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Written Question
Crown Commercial Service: Intellectual Property
Wednesday 18th June 2025

Asked by: Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government how many intellectual property licences the Crown Commercial Service holds under contracts or terms of reference for (1) grants, (2) pre-procurement or proof of concept work, and (3) procurement; how many of those have sub-licensing rights; how many of those have resulted in sub-licensing; and how many of those sub-licences are for patents, and for which countries.

Answered by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent - Captain of the King's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard (HM Household) (Deputy Chief Whip, House of Lords)

The Crown Commercial Service holds no intellectual property licences under the specified categories.


Written Question
Intellectual Property: Licensing
Monday 2nd June 2025

Asked by: Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government how many intellectual property licences they hold under contracts or terms of reference for (1) grants, (2) pre-procurement or proof of concept work, and (3) procurement; how many of those have sub-licensing rights; how many of those have resulted in sub-licensing; and how many of those sub-licences are for patents, and for which countries.

Answered by Baroness Smith of Basildon - Leader of the House of Lords and Lord Privy Seal

The government does not collate this information centrally.