Indicator Data can be downloaded either as CSV files or as XML files. The download options available to you are:

• Up to 100 Indicators: Selection of data based on Area Types, Specific Areas and Selected Indicators. You can download the data for a maximum of 100 indictors.
• Scheduled Download: Selection of data based on Area Types, Specific Areas and Selected Indicators. You can select any number of indicators for download. Your request will be processedover night and the file will send you via e-mail. You can also check the status of the download using the 'Check Download Status' button.
• Automatic Download:- Automatically e-mail the downloaded files on every week after the weekly publication.
• Download of all the indicators updated or added in the last Quarterly Update process.
• Download of all the fact data showing all the indicators.

Despite the move to weekly publications from 04 December 2008 there are no immediate plans to change the frequency of updates to the full and quarterly downloads (i.e. once every three months) The actual dates of these updates for 2009 are:

Friday 13 February 2009

Friday 8 May 2009

Friday 7 August 2009

Friday 6 November 2009

You can also download Geography information such as:

• Area Boundary files (ArcIMS Shapefiles).
• Gazetteers that provide postcode lookups.

Metadata Download is also provided for both Indicator Data and Geography Data.