Streetworks by numbers

摘要

In April 2020, the Government announced that the USRN and its cousin, the Unique Property Reference Number (UPRN), would become open data under an Open Government Licence and would be mandated for use across the public sector from July. The Cabinet Office has compared USRNs and UPRNs to the national insurance number held by every adult or a vehicle's number plate, describing them as 'the golden thread of the UK's world-leading addressing system'.