Template statement on re-use for public sector bodies to make clear what information is available for re-use.
Glossary of public sector information and re-use terms to help public sector bodies and re-users understand the Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2015.
Guidance on preparing information asset lists to make public sector information easier to re-use.
Flowchart showing bodies and information that are in or out of scope of the Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2015.
Guidance on creating statements of public task for public and cultural sector bodies.
Implementation guidance on the Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2015, for cultural sector bodies - libraries (including university libraries), museums and archives.
Implementation guidance on the Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2015, for re-users.
Implementation guidance for the Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2015, for public sector bodies.
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This page is for re-users of government information. You will find information from The National Archives and other resources.
The National Archives’ resources
- Guidance on the Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2015
- Links between access and re-use (updated 2015) (PDF, 130 KB)
- Public task guidance
- Checklist – get ready for re-use (PDF, 90.8 KB)
- Scope of the Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2015 flowchart (PDF, 64 KB)
- Information asset lists (PDF, 31.2 KB)
- Glossary of PSI re-use terms (PDF, 163 KB)
- Template form for requesting re-use (for public sector bodies to adapt) (Word document, 48.5 KB)
- Template statement on re-use for public sector bodies (PDF, 130 KB)
See older reports from The National Archives in the UK Government Web Archive.
External reports and resources
- Getting smarter: a strategy for knowledge and innovation assets in the public sector (The Mackintosh Report) – HM Treasury, 2021
- Open Data Barometer 2017 Leaders Edition – World Wide Web Foundation
- Guide to RPSI – Information Commissioner’s Office
- Managing Public Money – HM Treasury (see especially Annex 6.2, Charging for Information)
- Managing Public Money NI – Department of Finance (see especially Annex 6.2, Charging for Information)
- Scottish Public Finance Manual – Scottish Government (see especially Annex 3, Charging for Information)
- Managing Welsh Public Money – Welsh Government (see especially Annex 6.2, Charging for Information)
- G8 Open Data Charter
- Government response to the Shakespeare review of Public Sector Information
- Shakespeare review – an independent review of Public Sector Information
- Market Assessment of Public Sector Information
- Implementing the Transparency Agenda – Public Accounts Committee report
- Implementing Transparency – cross-government review by the National Audit Office
- A Right to Data: Fulfilling the promise of open public data in the UK – Policy Exchange report note
- Transparent Government, Not Transparent Citizens – report of the independent transparency and privacy review
- Digital Britain report
- Operational Efficiency Programme final report
- Power of Information
- ‘Cambridge Report’ Models of Public Sector Information Provision via Trading Funds
- Commercial Use of Public Information – 2015 evaluation of the OFT market study
- CUPI 2006 Office of Fair Trade report