Guidance

Local authority data transparency code

Code of recommended practice for local authorities on data transparency

• From: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (2018 to 2021)
• Published: 29 September 2011

This publication was withdrawn on 1 May 2014

Superseded by a later version for 2014

Documents

The code of recommended practice for local authorities on data transparency

Ref: ISBN 9781409831099

PDF, 167 KB, 9 pages

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Details

The code preserves the principles of transparency by asking councils to follow 3 key principles when publishing data. They are to:

• respond to public demand
• release data in open formats available for re-use
• release data in a timely way

Published 29 September 2011