Government sets the example: in what ways could we make the internal workings of government and the public sector as open as possible?

Publish what you have and use rather than make up some new datasets. Academia, the press and the market will do the rest.

The Government already uses several third parties to deliver its objectives, and is likely to use more. Organisations which receive more than half of the cost of funding their internal/corporate organisation should be included in the scope of the FOI Act, including any revisions which occur as a result of this consultation and subsequent legislation. Organisations not captured by this provision should be required to publish detail of how they use public funds (e.g. if they are distributing funds, to whom they have been distributed and how they are determining whether the intervention they have funded is meeting the policy goals). This might take the form of the "all greater than £500" style rules followed by English Councils, or some other means of scrutiny.

A particular example of this phenomenon is sport. Many national governing bodies rely upon, or distribute, funds which (via an organisation such as SportEngland) flow from the Government. At present it is not possible to track how these are being used.

Broader and reflecting what the public want.

Defining a core set of key open data sets linked to each of your objectives/ business needs.

Keeping the simple with clear guidance and support wiill provide the best chance of reliable quality data that can be used for comparitive purposes.

We haven't managed to maintain what gains we have already made on the existing datasets. Changing this for a broader or more detailed set is not a first priority. It would be better to remove the polish tasks, filter data quality issues at source, and ensure regular publication is achieved across the existing datasets

FOI already puts an unseen financial burden on public bodies. Without specific and extra funding to cover FOI V2.0 then neither option is financially viable.