United Kingdom

General Information

• Directgov - The UK government's portal.
• UK Yearbook - An annual overview of UK government, society, and culture. 2000-2005.

Parliamentary Information

• Parliament Website
• Debates - What was said in Parliament.
• Journals - What was done in Parliament.
• Sessional Papers - Documents submitted to Parliament.
• Budget - The government's economic plans, progress and goals (1998-).
• Research Papers (House of Commons Library) - Background information on topical parliamentary issues.
• Factsheets - Descriptions of House of Commons procedure, publications, legislation, membership and elections.

Laws

• Legislation - Guide to all legislation available online from the UK, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
• The UK Statute Law Database - All primary legislation currently in force in the United Kingdom.
• JUSTIS - UK legislation, both current and repealed, back to 1235.

Statistics

• Annual Abstract of Statistics
• Office of National Statistics (ONS) - The UK's official statistical bureau.
• General Register Office for Scotland (GROS) - Scotland's statistics office.
• Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) - Northern Ireland's statistics agency.
• Census
  • 2001 [England & Wales] [Scotland] [Northern Ireland]
  • 1951-1991 - via the International Population Census series on microfilm (links to the Catalogue). No online version is available.
  • 1801-1951 - HISTPOP contains all population reports, including censuses, for Great Britain and Ireland through 1937. (Note: No census was taken in 1941).

Indexes and Full-Text Documents

• House of Commons Parliamentary Papers - Full text of all House of Commons sessional papers published since 1801.
• The Stormont Papers - Access to the Parliamentary Papers of Northern Ireland from partition in 1921 to direct rule in 1972.

Related Guides

• British North America, 1760-1867: Primary Sources
• World War I: A Select List of Primary Governmental Sources
• The Electronic Parliament: Resources for Tracking U.K. Legislation