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		Written answer
	answer has question	9QKXmjXm
	answer has answering person	Norman Peter Lamb
	answer text	The Intellectual Property Office has a contract with the Irish Patent Office to supply searches. This was signed in 1993 and remains in force.To support grant schemes the Office had an annual service level agreement with the Welsh Government in place for 2010/11 and 2011/12. A three-year framework agreement is also in place with Scottish Enterprise starting April 2009. Up until November 2011 the Office also did work for regional development agencies, part of our parent Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. This was charged at a standard hourly rate.Other commercial intellectual property services were available on a case-by-case basis but these services were withdrawn in October 2011.
	answer given date	2012-04-17
	answer has answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	written answer has answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills	answering body has written answer	0DgaAnIe
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills	answering body has answer	0DgaAnIe
9QKXmjXm	question has answer	0DgaAnIe
Norman Peter Lamb	answering person has answer	0DgaAnIe