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An update of our latest data releases New datasets released SN 9529 Gender and Adolescence: Global Evidence: Cox’s Bazar Panel Survey Midline, 2023 SN 9535 Annual Population Survey, January – December, 2025 SN 9532 Quarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, October – December, 2025 SN 9528 Continuous Household Survey, 2023-2024 SN 9527 Continuous Household Survey, […]

On 11 March, we were pleased to host the 2026 Crime Surveys User Conference in collaboration with the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and the Scottish Government. The conference featured updates from data producers and an insightful mix of presentations from researchers who have used data from UK crime surveys. Mapping the crime landscape Greg Rose, […]

An update of our latest data releases New datasets released SN 9518 Scottish Health Survey, 2024 SN 9512 Better Outcomes through linked Data: Homelessness and Offending, England, 2011-2023: Secure Access SN 9513 Gender and Adolescence: Global Evidence: Ethiopia Round 4, 2024-2025 SN 9517 Planning and Preparing for Later Life, 2024 SN 9516 Planning and Preparing […]

Women’s History Month is dedicated to honouring women’s contributions to history, culture and society, spotlighting their great achievements. It also serves to highlight the crucial roles women have played in every major historical development. Sharon Bolton, who worked at the UK Data Archive for 30 years, which involved significant contributions to the growth of CESSDA […]

An update of our latest data releases New datasets released SN 9519 Community Life Survey, 2024-2025 SN 9510 Millennium Cohort Study: Sweep 8, Age 23, 2023-2025: Secure Access SN 9509 Millennium Cohort Study: Sweep 8, Age 23, 2023-2025 SN 9508 Research on Improving Systems of Education: Ethiopia, 2018-2021 SN 858376 TrustTracker Serial Surveys on Public […]

The latest data from the Millennium Cohort Study (MCS) is now available from the UK Data Service. This release covers the Age 23 sweep, which includes information collected from more than 9,700 study participants between 2023 and 2025. What is the Millennium Cohort Study? The Millennium Cohort Study is a UK longitudinal birth study conducted […]

We’re pleased to announce we have published our UK Data Service Annual Report 2024–25 for the period 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025, marking the first year of delivery under our new ESRC funding award. The report reflects a year focused on strengthening foundations: improving services, investing in infrastructure, and supporting researchers through faster […]

An update of our latest data releases New datasets released SN 858279 The Transitions That Matter, 2023-2024 SN 858338 Input data for SimPaths, 2021-2025 SN 858263 Using Discrete Choice Experiments (DCEs) to Compare Social and Personal Preferences for Health and Well-Being Outcomes, 2022 SN 858298 Past Political Violence and Interpersonal Violence Against Children and Youth: […]

Do you use UK Data Service surveys to research family finances? Submissions are now open for the Family Finance Surveys User Conference 2026. This free annual conference is organised by the UK Data Service in collaboration with the Department for Work and Pensions and the Office for National Statistics. The conference will be held in […]

Read the full stories in our January 2026 newsletter. In this issue of the UK Data Service newsletter, we preview our upcoming Perspectives on Engagement and Impact event in Manchester on 11 February. This unique event is designed to help researchers drive impact in society through their research findings. It’s also that time of year […]

We provide access to a wide range of social science data for reuse. To help you get the most from these resources, we run a free introductory training series every spring and autumn to introduce different aspects of the UK Data Service. Our training series workshops in spring 2026 are listed below and you can […]

The UK Data Service is pleased to have become an official partner with PEDRI (the Public Engagement in Data Research Initiative), which has been funded by the ESRC to unite different UK organisations working with data and statistics to improve how they all work with the public. The focus of this work will include: Promoting […]