UK Open Data User Group
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Business/Benefits Cases
Dataset Historical UKMO weather observation data Data holder Met Office Docs Benefits of releasing historical UKMO observation data (18/12/2012) Public requests Hourly observation historic data
Met Office Integrated Data Archive System (MIDAS)
Dataset VAT Register Data holder HMRC Docs Benefits of releasing an Open VAT Register (18/12/2012) Public requests VAT Register Related An open VAT register could help you make better credit decisions (Experian blog post, 18/02/2013)
HMRC consultation: Sharing and publishing data for public benefit (17/07/2013 - 24/09/2013)
ODUG response to HMRC consultation (blog post by Heather Savory, 08/10/2013)
HMRC consults on plans to release anonymised tax datasets (Out-Law News, 19/07/2013)
Open Data: Mining Leviathan (Economist, 20/07/2013)
Dataset Land Registry Historical Price Paid Data (housing transactions for England and Wales) Data holder Land Registry (HMLR) Docs Benefits of releasing UK Land Registry Price Paid Historical Data (18/12/2012) Public requests Price Paid Data
Residential sale price data 1991 onwards
Sold prices for one bedroom flats in Rotherhithe in 1991
House price valuation index for RH18 5HG, Forest Row, East Sussex for the period from 1990 - 1997
House prices in Helmeth Road, Church Stretton 1991 Post code SY6 7ASOutcome ✔
Data for January 2009 through January 2012 was released as open data in June 2013, followed by each month's new data going forward. The remainder of the dataset (back to 1995) was released as open data in November 2013.
Land Registry releases its historic price paid data (28/11/2013)Related Price paid data (downloads from Land Registry)
Search house price data (Land Registry)
Dataset River Network Centrelines Data holder Environment Agency and Ordnance Survey Docs Benefits of releasing the River Network Centrelines (20/12/2012) Public requests River Network Centrelines Related River Network Centrelines: notes in support of a benefits case (Owen Boswarva, 04/10/2012)
Detailed River Network (WMS)
Dataset Public Rights of Way (PRoW) data Data holder Local authorities Docs Benefits of releasing a Rights of Way dataset (20/12/2012)
Public of Rights of Way (PROW) - Local Authority Data (18/07/2013)Public requests Public Rights of way for all English LAs
Gloucestershire Public Rights of Way Network
Rights of Way Definitive Maps/Statements
Public rights of way
County Durham PRoW
Public Rights of Way
Public Right of way data
Datasets about public rights of way
Derbyshire Public Rights of Way
Rights of way data - definitive map & statement, list of streets, Traffic Regulation OrdersRelated Rowmaps (Barry Cornelius)
Dataset Land Registry INSPIRE Index Polygons Dataset and Index Map Data holder Land Registry (HMLR) Docs Land Registry INSPIRE Index Polygons Dataset and Index Map (18/07/2013) Public requests Inspire index map with unique IDs plus the attached addresses - download facility
Cadastral map of the UKProgress The INSPIRE Index Polygons dataset was released for download and re-use in September 2013. However as the polygons themselves are still subject to Ordnance Survey derived data licensing restrictions, this dataset is not open data in any meaningful sense. Related Download INSPIRE Index Polygons
HM Land Registry INSPIRE Index Polygons (Data.gov.uk record)
Title plans and boundaries (Land Registry)
Dataset Code-Point with Polygons Data holder Ordnance Survey Docs Code-Point with Polygons (18/07/2013) Related Code-Point with polygons (Ordnance Survey)
Dataset Energy Performance Certificates (EPC Registers data) Data holder Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) Docs Energy Performance Certificates (18/07/2013) Public requests Non-domestic EPCs (Non-domestic EPC Register)
Display Energy Certificates
Environmental Performance Certificates (sic)Related EPC Registers
Dataset Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) bulk data Data holder Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) Docs Business case: Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) Bulk Data (16/08/2013)
ODUG Benefits Case for the Open Release of DVLA Bulk Data (blog post by Heather Savory, 16/08/2013)Public requests DVLA vehicle bulk data
Car ownership and age data from the DVLA
Put DVLA database of all vehicles on data.gov.uk
Dataset Police National Stolen Vehicle Data Data holder Home Office / Police National Computer Information Access Panel Docs ODUG Benefits Case for the Open Release of Police National Stolen Vehicle Data (16/08/2013)
ODUG Benefits Case for the Open Release of Police National Stolen Vehicle Data (blog post by Heather Savory, 02/09/2013)Public requests Stolen vehicle data
Dataset GP and Dental Practices Data holder Various; mainly directed to Department of Health Docs Authoritative dataset of GP and Dental Practices (ODUG benefits case) (18/07/2014)
ODUG Benefits Case - The case for the release of an authoritative GP dataset (blog post by Giuseppe Sollazzo, 18/07/2014)Public requests UK Dental Practices
GP Surgery Addresses
GP Surgeries and locations that require GPs for the whole of the U.K.
Position Papers
Subject Derived data and use of third party IPR in public sector data Docs Derived data licensing: easing third party restrictions on onward data use (20/12/2012)
Subject Freedom of Information and datasets Docs ODUG response to consultation on the Code of Practice (31/01/2013)
ODUG response to consultation on the Code of Practice (blog post by Heather Savory, 31/01/2013)Related Code of Practice (Datasets) consultation (21/11/2012 - 10/01/2013)
Code of Practice (Datasets) consultation response from Open Data Institute (08/01/2013)
Code of Practice (Datasets) consultation summary from Cabinet Office (05/03/2013)
Freedom of Information Code of Practice issued by MOJ (17/07/2013)
Analysis of Code of Practice (Datasets) (Owen Boswarva, 18/07/2013)
Subject National Information Infrastructure Docs Implementing the National Information Infrastructrue (NII) (29/07/2014)
ODUG NII Position Paper Scoping Document (29/07/2014)
Housing Land Availability Assessment - Data Constraints (29/07/2014)
Strengthening the National Information Infrastructure (NII) (blog post by Heather Savory, 29/07/2014)
The National Information Infrastructure (NII): Why, What and How (26/01/2015)Related National Information Infrastructure (Cabinet Office, October 2013)
Evaluating the UK National Information Infrastructure (blog post by Owen Boswarva, 03/12/2013)
#UKNII on Twitter
Subject Ordnance Survey licensing restrictions Docs Ordnance Survey licensing restrictions on public sector data use and re-use (18/07/2013)
National Information Infrastructure and new benefits cases (3.) (22/07/2013)Public requests OS OpenData Licence
All datasets available under the OS OpenData Licence (Ordnance Survey)
Location Data - Licences
Public Toilet Locations
Subject Ordnance Survey Data Docs The wider beneficial use of Ordnance Survey Data - Request for Evidence (blog post by Heather Savory, 03/09/2013) Related Ordnance Survey products for business use
Assessing the Value of Ordnance Survey OpenData to the Economy of Great Britain (redacted ConsultingWhere/ACIL Tasman report for Ordnance Survey, November 2012)
Assessing the value of OS OpenData to the economy of Great Britain: synopsis (Ordnance Survey, June 2013)
What is the economic impact of Geo services? (Oxera report for Google, January 2013)
Models of Public Sector Information Provision via Trading Funds (the 'Cambridge Study' by Pollock et al, February 2008)
Subject Statistics and Open Data Inquiry (PASC) Docs Written evidence (published 08/10/2013)
Transcript of oral evidence by ODUG chair Heather Savory and others (published 27/11/2013)
Additional written evidence (published 16/12/2013)Related Public Administration Select Committee inquiry page
Case Studies
Last update to this page: 24/03/2016