UK Government Data Search

Search 31 official UK government data sources in a single API call — Charity Commission register, ICO data protection register, planning applications, NHS health directories, 13 tribunal and court decision databases (employment, tax, immigration, property), and public procurement across England, Scotland, and Wales. All data from official UK government portals through the SIP Public Data Gateway.

What is UK Government Data Search?

UK Government Data Search is an Apify Actor that queries official UK government databases across business, construction, health, legal, and procurement domains. Instead of navigating gov.uk, NHS, Find Case Law, Contracts Finder, and devolved administration portals separately, you search them all at once.

The Actor calls the SIP Public Data Gateway — a unified API that normalizes responses from 31 UK data products. No browser, no scraping — just HTTPS API calls.

Why use UK Government Data Search?

• One search, 31 sources — Query charity registers, planning applications, NHS directories, tribunal decisions, and procurement notices simultaneously
• Official government data — All sources are public databases from UK government, NHS, and devolved administrations
• Deepest UK legal coverage — 13 tribunal and court decision databases spanning employment, tax, immigration, property, transport, and information rights
• All-nations procurement — Contracts Finder (England), Find a Tender, Public Contracts Scotland, and Sell2Wales in one search
• Post-Brexit independent data — UK-specific sources separate from EU databases

Use cases

Who	What
Compliance teams	Search Charity Commission register, ICO fee payers, and tribunal decisions
Legal professionals	Query 13 tribunal databases for employment, tax, immigration, and property decisions
Property developers	Access planning applications, planning data entities, and construction safety KPIs
NHS suppliers	Search NHS organization directories, service listings, and health data catalogs
Government contractors	Monitor procurement across England, Scotland, and Wales in one search
Researchers	Access UKHSA dashboards, Public Health Scotland data, and NHSBSA open data

What data can UK Government Data Search extract?

Source	Data type	Example fields
Charity Commission	Registered charities and trustees	charity_name, number, income, activities
ICO fee payers	Data protection registered organizations	name, registration_number, tier
PlanIt applications	UK planning applications	reference, address, status, decision
Employment tribunal	Employment tribunal decisions	case_name, date, outcome
Tax tribunal	Tax and chancery decisions	case_name, judge, date
Immigration tribunal	UTIAC immigration decisions	case_name, country, date
Find Case Law	Court judgments and decisions	case_name, court, neutral_citation
NHS services	NHS service directory	service_name, type, location
Contracts Finder	English public procurement (OCDS)	title, buyer, value, deadline
Find a Tender	UK procurement notices (OCDS)	title, authority, cpv_code
Public Contracts Scotland	Scottish procurement	title, buyer, value
Sell2Wales	Welsh procurement notices	title, buyer, deadline

How to search UK data

1. Open the Actor in Apify Console
2. Enter search terms (e.g. "Oxfam", "London", "employment dismissal", "NHS trust")
3. Select data categories — business, construction, and health are on by default
4. Click Start — the Actor queries all enabled sources in parallel
5. Download results as JSON, CSV, or Excel

Example input

{
  "searchTerms": ["Oxfam", "British Red Cross"],
  "includeBusiness": true,
  "includeConstruction": false,
  "includeHealth": false,
  "includeLegal": false,
  "includeProcurement": false,
  "maxResultsPerSource": 50
}

Output

{
  "charity_name": "OXFAM",
  "charity_number": "202918",
  "income": "367800000",
  "activities": "Relief of poverty",
  "_product_id": "uk_charity_commission_register",
  "_source": "charity_commission_register",
  "_search_term": "Oxfam",
  "_collected_at": "2026-04-08T14:00:00Z"
}

How much does it cost?

Pay-per-event pricing at $2.00 per 1,000 records returned.

• Charity lookup (1 term, business only): ~$0.01–0.02
• Full legal scan (3 terms, all 31 sources): ~$0.50–3.00

No browser overhead. Control costs with maxResultsPerSource.

Data sources (31 UK products)

Category	Sources	Count
Business & charity	Charity Commission (register/trustees), ICO fee payers	3
Construction	PlanIt applications, Planning Data, HSE RIDDOR KPIs, Camden street works	4
Health & NHS	NHS services/ODS, NHSBSA, UKHSA, Public Health Scotland, data.gov health/NHS catalogs	7
Legal & tribunals	Employment (tribunal/appeal), tax/chancery, immigration, information rights, property, transport, charity, administrative appeals, Find Case Law (search/XML), Find Court	13
Procurement	Contracts Finder, Find a Tender, Public Contracts Scotland, Sell2Wales	4

FAQ

Does this cover Scotland and Wales? Yes. Public Contracts Scotland and Sell2Wales are included for procurement. Public Health Scotland is included for health data. Legal sources cover UK-wide tribunals.

How is this different from EU data? Post-Brexit, UK operates independent regulatory systems. This Actor covers UK-specific sources (Charity Commission, NHS, UK tribunals, Contracts Finder) that are not part of EU databases.

Can I search tribunal decisions by case type? Yes. Use specific legal terms (e.g. "unfair dismissal", "VAT", "asylum") with the Legal toggle enabled to search across all 13 tribunal databases.

Use as MCP Tool (AI Agent Integration)

This Actor works as an MCP tool — AI agents (Claude, GPT, Cursor) can discover and run it automatically.

Quick setup (Claude Desktop / Cursor / VS Code)

Add to your MCP config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apify": {
      "url": "https://mcp.apify.com",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN"
      }
    }
  }
}

Then ask your AI: "Search for Oxfam in UK government databases"

Direct API call

from apify_client import ApifyClient
client = ApifyClient("YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN")
run = client.actor("lentic_clockss/uk-data-search").call(
    run_input={"searchTerms": ["Oxfam"], "maxResultsPerSource": 50}
)
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

Other Data API Actors

• EU Business & Company Registry API
• France Government Data API
• US Business Entity Data API
• Australia Government Data API