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owenboswarva.bsky.social @owenboswarva.bsky.social · 14h

Food Hygiene Rating Scheme (FHRS) Food and You 2 report: wave 11 www.gov.uk/government/p... from @foodgov.bsky.social FHRS data ratings.food.gov.uk/open-data Why are food businesses in England *still* not required by law to display their food hygiene rating? #foodstandards #foodsafety #opendata

Screenshot of a chart labelled:

Figure 16: The percentage of respondents who thought that food businesses should be required by law to display their food hygiene rating on the premises, among those who had heard of the FHRS from wave 2 to wave 11.

Related narrative (from the linked article):

In wave 11 (May 2025 to August 2025), 94% of respondents who had heard of the FHRS thought that food businesses should be required by law to display their food hygiene rating on the premises, and 3% thought it should be up to the business to decide whether to display their food hygiene rating. A further 3% of respondents said they didn't know whether this should be a legal requirement or up to the business to decide.

Support for mandatory display of food hygiene ratings at food business premises remained consistently high over time, and in all three countries. In all waves, over 9 in 10 (91-95%) respondents who had heard of the FHRS, reported that food businesses should be required by law to display their food hygiene rating at their premises.

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owenboswarva.bsky.social @owenboswarva.bsky.social · 22h

Latest #openaddresses from local government: Surrey Heath Borough Council, in the South East region of England, has released its Council Tax address list as open data www.owenboswarva.com/blog/post-ad... (no download yet) #FOI #UKhousing #proptech #localgov #opendata

Screenshot of geocoded Surrey Heath Borough Council address data visualised in Leaflet with background mapping from OpenStreetMap

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owenboswarva.bsky.social @owenboswarva.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I see that Data Mill North is now a publisher in the National Data Library directory (i.e. the Data.gov.uk catalogue) www.data.gov.uk/search?publi... Confusing – Data Mill North was started by Leeds City Council but publishes data from numerous public bodies datamillnorth.org #govtech #opendata

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owenboswarva.bsky.social @owenboswarva.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Matching STATS19 collision data to a road network: feasibility www.gov.uk/government/s... report from DfT's statistics team Road Safety Data www.gov.uk/government/s... DfT's collision data is open … but OS NGD RoadLink isn't #roadsafety #transportdata #opendata #datapolicy

OS NGD RoadLink was selected for the feasibility study because DfT can access it through the Public Sector Geospatial Agreement, it provides detailed national road geometry and attributes, and it is related to the mapping used in the CRASH system used by many police forces to provide STATS19 data to DfT. In future, the road safety statistics team will agree the appropriate network product and version with the DfT roads geography team, taking account of the networks already used across road statistics, update timing, historic consistency and production support.

Because OS NGD is not an open dataset, the Department will confirm with OS which derived attributes, identifiers and aggregate outputs, if any, could be published or shared under licence. This will be explored further as the work progresses.

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owenboswarva.bsky.social @owenboswarva.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

UK Government spend data: ● Cab Office, Apr 2010 - Aug 2026 drive.google.com/uc?export=do... (3.8 MB XLSX) ● DfE, Apr 2010 - Jun 2026 drive.google.com/uc?export=do... (56.6 MB zipped CSV) ● DESNZ, Aug 2023 - Dec 2025 drive.google.com/uc?export=do... (0.9 MB XLSX) #publicspending #opengov #opendata

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owenboswarva.bsky.social @owenboswarva.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Council Tax: stock of properties, 2026 www.gov.uk/government/s... updated statistics on housing stock in England and Wales from HMRC's Valuation Office Includes small area (MSOA/LSOA) counts for Council Tax band, property type, and build period, as at 31 March 2026 #UKhousing #opendata

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owenboswarva.bsky.social @owenboswarva.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Latest #openaddresses from local government: Harlow Council, in the East of England, has released its Council Tax address list as open data www.owenboswarva.com/blog/post-ad... (no download yet) Without UPRNs, so no map this time #FOI #UKhousing #localgov #opendata

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owenboswarva.bsky.social @owenboswarva.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Job – Senior Developer "building and improving the performance of the National Data Library platform" at the Government Digital Service (GDS) in Bristol, London or Manchester www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi... The librarian jobs are on another site, I think #govtech #opendata -ish

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owenboswarva.bsky.social @owenboswarva.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The Scottish Government's harvester for sending metadata to the National Data Library is on the fritz again. New records for a set of 38 flood-related datasets have been created in duplicate every day since mid-August www.data.gov.uk/search?query... Will GDS notice at some point #govtech #opendata

