AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Rates paid by District Council and Sector

This data provides amounts of rates paid against ratepayer accounts as at 31st March each year, as recorded on the Land & Property (LPS) rating system and is broken down by District Council and Property Type. Also provided is the number of occupancies (an occupancy represents a liable person, persons, business or organisation at a property at a given time) that made a payment (value greater than £0) within the rating year.

The data will include occupancies that were paid in full and where there is a balance left at the end of the rating year.
It should be noted that the numbers and receipts for Non-Domestic occupancies for the years 2020/21, 2021/22 and 2022/23 will be affected by Business Rates Holiday reliefs that were applied at that time.

Please note, the totals included in the tables are not adjusted for receipts at year end which have been paid by ratepayers, but not yet allocated to a particular rate account.

Tags: LPS, Rates, finance
Organization: OpenDataNI
Regionally Important Geodiversity Sites (RIGS)

      Regionally Important Geodiversity Sites (RIGS) are non-statutory sites selected to protect the most important places for geology, geomorphology and soils, complementing the network of legally protected Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs). RIGS are selected for their scientific, educational, historical and aesthetic features. As stated in Planning Policy Wales, Planning Authorities should protect the features and qualities for which RIGS have been designated. The impact of proposed developments will depend on the nature of the RIGS feature, so early consultation with the local RIGS group or NRW is strongly recommended.
    

Tags: Geology, Protected sites
Organization: Natural Resources Wales
Pesticide Residues in Food

The data set shows pesticide residues in different foods types, presented in 2 different table formats.  The BNA format focusses on details of individual samples including brand name and origin and shows the pesticides detected if any.  The SUM format focuses on the analysis and results across the set of samples, including detail of all the pesticides sought but not found.

The UK carry out a national monitoring programme of pesticide residue testing, organised annually into surveys of different foods.  Results for each quarter are considered in detail by the Expert Committee on Pesticide Residues in Food (PRiF) and their reports contain detailed commentary on the results in the tables. The reports are available at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/pesticide-residues-in-food-results-of-monitoring-programme#quarterly-reports 

As part of the programme each year 4 or 5 surveys are selected as “rolling reports” where one would expect there to be a higher rate of non-compliance to test more frequently.  These results are initially published in the BNA format only and in due course included in the appropriate quarterly results.

Finally results are compiled into an annual set, alongside the publication of the PRiF’s annual report at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/pesticide-residues-in-food-results-of-monitoring-programme#annual-reports---expert-committee-on-pesticide-residues-in-food-(prif) 

If you have any queries regarding the results within the tables, please contact:

Helena Cooke | Pesticides Policy| Health & Safety Executive Chemicals Regulation Division, Mallard House, Kings Pool, 3 Peasholme Green, York YO1 7PX Tel: +44 (0) 203 028 1141 e-mail: helena.cooke@hse.gov.uk


Organization: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
FCA: Whistleblowing quarterly data 2026 Q1

The data shows the number of new whistleblowing reports the FCA received between January and March 2026, and existing reports closed during this period.

The FCA assess every whistleblowing case it receives that falls within the FCA's remit, to inform its work and help it identify actual or potential harm. This could be harm to consumers, to markets, to the UK economy or to wider society.

The Whistleblowing team receives reports by telephone, email, its online reporting form, and post. In Q1 2026, January and March 2026, the FCA received 355 reports containing 906 allegations in total.

