The searchable memory of the British state.
CivicSignals tracks official UK public records, beginning with the questions MPs put to ministers, the answers given, Early Day Motions tabled in Parliament, and Written Ministerial Statements placed on the record.
Each record is captured verbatim, linked to its source, and indexed with the people, bodies and subjects it names, so that what was said, refused, promised, delayed or left unanswered remains findable as the record grows.
Why it exists
Public records are abundant. Institutional memory is scarce.
Ministers answer thousands of questions each year. Some answers give figures. Some refuse them. Some say data is not held. Some announce reviews, delays, pressures, or commitments. Individually, they are easy to miss. Over time, they become a record of what was known, asked, promised, and left unanswered.
CivicSignals keeps those records searchable so journalists, researchers, campaigners and public-interest readers can follow the official record without starting from scratch each time.
What's being tracked
Beginning with Written Parliamentary Questions, ministerial answers, Early Day Motions and Written Ministerial Statements.
CivicSignals currently tracks Written Parliamentary Questions and ministerial answers, Early Day Motions, and Written Ministerial Statements. New sources are added as the pipeline can sustain them.
See the methodology for what gets indexed, the standards each record is held to, and the corrections process.
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