Screenshot of a table showing a list of Scottish Government SpatialData.gov.scot metadata records for flood-related datasets published to the National Data Library directory 14/08/2026 - 21/09/2026, with counts of the number of records for each dataset

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owenboswarva.bsky.social @owenboswarva.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Latest #openaddresses from local government: Oadby and Wigston Borough Council, in the East Midlands of England, has released its Council Tax address list as open data www.owenboswarva.com/blog/post-ad... (no download yet) Very swift response, all sorted within a week #FOI #UKhousing #opendata

Screenshot of geocoded Oadby and Wigston Borough Council address data visualised in Leaflet with background mapping from OpenStreetMap

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owenboswarva.bsky.social @owenboswarva.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Latest #openaddresses from local government: Huntingdonshire District Council, in the East of England, has released its Council Tax address list as open data www.owenboswarva.com/blog/post-ad... (no download yet) #FOI #UKhousing #proptech #localgov #opendata

Screenshot of geocoded Huntingdonshire District Council address data visualised in Leaflet with background mapping from OpenStreetMap

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owenboswarva.bsky.social @owenboswarva.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Job – Head of Data & Digital (fixed term) at the National Biodiversity Network Trust, apparently home-based nbn.org.uk/news/nbn-tru... NBN Atlas nbnatlas.org #biodiversity #opendata -adjacent

● Lead the NBN Trust's data and digital function, providing strategic and functional leadership across the NBN Atlas, related digital products and services, and the Trust's wider data and digital portfolio.
● Line manages the Trust’s data and technical team managers, ensuring clear priorities, strong performance, proportionate governance, and effective delivery across business as usual, funded projects, and strategic development.
● Ensure the Trust's data and digital work is led in a way that is inclusive, accessible, and supportive of a diverse range of staff, partners, and users.
● Deliver the Trust's 2-year organisational sustainability project, "Building a Sustainable Future for the UK's Biodiversity Data Heritage" (funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund), including the development and testing of value-added data and digital services, web-hosted products, and support offers that strengthen financial resilience without compromising the Trust's public good role.
● Support the strategic direction, stewardship, and future sustainability of the NBN Atlas, related digital products and services, and the Trust's wider technical delivery, ensuring that risks, opportunities, and investment choices are well managed.
● Play an active role in the NBN Trust's Executive Team, contributing to organisational planning, funding development, cross Trust collaboration, and external engagement where this supports delivery and the Trust's wider strategic objectives.
● The role provides strategic and functional leadership across the Trust's data and digital work, working closely with the Principal Software Engineer as the Trust's senior software engineering lead.

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owenboswarva.bsky.social @owenboswarva.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Family Food datasets containing detailed statistics on household purchases of food and drink in the UK have been updated with 2025 data www.gov.uk/government/s... Annual report www.gov.uk/government/s... #livingstandards #publichealth #defradata #opendata

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owenboswarva.bsky.social @owenboswarva.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Latest #openaddresses from local government: Adur District Council and Worthing Borough Council, in the South East of England, have both released their Council Tax address lists as open data www.owenboswarva.com/blog/post-ad... (with download links) No UPRNs though #FOI #UKhousing #opendata

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owenboswarva.bsky.social @owenboswarva.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

'We can see into the other room': insurers face surge in subsidence claims www.theguardian.com/business/202... Reminder that the BGS, a public body, has detailed mapping of property subsidence risk but it's only available for £ www.bgs.ac.uk/datasets/geo... #geospatial #datapolicy not- #opendata

Millions of homes are at risk of subsidence because of the worsening climate crisis, the British Geological Survey has warned. Under its worst-case scenario, 11% of UK homes could be at risk of subsidence by 2070, more than 4.2 million houses.

As hotter, drier summers and warmer, wetter winters become more frequent, the ground under houses can shrink and drag down a property’s foundations. Older properties with shallow foundations are more at risk, and those built on clay-rich soils. The most vulnerable areas include London, Essex, Kent and a tranche of land from Oxford up to the Wash on England’s east coast, according to scientists.