Organization: Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)
Impacts of increasing land use under energy crops - hydrology data, 2006-2009

This data set consists of various hydrological measurements taken over two years of instrumental monitoring in fields of willow and Miscanthus crops from a study as part of the NERC Rural Economy and Land Use (RELU) programme. Future policies are likely to encourage more land use under energy crops: principally willow, grown as short rotation coppice, and a tall exotic grass Miscanthus. These crops will contribute to the UK's commitment to reduce CO2 emissions. However, it is not clear how decisions about appropriate areas for growing the crops, based on climate, soil and water, should be balanced against impacts on the landscape, social acceptance, biodiversity and the rural economy. This project integrated social, economic, hydrology and biodiversity studies in an interdisciplinary approach to assessing the impact of converting land to Miscanthus grass and short-rotation coppice (SRC) willows. Two contrasting farming systems were focused on: the arable-dominated East Midlands; and grassland-dominated South West England. This data set consists of various hydrological measurements taken over two years of instrumental monitoring in fields of both crops. GIS and biodiversity survey datasets are also available. The public attidues questionnaire data from this study are available at the UK Data Archive under study number 6615 (see online resources). Further documentation for this study may be found through the RELU Knowledge Portal and the project's ESRC funding award web page (see online resources).

Tags: Bridgwater, Countryside conservation, East midlands (region), Farming systems, Fuel resources, Land Use, Lincoln, Retford, Rural Economy and Land Use Programme (RELU), Rural economics, South west england (region), Taunton
Organization: Environmental Information Data Centre
Camden Non-Domestic Rates - Charges and Reliefs

A list of Companies liable for rates since 1 April 2010, together with the charges and reliefs applied. May be used in conjunction with Camden Non-Domestic Rates – rateable values (https://opendata.camden.gov.uk/Business-Economy/Camden-Non-Domestic-Rates-Rateable-Values/jumr-tymj) to form a picture of who has been liable for rates for each property since 2010 and the amount charged. Please note that personal data is excluded.

Organization: London Borough of Camden
Camden Non-Domestic Rates - Rateable Values

A list of properties in the rating valuation list since 1 April 2010, including transitional relief allowed for each year. May be used in conjunction with Camden Non-Domestic Rates - charges and reliefs (https://opendata.camden.gov.uk/Business-Economy/Camden-Non-Domestic-Rates-Charges-and-Reliefs/xcqw-xady).

Tags: ndr
Organization: London Borough of Camden
Organogram of Staff Roles & Salaries

Organogram (organisation chart) showing all staff roles. Names and salaries are also listed for the Senior Civil Servants.

Organogram data is released by all central government departments and their agencies since 2010. Snapshots for 31st March and 30th September are published by 6th June and 6th December each year. The published data is validated and released in CSV format and OGL-licensed for reuse. For more information about this series, see: http://guidance.data.gov.uk/organogram-data.html

Organization: High Speed 2 Limited
Annual End of Year Rates Balances by District Council and Sector

These tables relate to End of Year (EoY) Rates Balance values, and a count of occupancies* with a rates balance at the 31st March each year, as recorded on the Land & Property Services (LPS) rating system. The information provided is at a point in time and the tables are updated annually.

An occupancy is counted as having a rates balance where there is an outstanding balance of more than £0 at the end of the rating year.

This data is provided by Domestic, Non-Domestic and overall totals. Mixed properties (a property that is a mix of Domestic and Non-Domestic) are included within the Non-Domestic totals.

It is important to note that the End of Year Rates Balances figures include balances that cannot be legally enforced due to insolvency proceedings, ratepayers residing outside jurisdiction for legal action, as well as those ratepayers who continue to pay rates balances through agreed payment arrangements established through the rating year. LPS continues to pursue End of Year Rates balances throughout subsequent rating years.

The totals included above are not adjusted for receipts at Year End which have been paid by ratepayers, but not yet allocated to a particular rate account.

*An occupancy represents a liable person, persons, business or organisation at a property at a given time.

*Please note that the sum of amounts may not match the total due to rounding.

Tags: LPS, debt, rates
Organization: OpenDataNI
HED Consultation Zones ESRI REST API

Service provided by HED articulates, as guidance, zones indicating to planners on when HED should be consulted in respect of proposals in the vicinity of heritage assets. It does not articulate the setting of assets but provides a baseline to ensure that HED are consulted in respect of applications within these areas. 

Data produced from HED data and updated monthly. Data contains attribution values providing unique id for each record, layer each record is derived from and buffer value (NULL where buffer=0).

