Linkages and research topics permitted for each LPS#
Last modified: 11 Dec 2025
The tables below summarise the linkages that are either currently available for each LPS (NHS England and place-based datasets); will be available soon (NHS Wales); or will be available by autumn 2026 (Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC)). Note: linkage to Scottish health records is conditionally approved.
Table 1 includes LPS that have obtained the necessary permissions to enable any research in the public good.
Table 2 includes the small number of LPS that are working towards obtaining these permissions - these LPS are currently restricted to only COVID-19 research topics.
Table 1: LPS that can be included in ANY public good research (including COVID-19)#
Definition of public good: UK LLC currently follows the National Data Guardian (NDG) guidance to assess public good. We are working with our public contributors to develop a context-specific public good definition (we will update this page in due course).
LPS |
NHS Wales |
DWP |
HMRC |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
✓ |
✓ |
Full address |
✗ |
✗ |
✗ |
|
✓ |
✗ |
✗ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
✓ |
✓ |
Full address |
✓ |
✗ |
✗ |
|
✓ |
✗ |
✗ |
✗ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
✓ |
✓ |
Postcode |
✓ |
✗ |
✗ |
|
✗ |
✗ |
✗ |
✗ |
✗ |
✗ |
|
✓ |
✓ |
Full address |
✓ |
✗ |
✗ |
|
✓ |
✗ |
✗ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
✓ |
✗ |
✗ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
✓ |
✗ |
✗ |
✗ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
✓ |
✓ |
Full address |
✗ |
✗ |
✗ |
|
✓ |
✓ |
Full address |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
✓ |
✓ |
Postcode |
✗ |
✗ |
✗ |
|
✓ |
✗ |
✗ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
UKREACH3 |
✓ |
✓ |
✗ |
✓ |
✗ |
✗ |
Notes
1 Geographies used to produce official statistics, including administrative, health and statistical geographies (e.g. census geographies such as LSOA)
2 Household level, using Unique Property Reference Number (UPRN), or postcode level
3 Data from UKREACH is not yet available in the UK LLC TRE
Table 2: LPS that can ONLY be included in COVID-19 research#
LPS |
NHS Wales |
DWP |
HMRC |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
✓ |
✓ |
Postcode |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
✓ |
✗ |
✗ |
✗ |
✗ |
✗ |
|
✓ |
✗ |
✗ |
✗ |
✗ |
✗ |
|
✗ |
✗ |
✗ |
✗ |
✗ |
✗ |
|
✓ |
✓ |
Postcode |
✓ |
✗ |
✗ |
|
✗ |
✓ |
Full address |
✗ |
✗ |
✗ |
|
✓ |
✓ |
Postcode |
✓ |
✗ |
✗ |
Notes
1 Geographies used to produce official statistics, including administrative, health and statistical geographies (e.g. census geographies such as LSOA)
2 Household level, using Unique Property Reference Number (UPRN), or postcode level