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Help us improve data signposting for local areas

tom.smith@ocsi.co.uk — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 13:44:54 +0000

Data4nr (www.data4nr.net) is a well-used, trusted and freely-available source to help users find data & information to support targeting, monitoring, priority setting and performance management at local level. Data4nr also underpins national services such as Data.gov.uk and the academic data liaison service.

We are surveying Data4nr users to find out which parts of the service provide real value, and which future developments should be prioritised.

Please help by taking the 5-minute survey at https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/data4nr - thank you!

Visualising the Indices of Deprivation 2010

tom.smith@ocsi.co.uk — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 11:21:41 +0000

We’ve been keeping a set of links for Indices of Deprivation visualisations and analysis. Get in touch if you know of any more.

Indices of Deprivation 2010 launched

tom.smith@ocsi.co.uk — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 18:03:51 +0000

The government Indices of Deprivation were published earlier today, including the overview Index of Multiple Deprivation 2010 (IMD2010). Commissioned by CLG from the Social Disadvantage Research Centre at Oxford University, these are an update of the previous 2007 and 2004 datasets.

The full datasets and technical report are available at http://www.communities.gov.uk/communities/research/indicesdeprivation/deprivation10/.

We’ve been hard at work providing the data and visualisations to our Data Packs users, exploring why the IMD2010 is still important, and identifying the headline national and local messages. For further analysis of the Indices and other key social and economic data, please get in touch!

Local Economic Monitor helps understand local-level economic trends and drivers

tom.smith@ocsi.co.uk — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 02:28:10 +0000

Public organisations increasingly need to understand local-level economic trends and drivers. To address this need, OCSI in partnership with GeoWise have developed the Local Economic Monitor (www.local-economic-monitor.org) to:

monitor key economic indicators for all English local authorities, showing the impact of recent trends;
visualise time series data, including change over recent periods;
present fully updated datasets, showing the latest available information from a range of government sources.

Get a closer look

Interested in micro-level trends below the level of districts? Please contact us to discuss obtaining a similar interactive report presenting key economic indicators at a more detailed neighbourhood level, updated monthly. We can host this report for you or, if you prefer, we can email it to you, to host on your intranet or public website.

We can also supply data in ready-to-use packs, including an Economic Monitor Pack, and an Economic Assessment Duty Pack aimed at supporting Local Authorities to develop local economic assessments. Please see our web-page on Data and Report packs for more details.

Model-Based Estimates of Deprivation for Output Areas, 2004

graham.lally@ocsi.co.uk — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 09:27:13 +0000

Methodology

For information on the methodology we used, please see the Technical report.

Datasets

Follow the links below to download the deprivation datasets modeled to Output Area level. Files are in zipped Excel format, and may take some time to download on slow connections.

All Areas (This text file contains all data for Output Areas in England. Users with older versions of Excel may need to use the individual region files below)

East Midlands - East England - London - North-East England - North-West England - South-East England - South-West England - West Midlands - Yorkshire and the Humber

Datasets have been updated (1st July 2008) - please see metadata in files for details

Maps

Follow the links below to view maps for each area. Files are in high-resolution JPG format, and may take some time to download on slow connections.

East Midlands - East England - North-East England - North-West England - South-East England - South-West England - West Midlands - Yorkshire and the Humber

Data for Neighbourhoods and Regeneration (Data4nr) tool

admin — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000

The Data for Neighbourhoods and Regeneration (Data4nr) tool - www.data4nr.net - has been updated and extended. Commissioned from OCSI by the Department of Communities and Local Government (CLG), Data4nr identifies and signposts the datasets available for targeting, monitoring, priority setting and performance management at a neighbourhood level.

This update is part of the development being carried out over the next 3 months. The updated Data4nr includes:

Links to all the available National Indicators, as well as links to related datasets and resources
For all datasets, we suggest other relevant data, for example linking to possible denominators or proxy datasets
Linked indicators related to “Customer insight and benchmarking”
Signposts to analytical resources on other sites
Improved navigation and updated interface, but aiming to keep the same ease-of-use

We have also been carrying out consultation with the site’s users, and the data suppliers that Data4nr signposts to. Over the next few months, we will be launching new features based on this consultation, and will keep you posted.