Tags: Archaeological Sites, Historical Assets, built heritage, planning and development
Organization: OpenDataNI
Annual End of Year Rates Balances by Parliamentary Constituency and Sector

These tables relate to End of Year (EoY) Rates Balance values, and a count of occupancies* with a rates balance at the 31st March each year, as recorded on the Land & Property Services (LPS) rating system. The information provided is at a point in time and the tables are updated annually. An occupancy is counted as having a rates balance where there is an outstanding balance of more than £0 at the end of the rating year. This data is provided by Domestic, Non-Domestic and overall totals. Mixed properties (a property that is a mix of Domestic and Non-Domestic) are included within the Non-Domestic totals. It is important to note that the End of Year Rates Balances figures include balances that cannot be legally enforced due to insolvency proceedings, ratepayers residing outside jurisdiction for legal action, as well as those ratepayers who continue to pay rates balances through agreed payment arrangements established through the rating year. LPS continues to pursue End of Year Rates balances throughout subsequent rating years. 
The totals included above are not adjusted for receipts at Year End which have been paid by ratepayers, but not yet allocated to a particular rate account. 
As the rating system does not hold Parliamentary Constituency, properties have to be mapped to the relevant geography and only properties on the valuation list that have valid mapping information are included. Electricity and Gas networks in Northern Ireland are valued on a ‘Cumulo Basis’ where the entire rateable hereditament for each operator is then apportioned between each council area. Analysis by Parliamentary Constituency of Electricity and Gas networks is not possible and they have been included separately in the tables as ‘Utilities’.

*An occupancy represents a liable person, persons, business or organisation at a property at a given time.
*Please note the sum of amounts may not equal the total due to rounding.


Tags: Finance, LPS, Rates
Organization: OpenDataNI
Non-Domestic Rate Relief and Rate Support Schemes by District Council

These annual statistics show the number and amount of reliefs awarded to Non-Domestic Properties by District Council and Rating Year.

The following Rate Relief and Support Schemes are included: Industrial Derating, Non-Domestic Vacant Rating, Charitable Exemption for Rates, Sports and Recreation Rate Relief, Residential Homes Rate Relief, Small Business Rate Relief (including for small Post Offices), Freight and Transport Rates Relief, Business Rates Holiday, Emergency Flood Support, Back in Business Rate Support*

Information on schemes along with qualifying criteria can be found via the following link: https://www.nibusinessinfo.co.uk/content/help-available-business-rates

Figures have been extracted from the Land and Property Services (LPS) General Ledger models as at 31st March for each rating year. The data represents a year-end snapshot and is not adjusted respectively.

Number of properties benefiting is the count of properties that received a Rate Relief/Support Scheme award during the rating year (where the value awarded was greater than £0.01). This measure differs from a count of properties currently in receipt of the Rate Relief/Support Scheme at a specific point in time. It also differs from the number of occupancies benefitting, where an occupancy represents the liable person, persons, business, or organisation at a property. Most Rate Relief/Support Schemes are applied at the occupancy level.

The ‘Amount’ represents the total value of relief or exemption for each property that benefited at any point during the rating year and therefore does not include any clawbacks for prior rating years.

The Number of Properties and Amount reflect all properties that benefitted at any point in the year, and some transactions may relate to earlier rating years.

Some properties receive more than one Rate Relief/Support Scheme within a rating year.

The Back in Business Rate Support Scheme reopened in April 2024 for business premises that began occupation on or after 1 April 2024; the previous scheme operated from 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023. The numbers of properties and amounts being reported here include any that have benefitted from either scheme. As a result, these figures will differ from those published for the April 2024 scheme alone at the occupancy level.

Please note that the sum of amounts may not equal the total due to rounding.


