Open Data

Local Public Data Panel

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As well as the significant drive to open up public data nationally and reference datasets on data.gov.uk work is also underway to provide access to local data. A range of organisations including the NHS, education authorities and local councils currently collect large amount of data which can be opened up. As part of the ‘Smarter …

Local Data Panel

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Our blog so far has been about the significant drive to open up national public data and reference datasets on data.gov.uk. As well as this, lots of work is also underway to provide access to data from bodies outside central government. A range of organisations including the NHS, schools and councils currently collect large amount …

Further developments – Accessibility and usability

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Now that we have launched our developers are settling into a more regular release schedule. A lot of the work that they are doing is on the back-end – making things more stable, making it easier to build on, etc. However, we are keen to keep improving the experience you get, so we have been …

Site Enhancements

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Many thanks to everyone who has taken the time to give us early feedback and comments on the data.gov.uk public beta site. We've been heartened by the many messages of support, but you have also pointed to where we could make improvements. Our developers have put in a number of quick improvements which we are …

Public Launch

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Hello and welcome to the public beta of data.gov.uk. Data.gov.uk acts as an online point of access for government-held non-personal data. This is to enable people like you to take it, re-use it and make interesting things with. This site has been some months in the making with a developer preview back in September. We …