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owenboswarva.bsky.social @owenboswarva.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Long story but Barnet Council has confirmed the new version of its Council Tax address list published on WDTK is re-usable on the same terms as the list supplied to me last year i.e. OGL www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/re_c... Background www.owenboswarva.com/blog/post-ad... #openaddresses #opendata

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owenboswarva.bsky.social @owenboswarva.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

James Cleverly MP has called for consultation on development of a central database of contact details for local councillors, as #opendata with a public lookup questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-ques... Sounds like a good idea; naturally the UK Government is uninterested #localgov #opendata

Screenshot of UK House of Commons written question UIN 20381, tabled on 28 August 2026 and answered on 8 September 2026:

Question
Sir James Cleverly
Conservative, Braintree Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make it her policy to support the development of open data, across-council, look-up database or search facility for councillor contact details, and consult on the issue through the UK National Action Plan for Open Government process.

Answer
Jim McMahon
Labour, Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton Commons
Councils are responsible for determining how they publish and provide access to information about their elected members. Government has no plans to consult on a change to this approach.

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owenboswarva.bsky.social @owenboswarva.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

As I mentioned in a post yesterday, the UK has been without a permanent National Statistician since May 2025 Loranger is currently the Chief Statistician of Canada, where he was appointed in 2024 for a five-year mandate #opendata #diplomacy

Gavin Freeguard@gavinfreeguard.com

Behold! A national statistician! www.gov.uk/government/n...

gov.uk

André Loranger appointed as new United Kingdom National Statistician

André Loranger has been appointed as the National Statistician for the United Kingdom

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owenboswarva.bsky.social @owenboswarva.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Okay I'm not a Treasury economist. But do we think it's more or less likely that businesses will factor biodiversity and environmental impacts into their planning, if they have to pay for the relevant public data? NCEA data products ( #opendata – for now ) www.gov.uk/government/p...

Screenshot of text from a UK Government call for evidence on a lamentable plan to make it easier for public bodies to charge above marginal cost for re-use of public sector data:

4.3 Case study

The Natural Capital and Ecosystem Assessment (NCEA) programme collects and publishes a rich set of data on the condition, extent and location of England's natural assets. The data under this programme is currently made freely available and is instrumental in supporting environmental decision-making across government, research and industry. It delivers both government and commercial value, informing policy while enabling businesses to make better planning and investment decisions. Businesses use NCEA data to prioritise the most profitable and ecologically appropriate sites for investments in nature – to accrue biodiversity credits, carbon credits and nutrient neutrality offsets – leading to investments which improve outcomes, environmental impact and financial returns. Companies value NCEA data because it is trusted, authoritative, and easily accessible via the Natural Capital Search Tool. This programme is funded until 2029, with decisions on how we maintain and update these rich datasets against other priorities still to be determined. One option to support the ongoing maintenance of these datasets beyond 2029 could be to introduce charging in recognition of their commercial value alongside their policymaking value.

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owenboswarva.bsky.social @owenboswarva.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

My response (as Datadaptive) to the questions in the UK Government's call for evidence on making it even easier for public bodies to charge for re-use of public sector data www.owenboswarva.com/blog/post-od... The call for evidence closes today www.gov.uk/government/c... #datapolicy #FOI #opendata

There is no way to reconcile the stated objective of making all public sector data "affordable and easy to re‑use" with the plan to increase charging above marginal cost, and indeed the existing widespread practice of charging for high-value datasets is the main barrier to maximising the potential for re-use of public sector data. Charging for re-use and associated terms and restrictions inevitably introduce burdens and friction in the re-use of public sector data, and charging entirely prevents re-use for many use cases – particularly where businesses want to share data directly with customers or combine public data with their own data on the web.

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owenboswarva.bsky.social @owenboswarva.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Latest #openaddresses from local government: Sandwell MBC, in the West Midlands region of England, has released its Council Tax address list as open data www.owenboswarva.com/blog/post-ad... (no download yet) This was another one that took a while #FOI #UKhousing #proptech #localgov #opendata

Screenshot of geocoded Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council address data visualised in Leaflet with background mapping from OpenStreetMap

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owenboswarva.bsky.social @owenboswarva.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

This sounds niche but has broad implications – basically the UK Government wants to make it even easier to charge for re-use of public sector data Hostile to #opendata but will also be of interest to #FOI supporters, since the plan would likely mean more information withheld under section 43

@opendatamcr.bsky.social@opendatamcr.bsky.social

For those that have yet to respond to the Marginal Cost Restriction call for evidence. We have published the read out from the event we did with DCMS last week to help. Hurray the deadline is tomorrow 23.59. Data Intermediaries added as a bonus! www.opendatamanchester.org.uk/read-outs-fr...

