Advisory Panel on Public Sector Information (Triennial Review)

Simon Hughes Excerpts

Thursday 27th March 2014 Written Statements

[The Minister of State, Ministry of Justice (Simon Hughes)]

I am today announcing the triennial review of the Advisory Panel on Public Sector Information (APPSI), an advisory non-departmental public body (NDPB).

Triennial reviews of non-departmental public bodies (NDPBs) are part of the Government’s commitment to ensuring, and improving, the accountability and effectiveness of public bodies.

The Advisory Panel on Public Sector Information (APPSI) is an advisory NDPB of the Ministry of Justice whose remit applies to England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Its role is to:

review and consider complaints under the reuse of public sector information regulations 2005 (SI 2005 No. 1515) and advise on the impact of the complaints procedures under those regulations;

advise Ministers on how to encourage and create opportunities in the information industry for greater reuse of public sector information; and

advise The National Archives and Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office—an official within The National Archives—about changes and opportunities in the information industry, so that the licensing of Crown copyright and public sector information is aligned with current and emerging developments.

The review will be conducted in accordance with Government guidance for reviewing NDPBs, and will focus on the core questions of effectiveness and good governance. It will be carried out in an open and transparent way, and interested stakeholders will be given the opportunity to contribute their views.

I shall announce the findings of the review in due course.