Department for Transport ministerial and special adviser meetings with external organisati

Records of meetings between UK Department for Transport ministers, special advisers, and external organisations, including media proprietors and executives. The data is published quarterly by the Department for Transport. The dataset was last updated on 2026-05-06.

Use Cases

• Analyze patterns of external engagement by transport ministers based on the quarterly meeting records.
• Track interactions with media organisations mentioned in the dataset description.
• Study the transparency and frequency of ministerial disclosures over time.

Strengths

• Data is published on a quarterly schedule, providing regular updates.
• Records are sourced directly from the UK Department for Transport, an authoritative government body.
• The dataset was last updated on 2026-05-06 08:49:14.208212.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale analysis.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Department for Transport

Collection Method

Published records of ministerial and special adviser meetings.

Time Range

Quarterly coverage, specific dates unknown.

Freshness

Quarterly

Geography

United Kingdom