Although the consultation is now closed, we’d love to hear what you think of the new site – please do get in touch with any feedback.

Supporting neighbourhood-level targeting for Local Area Agreements

admin — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0000

The Local Area Agreements agenda critically requires local partners to effectively assess and monitor the impacts of partnership programmes across their areas. The Department for Communities and Local Government commissioned OCSI to examine indicators for target setting and performance assessment at neighbourhood level, in the context of the data needs emerging from the LAA process. Part of the work developed guidance and “practical solutions” to support local partners in using small area data.

The full report ‘Assessing Neighbourhood-Level Data for Target Setting’ provides our assessment of how appropriate small area datasets are for target setting, performance monitoring and wider contextual analysis. The report is available from www.communities.gov.uk/documents/localgovernment/pdf/932312.pdf

An additional report ‘Practical Guides for Using Neighbourhood-Level Data’ gives advice on using neighbourhood-level data to support regeneration activities. The report is available from www.communities.gov.uk/documents/localgovernment/pdf/932145.pdf.

For further information on the project, please contact Emma Scott on 01273 201 345, Emma.Scott@ocsi.co.uk

OCSI data tool supports equalities and diversity work

admin — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0000

OCSI have produced a comprehensive mapping of socio-economic data across the South-East for the six core equality groups - gender, age, ethnicity, disability, faith, and sexual orientation. The Equalities and Diversity Data Tool provides baseline data on these groups, as well as comparisons against the whole population.

The work was commissioned from OCSI by the South-East England Development Agency (SEEDA) and the South-East Intelligence Network (SEE-IN). The Data Tool is available to download as an Excel file and provides the data for all county, unitary, district and small areas across the South East. The data is also available for the SEEDA Economic Geographies (Coastal, Rural and Inner South East).

The tool is available from http://www.see-in.co.uk/researchdatabase/2008/equalityanddiversitydatatool.html.

OCSI Output Area Index of Multiple Deprivation data available

admin — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0000

The OCSI modelled Index of Multiple Deprivation data at Output Area (OA) level is now available, covering all OAs across England.

The data was developed in work with the Norfolk Rural Community Council, and validated at national level by OCSI on a project commissioned by the national Commission for Rural Communities.

The OA datasets enable a more detailed examination of ‘pockets of deprivation’ than available using standard data. We have modelled key deprivation datasets such as the Index of Multiple Deprivation to Output Area (OA) level - each of which contains just over 100 households.

This is particularly relevant in rural areas, where deprivation can be concentrated in small pockets of deprivation. These pockets may not be identified using standard datasets, typically available at Super Output Area (SOA) level.

The data has also been used in work with urban LAs, helping identify the key deprivation challenges for partners under their Local Area Agreements.

The datasets are available from the OCSI spotlight on rural exclusion page www.ocsi.co.uk/spotlights/rural-exclusion.php (scroll to the bottom of the page).

OCSI ‘Deprivation in rural areas’ published

admin — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0000

The Commission for Rural Communities (CRC) has published the OCSI report ‘Deprivation in rural areas: Quantitative analysis and socio-economic classification’ . The report is available from http://www.ruralcommunities.gov.uk/publications/deprivationquantitativefullreport.

OCSI were commissioned by CRC to undertake research to help fill gaps in the evidence base on rural deprivation, which was highlighted by the CRC Disadvantage Study in 2006. The outputs from the project will help inform CRC policy on issues related to rural disadvantage.

In particular CRC were looking to enhance the existing research-base on rural deprivation, as well as informing and supporting further research and qualitative assessment of the nature and characteristics of deprivation affecting communities in rural areas.

The report’s evidence does not provide an alternative to the ranking of local areas on the Index of Multiple Deprivation. It has been specifically designed to estimate the overall rural share of deprivation at an output area, regional and national level, and to identify very small area ‘hotspots’.

This means that the analysis can be used to highlight the existence of rural deprivation even in areas which are relatively prosperous.

For further detail, see the OCSI spotlight on rural exclusion www.ocsi.co.uk/spotlights/rural-exclusion.php (scroll to the bottom of the page).