced in-house at an estimated cost of less than £100.
Answered by
Lord Bassam of Brighton (Labour)
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
9 June 2005
Reference
672 c962-3
House
House of Lords
My Lords, is the Minister aware that if he were unfortunate enough to have cancer of the bladder, medical advice would be that he should eat no more tomatoes? Is that information on the website?
Asked by
Viscount Eccles (Conservative)
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Date
9 June 2005
Reference
672 c964
House
House of Lords
My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend for that information. I ask him to congratulate the civil servants concerned on the diligence and speed with which they must have produced 12,000 words and four charts on the subject of Tomatoes are not the only fruit, containing such gems of information as: "How long has it been for many of us since the primary meaning of the word 'mouse' has been 'a small furry mammal that frightens elephants?'", or the information that carrots can be either salad or root vegetables. That will no doubt come in very helpful in promoting e-government. Can we also congratulate the authors of the Guide to Meta-Tagging with the Integrated Public Sector Vocabulary, which gives another eight pages of valuable advice and information? It includes the information that the phrase "common agricultural policy" may appear under the phrase "European Union" or under "Farming" but will mean the same under both. Given the diligence of the civil servants in the unit, can the Minister assure the House that the same energy and effectiveness is being applied to delivering information security throughout the public sector? Are such arrangements susceptible, or likely to be susceptible, to external challenge?
Asked by
Lord Harris of Haringey (Labour)
Oral questions - 1st Supplementary
Status
Answered
Date
9 June 2005
Reference
672 c963
House
House of Lords
My Lords, I shall of course pass on my noble friend's congratulations. However, I have a sneaking suspicion that civil servants are as we speak listening carefully to his kind congratulations and warm words. As to my noble friend's second point, there is an important issue at root here—I said that with a straight face. The Government are paying careful attention to those information security issues. The document, although it has attracted a certain levity, is I am sure most useful to those who work in government IT services.
Answered by
Lord Bassam of Brighton (Labour)
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
9 June 2005
Reference
672 c963
House
House of Lords
Whether the time spent preparing the e-Government Unit's document Tomatoes are not the only fruit: a rough guide to taxonomies, thesauri, ontologies and the like, represents value for money.
Asked by
Lord Harris of Haringey (Labour)
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Date
9 June 2005
Reference
672 c962-3
House
House of Lords

What representations he has had expressing support for a standard thesaurus for terms used in the caring services.

Asked by
Colin Pickthall (Labour)
Answering body
Department of Health
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
24 October 1995
Reference
38027; 264 c567-8W;264 c565-6W
House
House of Commons

What representations he has received registering dissatisfaction about the misunderstanding of terms used in the caring professions.

Asked by
Colin Pickthall (Labour)
Answering body
Department of Health
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
24 October 1995
Reference
38026; 264 c568-9W;264 c566-7W
House
House of Commons