Public Requests for UK Government Datasets from 2012

UK data.gov.uk hosts public requests for government datasets to be published as open data. The Cabinet Office collects these requests, which date back to September 2012, and provides two versions of the data with varying completeness. The dataset is licensed under OGL-UK-3.0.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in public data requests based on the 'data_themes' and 'created' fields mentioned in the description
• Study government responsiveness based on the 'status' and 'publisher' response fields
• Categorize suggested uses for requested data based on the 'suggested_use' and 'suggested_use_detail' fields

Strengths

• Contains two distinct data versions (v1 and v2) with different field completeness
• Data requests span from September 2012, providing a long temporal record
• Explicitly licensed under OGL-UK-3.0 for reuse

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Data may reflect temporal bias inherent to the UK government platform

Provenance

Source

Cabinet Office via data.gov.uk

Collection Method

Submitted via a public web form on data.gov.uk

Time Range

September 2012 onward

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:32:38.486765; freshness should be verified

Geography

United Kingdom (central government and agencies)