Welcome to the UK Data Service
Trusted access and training to use the UK's largest collection of economic, population and social research data for teaching, learning and public benefit.
Highlights
What we learned from the Family Finance Surveys User Conference 2025
On 9 July, we were pleased to organise the Family Finance Surveys User Conference 2025. Find out about the impact of raising state pension age, latest data updates and our research presentations.
Latest GP Patient Survey results now available
The GP Patient Survey is a large-scale push-to-web survey run by Ipsos on behalf of NHS England. This year the survey received responses from around 700,000 adults in England. The latest data are from the 2025 publication. Fieldwork was conducted from 30 December 2024 to 24 March 2025.
Join the UK Data Service Code Anxiety Club
Are you interested in learning how to code, but struggling to know where to start? Join our Code Anxiety Club, taking place between May and August 2025.
Upcoming training and events
Our impact
No progress: breaking the cycle of long-term insecure work
In this Data Impact blog post, Rebecca Florisson, from the Work Foundation, discusses the issue of long-term insecure work.
How are children’s social, emotional and behavioural outcomes impacted by poverty?
This case study looks at the importance of social factors in mitigating disparities in the lives of young people in areas such as poverty, health, housing and discrimination.
The Good Childhood Report 2023
The Children’s Society’s Good Childhood Reports provide an annual overview of the current state of children’s subjective well-being. Read about how they make use of data from our catalogue, in this case study.
Seamless access to key data: explore by themes, types, and teaching datasets
Discover a wide array of national and international key datasets across various categories.
Watch our data skills training webinars
Subscribe to our YouTube channel
Watch and learn all the latest data skills from our free webinars, training and video tutorials.
Introduction to effective and practical research data management
An introductory workshop designed to help participants understand the basics of managing research data effectively and responsibly. The workshop covers the key data principles FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) and CARE (Collective Benefit, Authority to Control, Responsibility, Ethics).
How to become a computational social scientist
This workshop is an introduction to computational social science. A chance to understand and discuss what computational social science is, what it is good for, how to become a computational social scientist, and the basic steps to follow in an ideal computational social science research project.
Ignite discovery: elevate your research with data deposits
Deposit your research data free, in our ESRC funded data catalogue.
Latest news
Reflecting on the future of population health surveys at the Health Studies User Conference 2025
Feedback needed for consultation on the future of the Health Survey for England and other population health surveys – closes 25th July 2025. This year’s Health Studies User Conference brought together 168 researchers and professionals with an interest in health-related data. The event explored the future of population health surveys and highlighted how these data […]
The UK Data Archive recertifies under the CoreTrustSeal
The UK Data Archive has been recertified as a trustworthy digital repository under the CoreTrustSeal, a certification that promotes sustainable and trustworthy data infrastructures. The Archive, based at the University of Essex, is the trustworthy digital repository (TDR) provider to the UK Data Service. This achievement of being recertified under the CoreTrustSeal sits alongside our […]
Looking back at the IASSIST 2025 Conference
The IASSIST (International Association for Social Science Information Service and Technology) annual conference is always a highlight of our year. This year’s conference on 3-6 June in Bristol was a special one as IASSIST was celebrating its 50th anniversary. Speakers from the UK Data Service showcased our expertise and delivered sessions across the four days. […]
Who makes us special?
Our podcast series, The Experts’ Expert, showcases some of the unique work we do to enable evidence-led research for public benefit.
