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MOJ: Data First, application form for secure access to data

This form covers applications for data held by Ministry of Justice, the MOJ DfE share and data held by HM Courts & Tribunals.

Documents

Data sharing guidance

Available data and their modes of access

Approved external data request log

Details

The application form is to be used where a researcher wishes to access data to undertake a research project within the ONS Secure Research Service, within the Justice Micro Data Lab (JMDL), within their own secure setting through a Data Sharing Agreement, or to collect it directly from HMCTS personnel.

Please complete all relevant fields in the application form and provide all required documentation. This is a modular form and the data you are requesting and how you would like to access it will dictate what sections of the application you are required to fill in. Please see the ‘Application form for secure access to data’ document to see what sections you are required to fill in. There is also supplementary guidance that gives you details on how to answer each question.

Ministry of Justice: Data First

Published 30 June 2020
Last updated 7 February 2024 + show all updates
  1. The Secure Access to Data form has been amended, to remove a reference to applications not being accepted for access to PNC data.

  2. Application form for secure access to data and Approved external data request log updated.

  3. Approved external data request log published.

  4. Documents updated.

  5. Approved external data request log published.

  6. Application form for secure access to data, Data sharing guidance and Available data and their modes of access updated.

  7. Form and guidance updated.

  8. First published.