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Written Question
Ministry of Justice: Intellectual Property
Tuesday 17th June 2025

Asked by: Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask His Majesty's Government how many intellectual property licences the Ministry of Justice 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.

Answered by Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede - Lord in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)

The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.