You asked
I would like to ask - under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 - the following questions about the UK Statistics Authority:
1) Does your department (or any unit within it) currently use or hold a subscription to any World-Check product? (Note: World-Check is a subscription-only database provided by Thomson Reuters. To be sure about the product I have in mind, more details can be found here: https://risk.thomsonreuters.com/products/world-check)
2) If YES to Q1, what is the name of the World-Check product(s)?
3) If YES to Q1, what is the total annual subscription cost your department pays? If the cost is not a fixed amount, please provide the total paid to World-Check for services in 2015
4) If YES to Q1, how long has it held a subscription to or used World-Check?
5) Please specify which units within your department hold the subscription
5) If NO to Q1, has your department (or any unit within it) ever previously used or held a subscription to any World-Check product?
6) If YES to Q5, what was the name of the World-Check product?
7) If YES to Q5, what is the last total annual subscription cost it paid? If the cost is not a fixed amount, please provide the total paid to World-Check for the last available year
8) If YES to Q5, how long did it use or hold a subscription to World-Check?
9) Please specify which units within your department previously held the subscription
We said
Q1. No subscriptions to World-check products are currently used or held by the department, nor any unit within it.
Q5b. No subscriptions to World-check products have been previously used or held by our department, nor any unit within it.