Asked by: Eddie Hughes (Conservative - Walsall North)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to implement trials of the blockchain proof of conception (a) Government Departments and (b) other public bodies.
Answered by Oliver Dowden - Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Cabinet Office and the Government Digital Service are researching potential usecases of distributed ledger technologies / blockchain jointly with departments and public bodies for future trials and proofs of concepts with a view of driving efficiency and supporting transformation.
Asked by: Eddie Hughes (Conservative - Walsall North)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress his Department has made on creating a comprehensive geospatial data body to provide open land data.
Answered by David Lidington
The Autumn Budget 2017 announced that the government will establish a new Geospatial Commission to maximise the growth of the digital economy and provide strategic oversight for the public bodies that hold geospatial data. An update on the establishment of the Commission will be provided in due course.
Asked by: Eddie Hughes (Conservative - Walsall North)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many babies have died as a result of neonatal (a) sepsis, (b) meningitis and (c) pneumonia in NHS hospitals in each region of the UK in each of the last five years.
Answered by Chris Skidmore
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.
Asked by: Eddie Hughes (Conservative - Walsall North)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many babies have been born in NHS hospitals in each region of the UK in each of the last five years.
Answered by Chris Skidmore
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.