GOV.UK Registers

GOV.UK Registers (Reference Data)

Access UK Government statistical data sets, official statistics, transparency data, and research publications through GOV.UK search with format-specific filters.

Data Model

• Statistical data sets — Structured datasets published by departments (e.g. unemployment figures, trade data, NHS statistics).
• Official statistics — Formal statistical releases subject to the Code of Practice for Statistics.
• Transparency data — Government spending, contracts, senior salaries, organograms.
• Research — Research papers and evidence published by departments.
• FOI releases — Freedom of Information Act responses and datasets.

Key Fields

• title — Publication title
• link — Relative path on GOV.UK (e.g. government statistical data sets for price-paid downloads)
• description — Summary of the publication
• public_timestamp — Last updated ISO timestamp
• organisations — Publishing department(s) with title and slug
• format — Document type (statistical_data_set, official_statistics, transparency, research, foi_release)

Gotchas

• Pagination: Use start (0-based offset) and count (page size, max 1500). Default count is 10.
• Format filter: Use filter_format to restrict to specific document types.
• Organisation filter: Use filter_organisations with the org slug (e.g. hm-revenue-customs).
• Result cap: The API returns a maximum of 10,000 results per query.
• Full HTML body: When a search hit is a GOV.UK page you need to render or quote verbatim, take its relative link, strip a leading slash, and pass that as path to load the full structured page payload.