Maps: Databases

Michael Gove
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) what the cost was of developing the Maps on Tap database;

(2) what datasets are incorporated into her Department's Maps on Tap database;

(3) what (a) geospatial, (b) geo-demographic and (c) cadastral data her Department's Maps on Tap database holds;

(4) whether the Valuation Office Agency has access to her Department's Maps on Tap database.

Mr. Woolas
I refer the hon. Gentleman to the Maps on Tap database at:

http://www.mapsontap.gov.uk

The Valuation Office Agency has access to the Maps on Tap database.

The cost of developing the Maps on Tap database was £3.03 million.