opendatamanchester.org.uk

Read outs from data consultation events - Open Data Manchester

Over the last three weeks we have organised two events to help people respond to the UK Government’s ongoing calls for evidence and consultations. We have now published read outs

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owenboswarva.bsky.social @owenboswarva.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Paywalling (more) public sector data is a bad idea, actually www.owenboswarva.com/blog/post-od... New post. The marginal cost limit in the UK's RPSI regulations does not mandate #opendata – but does provide a convenient excuse for underfunding of public data infrastructure #datapolicy #openpolicy

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owenboswarva.bsky.social @owenboswarva.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Early example of the open public data principle, from a report produced in 1990 by @royalstatsoc.bsky.social's Working Party on Official Statistics in the UK academic.oup.com/jrsssa/artic... #opendata #deepcuts

Screenshot of a highlighted passage in 'Official Statistics: Counting with Confidence' a report produced in 1990 by the Royal Statistical Society's Working Party on Official Statistics in the UK:

"Many statistical inquiries are financed through public money and depend on public co-operation for the information provided. It follows that, subject to constraints to protect the confidentiality of individual respondents, the public are rightful consumers of the statistical product. Analyses should be in the public domain and basic data made available for further analyses."

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owenboswarva.bsky.social @owenboswarva.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Guidance on Using CC Licenses in an AI Ecosystem creativecommons.org/2026/09/03/g... from @creativecommons.bsky.social #IPlaw #techpolicy #genAI #opendata #openweb

The retreat toward restrictions has real costs. When people share content under more restrictive terms, the result is a more limited pool of publicly accessible resources (or commons) for all of us. This means less material is available for researchers, educators, archivists, and the public interest uses that depend on open access.

With that in mind, decisions around open sharing must not be taken lightly. Given that copyright exceptions often mean CC license restrictions don't apply to AI use in the first place, using a more restrictive license isn't effective in preventing it. In fact, a more restrictive license may prevent the exact types of human sharing and reuse licensors are hoping to allow, while at the same time putting no restrictions against AI use. As a result, we continue to guide communities to share as openly as they can, using CC licenses and tools to the extent that it is consistent with their values and goals.

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owenboswarva.bsky.social @owenboswarva.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

That "methodological bias in UK Treasury's valuation approach" could be more simply described as an ingrained ideological stance But the convention in open policy discussions is that we maintain the conceit of civil service neutrality, so #techpolicy #opendata #justaskingquestions #criticalfriends

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owenboswarva.bsky.social @owenboswarva.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Who pays for the bus timetable in your pocket? www.opendatamanchester.org.uk/who-pays-for... good post by @julianlstar.bsky.social of @opendatamcr.bsky.social UK Government call for evidence www.gov.uk/government/c... Data Valuation Framework www.gov.uk/government/p... #opendata #FOI #datapolicy

The government already knows this

The Data Valuation Framework, published in April, says plainly that because data is non-rival, its uses cannot be identified exhaustively, and that methods based on identified uses will therefore understate the value of the data. Its technical annex goes further, and says that the standard appraisal summaries — benefit-cost ratios and net present social value — can be poor summaries of the value of data projects for exactly this reason.

The same framework lists the things that might make open access the better option: spillovers, market dynamics, how sensitive users are to being charged, and the distributional effects on end users. That list appears in a footnote. The charging side gets three valuation methodologies, a comparison table, and a menu of mechanisms — subscriptions, usage charges, royalties, equity stakes, levies.
One side of the argument has a framework. The other side has a footnote.

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owenboswarva.bsky.social @owenboswarva.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

"You might be surprised that this guidance hasn't substantially changed from what we've given in previous resources …" One in the eye for UK Gov't bods who have been pointing to CC's recent work on AI as an argument for rolling back open licensing of public sector information #techpolicy #opendata

Creative Commons@creativecommons.bsky.social

Our updated "Guidance on Using CC Licenses in the Age of AI" contextualizes the use of existing licenses as AI reshapes the digital landscape. Our goal is to continue to balance public access with licensor choice, providing options even in this new complex world of sharing. buff.ly/feUVKin

creativecommons.org

Guidance on Using CC Licenses in an AI Ecosystem - Creative Commons

Creative Commons publishes guidance on sharing openly using CC licenses and tools to meet your goals in the age of AI.

