Awesome UK Government Datasets

A curated list of awesome publicly available datasets published by or relevant to the UK government with the goal of making these resources more accessible to the broader data community. This repo is inspired by awesome-public-datasets and maintained by i.AI.

Contributing

To add a new dataset:

1. Create a new YAML file in the appropriate datasets/ topic folder (or create a new folder if needed).
2. Follow the YAML specification in dataset-spec.yaml.
3. Commit and push your changes.
4. When merged to main, the GitHub Action will automatically update the README with your new dataset.

More details on contributing can be found in the CONTRIBUTING.md file.

Licence

This project is licenced under the MIT licence. For more information, see the LICENCE file.

Acknowledgments

• Thanks to all contributors who help curate this list.
• UK Government and listed organisations for providing access to these valuable datasets.

Table of Contents

• Economy
• Education
• Environment
• Geospatial
• Government
• Law
• Parliament
• Planning

Key:

• 🌐 Open Data
• 🔐 Closed Data
• 🏛️ UK Government Dataset
• 🏢 External Dataset

Economy

• Companies House Data 🌐 🏛️ Registry information on UK companies, including formation, directors, and financials.

  More info

  Metadata File

  Topic: Business

  Subtopics: Company Registration, Corporate Governance, Financial Reporting

  Source URL: https://developer.company-information.service.gov.uk/overview

  Open Data: ✅

  Made by UK Gov: ✅

  Active: ✅

  Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0

• Official Census and Labour Market Statistics 🌐 🏛️ Statistics related to population, society and the labour market at national, regional and local levels, including data from current and previous censuses.

  More info

  Metadata File

  Topic: Official Census and Labour Market Statistics

  Subtopics: Open Data Sets, Census Data, Economy, Population

  Source URL: https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/

  Open Data: ✅

  Made by UK Gov: ✅

  Active: ✅

  Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0

Education

• Explore Education Statistics and Data 🌐 🏛️ Statistics and datasets owned by Department for Education, including School Census, Further and Higher education data and school workforce data. Includes a table builder to export custom tables.

  More info

  Metadata File

  Topic: Education

  Subtopics: Open Data Sets, Teachers, Primary education, Secondary education, Further education, Higher education, Schools, Labour markets and skills, Children's social care

  Source URL: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/

  Open Data: ✅

  Made by UK Gov: ✅

  Active: ✅

  Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0

• Oak Lesson Plans 🌐 🏛️ Educational resources and lesson plans from Oak National Academy.

  More info

  Metadata File

  Topic: Education

  Subtopics: Curriculum, Teaching Resources, Online Learning

  Source URL: https://open-api.thenational.academy/

  Open Data: ✅

  Made by UK Gov: ✅

  Active: ✅

  Licence: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Environment

• Defra Data Services Platform 🌐 🏛️ Data catalogue containing various datasets and API's on the natural environment, the food and farming industry and aspects of the rural economy

  More info

  Metadata File

  Topic: environment

  Subtopics: Flood, Biodiversity, Water Quality, Ecology

  Source URL: https://environment.data.gov.uk/

  Open Data: ✅

  Made by UK Gov: ✅

  Active: ✅

  Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0

Geospatial

• Ordnance Survey Data Hub 🌐 🏛️ Great Britain’s Geospatial Data platform.

  More info

  Metadata File

  Topic: Geospatial

  Subtopics: Mapping, Geospatial Data, Boundaries, Topography, Environment, Climate, Infrastructure

  Source URL: https://osdatahub.os.uk/

  Open Data: ✅

  Made by UK Gov: ✅

  Active: ✅

  Licence: Open Governmet Licence

Government

• GOV.UK API Catalogue 🌐 🏛️ APIs published by public sector organisations in the UK.

  More info

  Metadata File

  Topic: Government APIs

  Subtopics: API Catalogue, Government Info, Combined Resource

  Source URL: https://www.api.gov.uk/#uk-public-sector-apis

  Open Data: ✅

  Made by UK Gov: ✅

  Active: ✅

  Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0

• GOV.UK Content 🌐 🏛️ Official content from the GOV.UK website, including guidance and policy documents.