Tags: Land and Property, property, rate, relief, support schemes
Organization: OpenDataNI
Historic Environment Division ESRI REST API

Webservices for HED data:
• NI Sites and Monuments Record
• Listed Buildings
• Industrial Heritage Record
• Built Heritage at Risk
• Defense Heritage Record
• Ship and Aircraft Wrecks
• Areas of Archaeological Potential
• Areas of Significant Archaeological Interest
• Battlesites
• Historic Parks, Gardens and Demesnes
• Scheduled Zones

Tags: Archaeological Sites, Archaeology, Industrial heritage, buildings, built heritage, environment, heritage, historic parks and gardens, marine, protected
Organization: OpenDataNI
Water Framework Directive (WFD) River, Canal, and Surface Water Transfer Water Bodies Cycle 3 Classification 2022 (Simplified)

This is a polyline dataset showing Water Framework Directive (WFD) River, Canal, and Surface Water Transfer Water Bodies. River centrelines represent the official river water body definition for the WFD.

This dataset provides attribution relating to the 2022 classification results, as well as other relevant information and data about each river, canal, and surface water transfer water body.

The data identifies the river water bodies managed under the WFD, and any related programmes. This includes canals and surface water transfers which are reported to Europe as artificial rivers. In these scenarios, the field in the dataset called 'water_body_type' has a value of either 'Surface Water Transfer', or 'Canal'. These water bodies are represented by their centreline, and can be linked to other WFD data using the value in the 'water_body_id' field. 

The river centrelines are defined using geometry taken from the EA Detailed River Network, which has Ordnance Survey rights. There are two layer files associated with this dataset. There is a layer file called Simplified_WFD_River_Canal_and_SWT_Water_Bodies_Cycle_3_Classification_2022_Chemical_Class.lyrx, and a layer file called Simplified_WFD_River_Canal_and_SWT_Water_Bodies_Cycle_3_Classification_2022_Ecological_Class.lyrx. The layer files display the chemical class, and the ecological class or potential for each river, canal, and surface water transfer water body. 

The geometry of this dataset has been simplified to allow for faster web mapping services. The full resolution of this dataset is called WFD River, Canal, and Surface Water Transfer Water Bodies Cycle 3 Classification 2022 (Full Resolution). Please note that there are limitations with the shapefile format of the data. The data applies to Cycle 3 of the WFD.  Attribution statement: © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2024. All rights reserved. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2024.

Tags: Cycle 3, Hydrography, WFD, environment, river canal and surface water transfer water bodie, surface water management
Organization: Environment Agency
Water Framework Directive (WFD) River, Canal, and Surface Water Transfer Water Bodies Cycle 3 Classification 2019 (Simplified)

This is a polyline dataset showing Water Framework Directive (WFD) River, Canal, and Surface Water Transfer Water Bodies. River centrelines represent the official river water body definition for the WFD. 

This dataset provides attribution relating to the 2019 classification results, as well as other relevant information and data about each river, canal, and surface water transfer water body. 

The data identifies the river water bodies managed under the WFD, and any related programmes. This includes canals and surface water transfers which are reported to Europe as artificial rivers. In these scenarios, the field in the dataset called 'water_body_type' has a value of either 'Surface Water Transfer', or 'Canal'. These water bodies are represented by their centreline, and can be linked to other WFD data using the value in the 'water_body_id' field. 

The river centrelines are defined using geometry taken from the EA Detailed River Network, which has Ordnance Survey rights.

The geometry of this dataset has been simplified to allow for faster web mapping services. The full resolution of this dataset is called Water Framework Directive (WFD) River, Canal, and Surface Water Transfer Water Bodies Cycle 3 Classification 2019 (Full Resolution).

There are three layer files associated with this dataset. There is a layer file called Simplified_WFD_River_Canal_and_SWT_Water_Bodies_Cycle_3_Classification_2019_Chemical_Class.lyrx, a layer file called Simplified_WFD_River_Canal_and_SWT_Water_Bodies_Cycle_3_Classification_2019_Chemical_Class_ex_uPBT.lyrx, and a layer file called Simplified_WFD_River_Canal_and_SWT_Water_Bodies_Cycle_3_Classification_2019_Ecological_Class.lyrx. The layer files display the chemical class, and the ecological class or potential for each river, canal, and surface water transfer water body. Please note that there are limitations with the shapefile format of the data. The data applies to Cycle 3 of the WFD.  Attribution statement: © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2024. All rights reserved. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2024.

