Licensing and attribution

Licensing and attribution

The Accountability Index brings together information published by UK public bodies, Parliament and other oversight organisations. That material is reused under open licences and attributed as each licence requires.


How this information is licensed

Most sources are Crown copyright, published under the Open Government Licence. Material originating from the UK Parliament is published under the Open Parliament Licence.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Other terms

  • Child Safeguarding Practice Reviews (National reviews: Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0. Local, rapid and legacy serious case reviews: factual index data compiled from the NSPCC national case review collection; the reviews themselves are published by local safeguarding partnerships and no NSPCC text is reproduced.)
  • Home Office DHR Library (Reviews are the copyright of their independent authors and commissioning Community Safety Partnerships, quoted with attribution. The library site publishes under the Open Government Licence v3.0 "except where otherwise stated", and individual reviews frequently state their own copyright or restrict distribution.)
  • NCEPOD National Studies (© HQIP / NCEPOD)
  • NHS Race and Health Observatory (Copyright NHS Race and Health Observatory)
  • Scottish Learning Reviews (Care Inspectorate copyright: "Where the Care Inspectorate holds the copyright in its published information, the information may be copied or reproduced without formal permission, provided that: it is copied or reproduced accurately; it is not used in a misleading context; and the source of the material is identified" (Care Inspectorate publication scheme, careinspectorate.scot/publication-scheme). This is an accuracy/attribution condition, not the Open Government Licence.)

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