PASC take evidence from Cabinet Office and statisticians

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Witnesses

At 4.30pm, Monday 11 November 2013, Grimond Room, Portcullis House

• Rt Hon Michael Fallon MP, Minister for Business and Enterprise, BIS
• Nick Hurd MP, Minister for Civil Society, Cabinet Office
• Jil Matheson, National Statistician, UK Statistics Authority
• Glen Watson, Director General, Office for National Statistics
• Sean Whellams, Head of Statistics Profession, HMRC

Objectives of the session

The objectives of this session are: 

• to assess the aims and coherence of the Government’s Open Data strategy and whether the Government has the will and capacity to make it happen
• to ask the National Statistician and two of her colleagues what the profession can contribute to the implementation of the strategy.