Scottish Government Quantitative Data Requests to Public Bodies, 2005-2009

Statistics on the number of requests for quantitative information that the Scottish Government put to local government and other public bodies. The data covers two specific fiscal years: 2005/06 and 2008/09. It is produced by the Scottish Government and designated as Official Statistics not designated as National Statistics.

Use Cases

• Analyzing trends in central government data requests based on the described time periods of 2005/06 and 2008/09.
• Benchmarking data request volumes across different public bodies as implied by the dataset's scope.
• Studying the administrative burden of quantitative reporting requirements on local authorities.

Strengths

• Data covers two distinct fiscal years, 2005/06 and 2008/09, allowing for temporal comparison.
• Produced by the Scottish Government as Official Statistics, suggesting a formal collection process.
• Released under the OGL-UK-3.0 license, permitting reuse.

Limitations

• Row count and column-level documentation are absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Data may reflect temporal and geographic bias inherent to its source, focusing solely on Scotland for two specific years.

Provenance

Source

Scottish Government

Collection Method

Likely collected via administrative processes tracking formal requests for information.

Time Range

2005/06 and 2008/09

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:32:04.939394; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Scotland