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owenboswarva.bsky.social @owenboswarva.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

The National Data Library Expert Advisory Group has now concluded www.gov.uk/government/g... Well done everybody I like the gradient fills in particular www.data.gov.uk #govtech #opendata #datapolicy

Screenshot from GOV·UK:

National Data Library Expert Advisory Group: Terms of Reference

This transparency data was withdrawn on 2 September 2026
This page was withdrawn on 2 September 2026. The National Data Library Expert Advisory Group concluded in September 2026. The National Data Library was launched in June 2025 and now sits within the wider work of the Government Chief Data Officer within DCMS, drawing on expert input from external advisers and government Chief Data Officers.

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owenboswarva.bsky.social @owenboswarva.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I've updated the above post – another requester has helpfully obtained the same Council Tax address list directly from Halton Borough Council, using the WhatDoTheyKnow site, so the dataset is now publicly accessible #opendata #openaddresses

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owenboswarva.bsky.social @owenboswarva.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I've added the latest postcode list to my Postcodes in Polygon tool: Draw a shape on a map, get an #opendata list of postcodes datadaptive.com/pip/ (Great Britain only) Now updated with postcode data from the latest release of the ONS Postcode Directory (August 2026)

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philip @heltweg.org · 01/09/2026

The wonders of open data, for french transport data search for "French national access point to transport data" :) #opendata #dataengineering #DataBS

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owenboswarva.bsky.social @owenboswarva.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Want more UPRNs matched to Price Paid Data? Several years ago @ubdc.bsky.social produced a Price Paid Data to UPRN lookup covering PPD records from January 1995 to January 2022, available as #opendata under the Open Government Licence data.ubdc.ac.uk/datasets/a99... HT @bovine3dom.bsky.social

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owenboswarva.bsky.social @owenboswarva.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Of course the more we extend the list of property attributes that are re-usable as #opendata in the UK, the weirder it looks that we don't also have #openaddresses i.e. the most widely recognised descriptor for each property

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owenboswarva.bsky.social @owenboswarva.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

HM Land Registry has now released lookup tables for UPRNs and INSPIRE IDs that can be matched to Price Paid Data www.gov.uk/government/n... ● UPRNs www.gov.uk/government/s... ● INSPIRE IDs www.gov.uk/government/s... ● July PPD www.gov.uk/government/s... #UKhousing #houseprices #proptech #opendata?

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owenboswarva.bsky.social @owenboswarva.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Latest #openaddresses from local government: Hartlepool Borough Council, in the North East region of England, has released its Council Tax address list as open data www.owenboswarva.com/blog/post-ad... (no download yet) Without UPRNs, unfortunately #FOI #UKhousing #proptech #localgov #opendata

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owenboswarva.bsky.social @owenboswarva.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

The problem with making public data pay for itself www.mysociety.org/2026/08/27/t... post by @juliacushion.bsky.social of @mysociety.org UK Government call for evidence www.gov.uk/government/c... #opendata #FOI #datapolicy #treasurybrain

In our fragmented public data report we recognise that public bodies can already spend considerable time publishing data without seeing much evidence of what happens to it afterwards. Where that data is difficult to find or combine, its potential value isn't realised and the people doing the work have less reason to see publication as worthwhile.

Charging offers one answer to this, in that income is easy to demonstrate, but it decreases the overall value and impact of the data. We'd rather see the government get better at making the wider impact of open data visible: who uses it, what they build with it, where it is reused elsewhere in government, and what difference that makes. Better impact tracking would help teams make the case for investing in open data without needing to turn it into a source of income.

There's also a longer-term problem with using charging to fund new data services. If a team is encouraged to generate income from its data and does so successfully, that income starts supporting the service. At that point, making the data open means finding the money somewhere else. The Postcode Address File is a longstanding example of how difficult this can be to unwind. Once licensing income becomes part of how a service is funded, opening the data and replacing that income become the same problem.

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owenboswarva.bsky.social @owenboswarva.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

UK Cabinet Office spend data, transactions over £25,000, April 2010 - July 2026 drive.google.com/uc?export=do... (3.8 MB XLSX) #publicspending #opengov #opendata

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owenboswarva.bsky.social @owenboswarva.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Guidance related to the above new datasets, from the Forestry Commission (England): ● Historic woodland datasets for forestry proposals www.gov.uk/government/p... ● Forestry Commission's historic environment opportunity map for new woodland www.gov.uk/government/p... #geospatial #opendata 🌳

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owenboswarva.bsky.social @owenboswarva.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

For reference, Ordnance Survey started publishing the national list of UPRNs as #opendata back in April 2020. Under OS's Open Identifiers policy, Land Registry could have added UPRNs to the Price Paid dataset at any point in the past six years.