Tags: Cycle 3, Hydrography, WFD, environment, river canal and surface water transfer water bodie, surface water management
Organization: Environment Agency
Tree Planting

Location of tree planting carried out by the Environment Agency and its partners since 2010/11. Numbers, area and density of planting up to and including 2017/18 have been derived from free text or other information collated in the Conservation Projects Database. From 2018/19 those fields are a reporting requirement in their own right on that database. Attribution statement: © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2015. All rights reserved.

Tags: Conservation Projects Database, Habitats and biotopes, biodiversity, biota, conservation, environment, forest, land cover, land use, location, planting, project, tree, tree planting, woodland
Organization: Environment Agency
Environmental Permitting Regulations - Waste Sites

A waste management licence is a legal document issued under the Environmental Protection Act 1990. A licence authorises the treatment keeping or disposal of waste in or on the land. Once we have issued a licence neither the activities nor the area of land may be changed unless the licence is modified.
The Environmental Permitting Regulations regulating waste sites came into force on 6 April 2008. The new regime combines a number of earlier permitting / licensing regimes. 
Other related datasets available are: 
- Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC)
- Authorised Treatment Facilities (End of Life Vehicles)
- Water Quality and Pollution Control (Discharge Consents)
- Waste Electrical Electronic Equipment (WEEE)EPR Waste is the table for granted permits.
EPR Waste Applications holds details of applications that did not or have not yet resulted in a permit or permit variation. Attribution statement: © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2021. All rights reserved.

Tags: closed landfill, environment, inert landfill, waste management, waste permit, waste transfer
Organization: Environment Agency
Expenditure Exceeding £500

Mole Valley District Council (MVDC).
Expenditure exceeding £500 - MVDC and MOVA.
Published under Transparency Code 2015 and Open Government Licence (OGL). 
Excel format. 
Quarterly Publication. 
In accordance with LGA guidance http://schemas.opendata.esd.org.uk/Spend.  
Surrey, UK.

Organization: Mole Valley District Council
Exceptions to cross-government moratoria on spend in DfT

The government has introduced a strict moratorium in 5 key areas of discretionary spend:

- consulting
- Information and communications technology (ICT)
- recruitment
- marketing
- property

Exceptions to the moratoria in key areas for Department of Transport are listed in documents.<br><br>

<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/exceptions-to-the-moratorium-on-discretionary-spend">Information on GOV.UK about DfT exceptions to the moratorium on discretionary spend.</a>

Organization: Department for Transport
Department for Transport senior officials hospitality

In line with Cabinet Office guidance, the Department publishes the business expenses of and hospitality received by its most senior officials (the Permanent Secretary, Directors General and non-executive members of the Departmental Board). This is updated every quarter.

<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/business-expenses-and-hospitality-for-senior-officials">Information on GOV.UK about Department for Transport senior officials hospitality.</a>

Organization: Department for Transport
Department for Transport senior officials business expenses

In line with Cabinet Office guidance, the Department publishes the business expenses of and hospitality received by its most senior officials (the Permanent Secretary, Directors General and non-executive members of the Departmental Board). This is updated every quarter.

<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/business-expenses-and-hospitality-for-senior-officials">Information on GOV.UK about Department for Transport senior officials business expenses.</a>

Organization: Department for Transport
Department for Transport ministerial and special adviser meetings with external organisations (including meetings with newspaper and other media proprietors, editors and senior executives)

Information about ministerial meetings with external organisations. This information and data is published quarterly.

<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/department-for-transport-ministerial-and-special-adviser-meetings-with-external-organisations">Information on GOV.UK about Department for Transport ministerial and special adviser meetings with external organisations.</a>

Organization: Department for Transport