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An update of our latest data releases. The following new datasets have been released: SN 9458 SIPHER-HWMIC Dataset: A Large-Scale Population Survey of Health and Wellbeing to Allow Comparisons between Outcome Measures, 2022 SN 9457 Consumer Insights Tracker, 2024-2025 SN 9454 Annual Population Survey Two-Year Longitudinal Dataset, January 2023 – December 2024 SN 9453 Annual […]

We were delighted to attend the Royal Statistical Society’s International Conference in Edinburgh on 1-4 September 2025 and sponsor the winner of the poster competition, which was won by Tess Vernon and Samuel Connolly, from Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland. This year’s event had over 900 attendees from over 50 countries and featured some fascinating sessions […]

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 autumn 2025 are listed below and you can […]

Trusted research environments (TREs) enable secure access to sensitive and confidential data. Between 22-24 September, we discussed all aspects of TREs at a special TRE Community Conference in Leeds (and online). The event was a collaboration, funded by DARE UK, between the Safe Data Access Professionals Network (SDAP), that the UK Data Service chairs and […]

An update of our latest data releases. The following new datasets have been released: SN 9444 English Housing Survey, 2023-2024: Household Data: Special Licence Access SN 9443 English Housing Survey, 2023: Housing Stock Data: Special Licence Access SN 9442 English Housing Survey, 2023-2024: Household Data SN 9441 English Housing Survey, 2023: Housing Stock Data SN […]

The UK’s social science data landscape faces challenges and opportunities in a time of change, says Alison Park, Deputy Executive Chair of the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). Through it all, the UK Data Service remains an important part of the UK’s data infrastructure. Looking to the future In a post launched today on the […]

Data from the 1958 National Child Development Study (NCDS) Age 62 Sweep are now available to download from the UK Data Service. The dataset includes information collected from more than 8,400 study participants between 2020 and 2024 when they were age 61 to 65. This data collection is the most comprehensive of the cohort’s adult […]

An update of our latest data releases. The following new datasets have been released: SN 9415 Next Generation: Kazakhstan, 2024 SN 9414 Next Generation: United Kingdom, 2024 SN 9428 Longitudinal Study of Young Persons in England 2, 2013-2021: Secure Access SN 9432 Labour Force Survey Two-Quarter Longitudinal Dataset, January – June, 2025 SN 9429 Scottish […]

An update of our latest data releases. The following new datasets have been released: SN 9426 Health Survey Northern Ireland, 2021-2022 SN 9425 Health Survey Northern Ireland, 2020-2021 SN 9423 Health Survey Northern Ireland, 2015-2016 SN 9427 Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey, 2024 SN 857927 Net4Health: Social Networks and Adolescent Health, 2025 SN 857949 […]

Every dataset tells a story – but it is the people who use census data who bring those stories to life. Whether you are mapping inequality, analysing housing trends, exploring health outcomes, or tracing how communities change over time… We want to hear from you. We are inviting you to take part in a short […]

An update of our latest data releases. The following new datasets have been released: SN 9413 National Child Development Study: Sweeps 0-10, 1958-2024: Secure Access SN 9412 National Child Development Study: Age 62, Sweep 10, 2019-2024 SN 9411 National Child Development Study: Metabolomics, 2019-2024: Special Licence SN 9410 National Child Development Study: Age 62, Sweep […]

Read the full stories in our UKDS Newsletter July 2025. In this issue of the UK Data Service newsletter, we feature highlights from our presence at a number of national and international conferences around the UK over the last few months, which have brought together data producers and researchers to share their ideas for improving […]