Scottish Parliament Open Data API

Scottish Parliament Open Data API

The Scottish Parliament publishes a keyless JSON REST API under data.parliament.scot/api/, distinct from the UK Parliament's own developer-hub APIs already in this catalog. The copyright page says: "This Scottish Parliament Licence is aligned with OGLv3.0".

Coverage

Confirmed live today: /api/members (MSP records, including parliamentary name, preferred name, gender and current status) and /api/departments (directorate-linked department records). Other record types are not confirmed from an endpoint or provider page and are not claimed here. History and update frequency: Not stated.

Verdict

Keyless JSON REST API for Scottish Parliament members and parliamentary department records, distinct from the UK Parliament's own developer-hub APIs. Licensed Custom (Scottish Parliament Copyright Licence, aligned with OGL v3.0): "This Scottish Parliament Licence is aligned with OGLv3.0", including the right to "exploit the Information commercially and non-commercially, for example, by combining it with other Information, or by including it in your own product or application." Required attribution statement: "Contains information licensed under the Scottish Parliament Copyright Licence". The licence does not cover "personal data in the Information" among its other exemptions, and it does not let users "use the information in a way that suggests any official status or that the SPCB endorses you or your use of the information." Rate limits: Not stated. Signal Lab links only.