A report from the Public Accounts Committee has attacked the dumping of raw data into the public sector.

In a report from the Committee entitled ‘Implementing the Transparency Agenda’, the releasing of raw unworkable data which was difficult for public sector departments to use, was focused upon.

MP Margaret Hodge, said the data “must be accessible, relevant and easy for us all to understand. Otherwise the public cannot use it to make comparisons and exercise choice, which is the key objective of the transparency drive.”