GOV.UK Publications

GOV.UK Publications & News

GOV.UK Search API for government publications and news. No authentication required.

Data Model

• Publication — A government document: policy paper, consultation, guidance, research, statistics, etc.
• News — Press releases, news stories, speeches, government responses, and other communications.
• Organisation — Government department or agency that published the content.

Key Fields

• title — Document title
• description — Short summary
• link — Path on GOV.UK (prepend https://www.gov.uk)
• format — Content type (e.g. policy_paper, press_release, news_story, speech)
• public_timestamp — Publication date (ISO 8601)
• organisations — List of publishing organisations with title, slug, acronym
• content_purpose_supergroup — High-level category: news_and_communications, guidance_and_regulation, policy_and_engagement, research_and_statistics, transparency

Gotchas

• Pagination: Use start parameter (0-indexed offset) with count (results per page, max 1500).
• Filters: Use filter_ prefix for filters (e.g. filter_format=press_release).
• Organisation filter: filter_organisations=slug (e.g. filter_organisations=hm-revenue-customs).
• Date range: filter_public_timestamp=from:2024-01-01,to:2024-12-31.
• Total results: total field in response gives the count.