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owenboswarva.bsky.social @owenboswarva.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

UPRN/Inspire IDs "in separate lookup tables" – will wait to see what that means. HMLR doesn't actually say the new tables will be covered by OGL. Crucial question is whether it will be possible to re-use the IDs linked to sold prices, as #opendata, without reference to RM-afflicted address fields.

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owenboswarva.bsky.social @owenboswarva.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

HM Land Registry to provide property identifiers for Price Paid Data from 28 August www.gov.uk/government/n... press release from HMLR (England and Wales) #UKhousing #houseprices #proptech #geospatial #opendata?

From 28 August 2026, HM Land Registry will provide Unique Property Reference Numbers (UPRNs) and INSPIRE IDs in separate lookup tables alongside the monthly Price Paid dataset.

This responds to customer demand for UPRNs and INSPIRE IDs to be included alongside Price Paid Data, making it easier to connect sale price information with other property and location datasets.

Price Paid Data includes information about residential property sales in England and Wales. It is used by property professionals, researchers, public bodies, lenders, digital service providers and others who need reliable property market information.

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owenboswarva.bsky.social @owenboswarva.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I've updated the above post – Derby City Council has kindly updated the response page in its online disclosure log, so the dataset is now publicly accessible #FOI #opendata #openaddresses

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owenboswarva.bsky.social @owenboswarva.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Latest #openaddresses from local government: Borough of Broxbourne Council, in the East of England, has released its Council Tax address list as open data www.owenboswarva.com/blog/post-ad... (no download yet) Perfect response from this council, no muss no fuss #FOI #UKhousing #proptech #opendata

Screenshot of geocoded Borough of Broxbourne Council address data visualised in Leaflet with background mapping from OpenStreetMap

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owenboswarva.bsky.social @owenboswarva.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

The Grocer launches real-time fuel price tracker www.thegrocer.co.uk/news/the-gro... Fuel Price Monitor that groups forecourts by canopy brand / supermarket chain (UK) www.thegrocer.co.uk/reports-and-... Fuel Finder service (underlying data) www.gov.uk/government/c... #fuelprices #opendata

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owenboswarva.bsky.social @owenboswarva.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

How's that work on "outdated or irrelevant" data in the NDL directory coming along? ONS recently updated records for two assets from 2006 www.data.gov.uk/dataset/9ea2... + www.data.gov.uk/dataset/1daf... … but on enquiry can no longer find the data www.ons.gov.uk/aboutus/tran... #FOI #opendata

Both datasets mentioned in your request were published in 2006 by our Neighbourhood Statistics team. We are unable to provide a copy of the requested data, since the supporting service has ceased and we no longer hold these datasets.

Underlying data for the publications referenced were sourced from the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC), which became NHS Digital, and is now NHS England.

NHS England manage the Data Search and Export Service by Organisation Data Service (ODS), which may assist in finding the information you are looking for.

You may also be interested in our Access to local amenities in England and Wales: October 2024 bulletin, which includes information on the number of dental practices and the number of GP surgeries at Local Authority level in England and Wales.

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philip @heltweg.org · 25/08/2026

I am back to publishing whimsical software development until bsky is a place I would like to spend time on. Building a delightful website to follow parisian public transport. Sounds yes? Sounds no? #paris #metro #ratp #sncf #buildinpublic #opendata

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owenboswarva.bsky.social @owenboswarva.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

The Scottish Government's new #opendata portal data.gov.scot is expected to launch in public beta today blogs.gov.scot/digital/2026... Stay tuned

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owenboswarva.bsky.social @owenboswarva.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

I've updated the above post – another requester has helpfully obtained the same Council Tax address list directly from Mid Sussex District Council, using the WhatDoTheyKnow site, so the dataset is now publicly accessible #opendata #openaddresses

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owenboswarva.bsky.social @owenboswarva.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Latest #openaddresses from local government: Stroud District Council, in the South West of England, has released its Council Tax address list as open data www.owenboswarva.com/blog/post-ad... (no download yet) Successful outcome despite inauspicious beginnings #FOI #UKhousing #proptech #opendata

Screenshot of geocoded Stroud District Council address data visualised in Leaflet with background mapping from OpenStreetMap

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