{"value":{"id":1809554,"askingMemberId":4562,"askingMember":null,"house":"Lords","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2025-06-04T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2025-06-18T00:00:00","uin":"HL8090","questionText":"To ask His Majesty's Government how many intellectual property licences the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology 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.","answeringBodyId":216,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Science, Innovation and Technology","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":3792,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2025-06-17T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>DSIT Commercial do not hold this information but all contracts awarded by DSIT are published on contracts finder and can be accessed at GOV.UK and find a tender service.</p><p>DSIT Grants are mostly awarded the standard grant funding agreement recommended by Cabinet Office.</p><p>To provide the detail requested would incur disproportionate costs to the department.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Intellectual Property","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1809554","method":"GET"}]}