  More info

  Metadata File

  Topic: Government

  Subtopics: Speeches, Authored Articles, Consultation Outcomes, Corporate Reports, FOI Releases, Impact Assessments, Policy Papers

  Source URL: https://content-api.publishing.service.gov.uk/#gov-uk-content-api

  Open Data: ✅

  Made by UK Gov: ✅

  Active: ✅

  Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0

• GOV.UK Open Data 🌐 🏛️ Open data sets published by public sector organisations in the UK.

  More info

  Metadata File

  Topic: Government Open Data

  Subtopics: Open Data Sets, Government Info, Combined Resource

  Source URL: https://www.data.gov.uk/

  Open Data: ✅

  Made by UK Gov: ✅

  Active: ✅

  Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0

• GOV.UK Statistical Data Sets 🌐 🏛️ Statistical data sets published by public sector organisations in the UK.

  More info

  Metadata File

  Topic: Government Statistical Data

  Subtopics: Statistical Data Sets, Government Info, Combined Resource

  Source URL: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets

  Open Data: ✅

  Made by UK Gov: ✅

  Active: ✅

  Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0

• Government Procurement Data 🌐 🏛️ Data on government procurement activities, including tenders and contracts.

  More info

  Metadata File

  Topic: Government

  Subtopics: Public Procurement, Tenders, Contracts

  Source URL: https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder

  Open Data: ✅

  Made by UK Gov: ✅

  Active: ✅

  Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0

• Police Open Crime Data (data.police.uk) 🌐 🏛️ Open street-level crime, outcome, and stop and search data for England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

  More info

  Metadata File

  Topic: Government

  Subtopics: Police, Crime, Geospatial Data

  Source URL: https://data.police.uk/

  Open Data: ✅

  Made by UK Gov: ✅

  Active: ✅

  Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0

Law

• UK Caselaw 🌐 🏛️ Judicial decisions from UK courts, including summaries and full-text opinions.

  More info

  Metadata File

  Topic: Law

  Subtopics: Court Decisions, Legal Precedents, Judicial Opinions

  Source URL: https://nationalarchives.github.io/ds-find-caselaw-docs/public

  Open Data: ✅

  Made by UK Gov: ✅

  Active: ✅

  Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0

• UK Legislation 🌐 🏛️ Comprehensive legal texts, explanatory notes, regulations, and amendment metadata.

  More info

  Metadata File

  Topic: Law

  Subtopics: Statutes, Regulations, Explanatory Notes

  Source URL: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/developer

  Open Data: ✅

  Made by UK Gov: ✅

  Active: ✅

  Licence: Open Parliament Licence v3.0

Parliament

• Hansard 🌐 🏛️ Transcripts of parliamentary debates and research reports providing insights into the legislative process.

  More info

  Metadata File

  Topic: Government

  Subtopics: Parliamentary Debates, Legislative Process, Political Discourse

  Source URL: https://hansard-api.parliament.uk

  Open Data: ✅

  Made by UK Gov: ✅

  Active: ✅

  Licence: Open Parliament Licence v3.0

• Parliament 🌐 🏛️ Developer hub for UK parliamentary data.

  More info

  Metadata File

  Topic: Government

  Subtopics: Votes, Bills, Committees

  Source URL: https://developer.parliament.uk/

  Open Data: ✅

  Made by UK Gov: ✅

  Active: ✅

  Licence: Open Parliament Licence v3.0

Planning

• Planning Data 🌐 🏛️ A platform to help you create services to inform planning and housing decisions in England.

  More info

  Metadata File

  Topic: Urban Planning

  Subtopics: Zoning, Development Plans, Land Use

  Source URL: https://www.planning.data.gov.uk/

  Open Data: ✅

  Made by UK Gov: ✅

  Active: ✅

  Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0