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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://chaos.social/users/jonty/statuses/117072320170972578">Jonty Wareing (jonty@chaos.social)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Aug-2026 02:52:17 JST</a><a href="https://chaos.social/@jonty" title="jonty@chaos.social"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/29018-48-20221117074442.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Jonty Wareing" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Jonty Wareing</a></section><article><p>I always suspected a UK government would eventually reverse course on "coding in public".</p><p>So I've been backing up all government code. For six years.</p><p>Today I finally generated a report on what has been deleted. Its much worse than I realised.</p><p><a href="https://github.com/uk-gov-mirror/deleted-repo-report" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/uk-gov-mirror/deleted-repo-report</a></p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/6612545#notice-13016533">In conversation</a><time datetime="2026-08-11T02:52:17+09:00" title="Tuesday, 11-Aug-2026 02:52:17 JST">about 2 months ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://chaos.social/@jonty/117072320170972578" rel="external" title="Sent from chaos.social via ActivityPub">chaos.social</a></span></span><a href="https://chaos.social/@jonty/117072320170972578">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/6330974">Deleted UK Government code repositoriesTotal deleted repositories: 1526
Organisations affected: 56See RECENTLY_DELETED.md for the most recently deleted repositories.Organisation	Deleted Repos	% Deleted
hmrc	195	9.8%
nhsdigital	169	33.8%
SkillsFundingAgency	154	22.7%
informatics-lab	154	100.0%
UKHomeOffice	101	7.5%
ministryofjustice	74	2.8%
ONSdigital	66	4.3%
moj-analytical-services	65	75.6%
ukwa	47	46.1%
dwp	46	6.7%
UKGovernmentBEIS	43	27.4%</a></label><br><a href="https://assets.chaos.social/media_attachments/files/117/072/288/140/704/461/original/68328a7936aa88f0.png" rel="external">https://assets.chaos.social/media_attachments/files/117/072/288/140/704/461/original/68328a7936aa88f0.png</a></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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Jonty Wareing (jonty@chaos.social)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Aug-2026 02:52:17 JST Jonty Wareing
I always suspected a UK government would eventually reverse course on "coding in public".
So I've been backing up all government code. For six years.
Today I finally generated a report on what has been deleted. Its much worse than I realised.
https://github.com/uk-gov-mirror/deleted-repo-report
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1. Deleted UK Government code repositories Total deleted repositories: 1526 Organisations affected: 56 See RECENTLY_DELETED.md for the most recently deleted repositories. Organisation Deleted Repos % Deleted hmrc 195 9.8% nhsdigital 169 33.8% SkillsFundingAgency 154 22.7% informatics-lab 154 100.0% UKHomeOffice 101 7.5% ministryofjustice 74 2.8% ONSdigital 66 4.3% moj-analytical-services 65 75.6% ukwa 47 46.1% dwp 46 6.7% UKGovernmentBEIS 43 27.4%
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