Scripts and Jupyter notebooks to download and analyse unanswered Parliamentary written questions (PWQs) from TheyWorkForYou.

How to collect data

First collect the URLs of written answers from TheyWorkForYou:

./get_answer_urls.py --year 2023

Then scrape the raw data:

python scrape.py

How to run the analysis

Use the notebook with your own data stored locally.

How to cite

This repo is published under a CC-BY-SA licence, meaning that you may use the code and findings freely in your own research (including commercially) as long as you cite the authors clearly.

Please cite the repo as follows: Powell-Smith A., Centre for Public Data, Analysis of Unanswered Questions in the UK Parliament (2022), GitHub repository, https://github.com/centreforpublicdata/written-answers.

Also, if you remix, adapt, or build upon the material, you must license your modified material under a CC-BY-SA licence.