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Available data

The Integrated Data Service (IDS) provides accredited researchers access to a range of secure, de-identified data. De-identified data prevents someone’s personal identity from being revealed.

The IDS is continuously expanding its diverse data catalogue. This is a comprehensive list containing many of the data currently available on the platform.

You must be an accredited researcher to access the full IDS data catalogue.

Find out how you can become an accredited researcher and access these data

To become a provider of data and add greater value to the service, email IDS.customer.support@ons.gov.uk (opens in a new tab) 


  • Foreign Direct Investment Index, UK

    A list of businesses with inward or outward foreign direct investment (FDI) constructed from the FDI survey and the Inter-Departmental Business Register (IDBR).
  • Further education workforce data collection, England

    Further education providers in England were asked to complete the census and to provide details about the staff employed during the 2021 to 2022 academic year.
  • GP Access Survey responses, England

    Data derived from the Winter COVID-19 Infection Study in England related to people’s experiences of General Practitioner (GP) practice access.
  • General Lifestyle Survey, Great Britain

    Presents a picture of families and people living in private households in Great Britain.
  • Indexed Census 2011

    Post-edit imputation, includes all records and the attribute data from the 2011 Census. De-identified extract.
  • Aggregated Inter-Departmental Business Register (IDBR) for 2011 to 2019 by Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code and geography.
  • International Passenger Survey

    Data collected by the International Passenger Survey (IPS). The data relate to international travel and tourism, including visitor numbers by country per residence, amounts spend, and reasons for visit.
  • International trade in services, UK

    Detailed breakdown of annual trade in UK services estimates, analysing data by country, product and industry.
  • Investment by insurance companies, pension funds and trusts, UK

    Investment choices of financial institutions based on transactions, including balance sheet data for short-term assets, liabilities, income and expenditure data.
  • Investment in Intangible Assets Survey, UK

    Postal survey covering business expenditure on intangible assets (training, software, design, branding) and the life lengths of these assets (the period over which the business expects to benefit from the asset).