The economic contribution of Ordnance Survey - Appendix

OXERA (Oxford Ecomomic Research Associates Ltd) Final Report (public version)

Appendix 1: Central Government Value-added

Table A1.1: Proxy estimates of value added by government departments using OS products and services

	£m 1996/97	Definition
Coal Authority	40	Total expenditure
DEtr central and government offices	262	Gross running costs
English Heritage	130	Total spend
English Nature	40	Gross expenditure
Environment Agency	578	Gross expenditure
Forestry Commission	100	Staff costs and superannuation
HMLR	223	Workload x unit costs
Highways Agency	67	Gross running costs
Historic Scotland	13	Running costs
Home Office (excl. Prison Service)	420	Gross running costs
Intervention Board (MAFF)	58	Gross running costs
Maritime and Coastguard Agency	41	Gross running costs
MAFF	454	Gross running costs
ONS	103	Running costs: Sec A activities
Planning Inspectorate	29	Gross running costs
Radiocommunications Executive	29	Gross expenditure
Royal Mail	6,014	Postal services GVA 1996
Scottish Environmental Protection Agency	18	Running costs
Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency	12	Running costs
Scottish Natural Heritage	18	Running costs
Scottish Office	178	Running costs
Welsh Office	69	Running costs
Total	8896
Ministry of Defence (MOD)	17,826	Operating costs (excl. new equipment purchases)
Note: Without a full-scale investigation into each division of each department, it is very difficult to establish the uses of OS products and services. This means that the assumed dependence rating in Section 7.2 is an approximation based on a small sample of information. Some smaller government departments and agencies are excluded, including British Geological Survey. Source: OXERA based on government expenditure plans and departmental annual reports.