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Government Organisation Register (GB-GOR)

List Type: secondary

How to use

The code for this list is
GB-GOR. When you have located the organization you wish to identify in this list, you should either:

Enter it in an identifier database field prefixed with GB-GOR.

GB-GOR-[ IDENTIFIER ]

Examples

              
GB-GOR-OT1211
              
GB-GOR-PB1204
              
GB-GOR-EA1113

Alternatively, use it within a two-part identifier, with GB-GOR as the 'scheme', and the identifier you have located as the 'identifier' field.

Description

The UK Government Organisation Register contains an identifier for every government body with a presence on the gov.uk single domain.

This covers government departments, agencies and Arms Length Bodies (ALBs).

Each organisation is assigned an alphanumeric identifier, and the register also includes website addresses, that can be mapped to entries in the GB-GOVUK identifier list.

Due to the stable identifiers given in the Government Organisation Register, it should be preferred over codes from the GB-GOVUK list.

Coverage: GB

Search options

The list is accessible as open data as part of the OpenRegister platform.

Find and use identifiers

The identifier is available in the 'government-organisation' field within the register. Identifiers are short alphanumeric strings.

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