Key facts

£16bn

is the Government's estimate of the value of public sector information to the UK economy in 2011

7,865

data sets were linked to the www.data.gov.uk website in December 2011

47m

estimated number of visits made to the police crime map website between February and December 2011

23 out of 25

commitments for central government, due by December 2011, were met by that month

£53,000 to £500,000

is the range of estimated staff costs per department in providing the standard transparency releases required of all departments

84 per cent

is the increase in web views to school performance information compared with the same period in the previous year, since the Department for Education published its school compare web tool

82 per cent

of www.data.gov.uk users leave the website directly from the homepage or data page

78 per cent

of data fields for departmental spending data fully comply with HM Treasury guidance

75 per cent

of data resources on www.data.gov.uk are machine-readable and non-proprietary, attributes sufficient for the majority of tasks needed to develop applications