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Office for National Statistics (ONS)

Agency/Public Body

Also recorded in the register as: OFFICE FOR NATIONAL STATISTICS (ONS).

Sector
Central government and public bodies
Agreements as applicant
17
In term in September 2026
13
Distinct datasets
27
Files released
2,760
Latest agreement end date
16 April 2029

Files released counts only files released externally by DARS. Access granted in NHS England's own systems, such as its Secure Data Environment, is not included.

Agreements

Showing all 17 agreements.

AgreementDatasetsFilesLatest termStatusCommercial
Medicines dispensed in Primary Care - for the purposes of Statistics and Statistical Research, under section 45A of the Statistics and Registration Services Act 2007 as amended by the Digital Economy Act 2017 DARS-NIC-780370-H0H7P 1 129 17 April 2026 to 16 April 2029 In term No
Mental Health Services Data Set (MHSDS) - for the purposes of Statistics and Statistical Research, under section 45A of the Statistics and Registration Services Act 2007 as amended by the Digital Economy Act 2017 DARS-NIC-784425-X2Y5R 1 660 13 March 2026 to 12 March 2029 In term No
Health and Growth Accelerator (HGA) Programme National Evaluation DARS-NIC-788663-G4F2D 1 0 5 November 2025 to 4 November 2028 In term No
CSDS - Community Services dataset DARS-NIC-633657-S7Z5R 1 187 31 March 2025 to 30 March 2028 In term No
ONS / NHS England TRE Public Health Asset DARS-NIC-420710-X0H1P 7 0 10 July 2026 to 21 August 2027 In term No
Provision of data via PDS to ONS DARS-NIC-20951-D2K6S 1 0 7 August 2026 to 7 August 2027 In term No
Investigating COVID-19 DARS-NIC-400304-S1P1B 14 617 10 July 2026 to 9 July 2027 In term Yes
Waiting List Minimum Data Set (WLMDS) - for the purposes of Statistics and Statistical Research, under section 45 of the Statistics and Registration Services Act 2007 as amended by the Digital Economy Act 2017 DARS-NIC-748653-S9J4H 8 0 1 June 2026 to 31 May 2027 In term No
ONS Longitudinal Study DARS-NIC-705741-K8K9G 1 1 1 April 2026 to 9 May 2027 In term No
D5 - Office for National Statistics requirements for NHS-England (formerly NHS Digital) data, for the purposes of Statistics and Statistical Research, under section 45 of the Statistics and Registration Services Act 2007 as amended by the Digital Economy Act 2017 DARS-NIC-175120-W5G2X 11 776 2 May 2026 to 1 May 2027 In term No
Maternity Services Data Set DARS-NIC-631605-F2H3M 2 367 16 May 2025 to 27 November 2026 In term No
Health & Labour Market project DARS-NIC-764470-N9W3S 4 0 4 November 2025 to 3 November 2026 In term No
NHS Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) - for the purposes of Statistics and Statistical Research, under section 45 of the Statistics and Registration Services Act 2007 as amended by the Digital Economy Act 2017 DARS-NIC-748645-R5G3D 6 0 30 May 2025 to 1 October 2026 In term No
Request for remote access to data in NHS England's environment for exploratory purposes DARS-NIC-388794-Z9P3J 9 0 11 March 2024 to 14 March 2025 Expired No
ONS Longitudinal Study DARS-NIC-194340-D6F3B 1 22 14 February 2023 to 30 June 2023 Expired No
Use of PDS data to support the linkage of data required to inform statistical analysis of factors associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, by providing NHS number where the quality or completeness of personal identifiers are otherwise insufficient. DARS-NIC-413717-C8Y6K 1 0 22 March 2021 to 30 September 2021 Expired No
COVID-19 Vaccinations Survey – Over 80s DARS-NIC-434738-K7Z9L 1 1 10 February 2021 to 30 September 2021 Expired No

Datasets named in its agreements

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NHS England (2026) Data Uses Register, September 2026 edition, agreements naming Office for National Statistics (ONS). Read via NHS Data Access Explorer (unofficial), https://healthdatauses.uk/organisations/office-for-national-statistics-ons/ (accessed [date]).

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