Terms of Service

Version 1.0 · Effective 8 July 2026

1. What Statbook is

Statbook (the "Service", statbook.co.uk) is a versioned, machine-readable registry of UK statutory figures. It publishes what a statutory figure is or was, as of a date, with citations to its governing sources. It does not interpret the law, assess eligibility, or give advice of any kind. See the liability disclaimer.

2. The agreement

By using the Service you agree to these terms, the acceptable-use policy and the privacy policy. If you use the Service on behalf of an organisation, you confirm you may bind that organisation.

Paid tiers are not yet on sale. Before the first charge is taken these terms will be updated to identify the contracting entity, VAT treatment and invoicing details, and existing users will be notified via the changelog.

3. Free tier

The website and the unauthenticated API tier are free, provided on a best-effort basis with no availability commitment, and may be rate-limited. We may change or withdraw free capabilities with notice on the changelog.

4. Paid tiers and API keys

• Paid capabilities (as-of history, changes feed, higher limits, real-time bulk) require an API key on every surface, including MCP.
• Keys are personal to the subscriber, must not be shared or resold, and may be revoked for breach of these terms or the acceptable-use policy.
• Metered credits expire 12 months after purchase and are non-refundable except where required by law.
• The Company tier carries the freshness commitment described on the pricing page; no other tier carries a service-level agreement.

5. Licence and attribution

The dataset is derived from UK public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. You may use values retrieved from the Service in your own products; if you republish substantial parts of the dataset, carry the OGL attribution statements shown in the site footer and in every API response's meta.attribution.

6. Accuracy — the honest claim

We never claim the data is 100% accurate. The claim is: traceable, corroborated, re-verified, versioned, signed — and when wrong, detectably and briefly wrong, with a published correction trail. The assurance page describes exactly what the verification pipeline does and does not catch. Errors are handled under the published corrections protocol.

7. Liability

Nothing in these terms excludes liability that cannot lawfully be excluded (including for fraud, or death or personal injury caused by negligence). Subject to that:

• the Service is provided "as is"; all implied warranties are excluded to the maximum extent permitted by law;
• we are not liable for any decision taken, or advice given, in reliance on a published figure — the Service is a registry of sources, not advice (see the disclaimer);
• our total aggregate liability to a paying subscriber is capped at the fees paid by that subscriber in the 12 months before the claim arose; to non-paying users our liability is capped at £0;
• no tier carries an indemnity of any kind.

8. Changes and termination

We may amend these terms; material changes are announced on the changelog at least 14 days before they take effect for paying subscribers. You may stop using the Service at any time; paid subscriptions cancel at the end of the paid period.

9. Governing law

These terms are governed by the law of England and Wales, and the courts of England and Wales have exclusive jurisdiction.