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Data First Splink

Ministry of Justice · Justice ministry · 2024-12-17

status as stated: productionTransparency recordRecord linkage

The GOV.UK Algorithmic Transparency Recording Standard entry lists Ministry of Justice's Data First Splink at phase "production". The record says: Data First provides academic researchers with datasets across the Justice system (courts, prisons and probation) where individuals can be identified with a single, universal ID.

"Data First provides academic researchers with datasets across the Justice system (courts, prisons and probation) where individuals can be identified with a single, universal ID. Each dataset is deduplicated, giving a new ID for individuals within each domain, and then linked across domains to provide a cross-justice system linked ID. These IDs have been generated…"

Status date given by the source: 2024-12-17.

Official record: gov.uk · archived copy
Read: 2026-09-07 · primary document read
Found via: GOV.UK Search API: algorithmic_transparency_record
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