UK ONS Full — Complete Statistical Intelligence MCP Server
The definitive UK ONS Mega-Server: 20 tools spanning GDP, inflation, retail sales, card spending, household income, weekly deaths, well-being, population projections, trade, business counts, and a universal query engine for any of the 337+ available datasets.
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What is the UK ONS MCP Server?
The UK ONS MCP Server gives AI agents like Claude, ChatGPT, and Cursor direct access to UK ONS via 20 tools. The definitive UK ONS Mega-Server: 20 tools spanning GDP, inflation, retail sales, card spending, household income, weekly deaths, well-being, population projections, trade, business counts, and a universal query engine for any of the 337+ available datasets. Powered by the Vinkius - no API keys, no infrastructure, connect in under 2 minutes.
Built-in capabilities (20)
Tools for your AI Agents to operate UK ONS
Ask your AI agent "Full UK economic briefing: GDP, inflation, retail, and trade" and get the answer without opening a single dashboard. With 20 tools connected to real UK ONS data, your agents reason over live information, cross-reference it with other MCP servers, and deliver insights you would spend hours assembling manually.
Works with Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible client. Powered by the Vinkius - your credentials never touch the AI model, every request is auditable. Connect in under two minutes.
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UK ONS Full — Complete Statistical Intelligence MCP Server capabilities
20 toolsDataset: uk-business-by-enterprises-and-local-units. Source: Inter-Departmental Business Register (IDBR). Get UK business counts by enterprises and local units, by industry and geography
Dataset: cpih01. The headline UK inflation measure used by the ONS. Filter by aggregate (cpih1dim1A0 = all items) and geography (K02000001 = UK). Get UK inflation (CPIH) — the official consumer prices index including housing costs
Get metadata for an ONS dataset: dimensions, editions, versions
g., all geography codes, all time periods, all aggregate categories). Use this to find the correct filter values for observations. Get all option values for a specific dimension in an ONS dataset
Each dimension has options you can use to filter observations. Essential for understanding what query parameters to use. Get available dimensions and filter options for an ONS dataset
Common IDs: regional-gdp-by-quarter, cpih01, retail-sales-index, uk-spending-on-cards. Use get_dimensions to discover available filters. Query any ONS economy dataset by ID with flexible filters
Main datasets: regional-gdp-by-quarter (quarterly), regional-gdp-by-year (annual). Covers England, Wales, and 9 English regions. Use time=* for the full time series. Get UK GDP data — quarterly and annual, by region and sector
Provide dataset ID and dimension filters. Use search_datasets to find IDs and get_dimensions to discover available filters. Set time=* for full time series. Query any ONS dataset by ID with flexible dimension filters
Dataset: projections-older-people-sex-ratios. Get UK population projections for older people, sex ratios by local authority
Dataset: retail-sales-index. Monthly data showing value and volume of retail sales in Great Britain. Base year 2019=100. Seasonally and non-seasonally adjusted. Get UK retail sales index — value and volume of consumer spending
Dataset: uk-spending-on-cards. Weekly data providing near real-time insight into consumer spending patterns. Get UK debit and credit card spending — experimental real-time indicator
Dataset: suicides-in-the-uk. National statistics. If you are struggling, call Samaritans free: 116 123. Get suicide registrations by local authority in England and Wales
Dataset: tax-benefits-statistics. Shows redistribution effects of direct and indirect taxation and benefits in cash or kind. Get the effects of taxes and benefits on UK household income
Dataset: trade. Monthly data on UK trade in goods: imports, exports, trade balance by partner country and commodity. Non-seasonally adjusted. Values in £ million. Get UK trade in goods data — country by commodity, imports and exports
Dataset: traffic-camera-activity. Used as a real-time indicator to understand economic activity and social change. Get UK traffic camera activity — experimental economic indicator
Datasets: weekly-deaths-age-sex (by age and sex), weekly-deaths-region (by region). National statistics updated weekly. Get weekly death registrations in England and Wales — by age, sex, and region
Dataset: wellbeing-quarterly. Higher scores (0-10) indicate better well-being (except anxiety, where lower is better). Get UK personal well-being estimates — life satisfaction, happiness, anxiety
Dataset: wellbeing-local-authority. Covers life satisfaction, worthwhileness, happiness, and anxiety by region. Get well-being estimates by UK local authority
The catalog contains 337+ datasets covering economy, population, health, trade, business, and more. Browse the complete ONS dataset catalog with pagination
Returns matching dataset IDs, titles, and descriptions. Use this to find the right dataset before querying data. Search ONS datasets by keyword — explore 337+ available datasets
What the UK ONS Full — Complete Statistical Intelligence MCP Server unlocks
The ultimate UK ONS Mega-Server — 20 tools across 4 domains.
20 Tools
- 💰 Economy (6) — GDP, CPIH, retail sales, card spending, tax
- 👥 Population (5) — Deaths, well-being, suicides, projections
- 🚢 Trade (3) — Goods trade, business counts, traffic
- 🔍 Discovery (6) — Search, browse, metadata, query
No API Key Required
Frequently asked questions about the UK ONS Full — Complete Statistical Intelligence MCP Server
Is the ONS API stable?
The ONS API is currently in Beta. While fully functional and regularly updated, there may occasionally be breaking changes. Rate limits: 120 requests per 10 seconds, 200 per minute.
What datasets does this server pull from?
It has access to the full ONS library of over 337 statistical datasets, spanning GDP, CPIH, retail sales, demographic projections, health indicators, trade, and more.
Are the GDP and Inflation figures real-time?
The statistics provided are based on the latest officially published reports from the ONS, which usually trail by a month or a quarter depending on the metric.
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