Costs to central and local government and charities of map licenses.

Dear Mr Stirling

Our Reference: SAP 72326

Request for information

Thank you for your email dated "the total expenditure of A) Central
government, B) Local government, C) Charitable organisations on
purchasing licenses or other OS mapping products in the financial years
2005-6, 2006-7, 2007-8, and 2008-9".

Ordnance Survey is considering your request under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 (FOIA). As your request was received by us on 06
October 2009 we will provide you with a full response within 20 working
days as required by the FOIA, meaning by 03 November 2009.

Thank you for your enquiry.

Kind regards

Tony Gray
Freedom of Information Practitioner
Ordnance Survey
Romsey Road, SOUTHAMPTON, United Kingdom, SO16 4GU
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Dear Ian

Ordnance Survey reference: 72326

Thank you for your email dated 6 October 2009 requesting: Can you inform
me of the total expenditure of

A) Central government

B) Local government

C) Charitable organisations

on purchasing licenses or other OS mapping products in the financial years
2005-6, 2006-7, 2007-8, and 2008-9.

    

For the same years, the value of any licenses or other mapping products
that would have had to be paid if any reciprocal agreements with regards
to supply of data to the OS were not in place. (for example, if a council
shares any GPS survey work with the OS for a reduced license fee)

We are pleased to provide you with the following information with regard
to your request.

Fiscal year 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09
Current Sector
Central Government £ £ £ £
27,329,021.32 30,597,018.45 30,833,664.12 28,035,036.11
Local Government £ £ £ £
19,501,577.51 20,896,537.31 21,250,638.04 21,705,000.12

I regret to inform you that Ordnance Survey is unable to your enquiry with
regards to part C) or with regard to the final part of your request as we
do not hold this information. The reasons for this are as follows:

C)         Whilst many charities license data from Ordnance
Survey, their accounts are managed in the same manner as all other
licensees of our data i.e. there are no special licensing arrangements for
the use of our data or mapping by charities.  The same terms and
conditions apply to all customers using our products.  As a consequence
of this we keep no information in our licensing records of any charitable
status which might be applied outside Ordnance Survey and we are therefore
unable to identify any expenditure by charitable organisations.

There are no reciprocal arrangements for the use of third party data in
Ordnance Survey products.  All such arrangements are governed through our
standard `Agreement for the supply of data or information to Ordnance
Survey' or through Procurement agreements where appropriate.

Please note that your enquiry has been processed to Freedom of Information
guidelines.  As all requested information has been provided, we have
determined that in all the circumstances of this case the Public
interest consideration (section 17 FOIA) is not applicable in this
instance.

If you are unhappy with our response, you may raise an appeal to our
Appeals Officer at:

Complaints Team

Customer Service Centre

Ordnance Survey

Romsey Road

SOUTHAMPTON

SO16 4GU  

Please include the reference number above. The Appeals Officer will ensure
that the process has been followed correctly, questioning any decisions
taken regarding the original response and recommending disclosure of
additional information if appropriate.

Thank you for your enquiry.

Yours sincerely

Tony Gray

Information Access Manager

(Freedom of Information)

Ordnance Survey

C454, Romsey Road, SOUTHAMPTON, United Kingdom, SO16 4GU
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