Government Staff Employment Figures with Community Initiative Posts
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Description
Government Digital Service data on the number of staff employed, updated annually under the Data Transparency Code. The 2016/17 figures include new areas such as Garden Communities and Museum Traineeships, as well as externally funded posts for community initiatives. The dataset is available in multiple formats including XML, CSV, HTML, and JSON.
Use Cases
Tracking annual changes in public sector staffing levels based on the requirement for annual updates.
Analyzing the allocation of externally funded posts for community initiatives as mentioned in the description.
Monitoring the introduction of new staffing areas like Garden Communities and Museum Traineeships over time.
Strengths
Published under the Open Government Licence, allowing for broad reuse.
Data is required to be updated on an annual basis, suggesting a regular update schedule.
Available in multiple machine-readable formats (XML, CSV, HTML, JSON).
Limitations
Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
Provenance
Source
Government Digital Service
Collection Method
Likely compiled from internal government human resources or payroll systems.
Time Range
Includes data for the 2016/17 period.
Freshness
Required to be updated annually, but specific last update date is unknown.
Geography
Likely covers a government entity within the European Union, inferred from the 'eu_open_data' platform.
License is the UK Open Government Licence; users should review its terms for specific use cases.