Local data at your fingertips
Local data is a precious commodity that not only allows people to understand more about the area in which they…
Read more on Local data at your fingertips How the ONS is transforming its statistics for local areas
The ONS produces a huge amount of high-quality data covering the economy, environment, crime and immigration. Over the last few years, we’ve also been focusing our efforts on producing much more granular estimates so we can measure how our society and economy is changing at the local level. Emma Hickman writes about how this work is progressing and what insights we’ve produced.
Read more on How the ONS is transforming its statistics for local areasCreating a coherent picture of health in the UK
How do we create an overall picture of health in the UK, when the data produced by each of the four nations can be different? Statistical coherence is about bringing together statistics on the same topic to give a better understanding of the part of the world they describe. In this blog, Becky Tinsley explains how the ONS, the devolved administrations, and health bodies, are working together to improve the comparability of UK health data, allowing us to better join the pieces of the puzzle.
Read more on Creating a coherent picture of health in the UKLocal Data for Local People: How new data sources are helping to calibrate communities
In this episode of Statistically Speaking we shine the spotlight on local data and look at how good statistics for small areas make for better targeted policy interventions, and more effective use of valuable public resources.
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