Data glossary
The table below summarises the key data sources that will be used as part of the review and
how the data will be obtained.
Data Type
Data Source
Social care
activity and
finance (local
authority data
collection)
Local authority returns relating to 2012/13:
 LSOA data on admissions to residential care (precare addresses) and non-residential care clients –
broken down by client group, care type and age
group (core)
Contribution to the
Review
Formula modelling:
LA funded clients
Supplementary:

LSOA data on costs for residential and nonresidential care
 Local authority summaries on transition, VPN and
preserved rights, and additional age groups for
younger adults
Social care
Information Centre returns for 2012/13 (available from
activity and
late summer 2013):
finance (national  RAP (Table 2Ps – non-residential care)
sources)
 ASC-CAR (Table S3 – admissions to residential care)
 PSSEX1 (Gross and net costs)
Access via http://www.hscic.gov.uk/social-care.
Formula modelling:
LA funded clients
Some data also accessible through NASCIS portal:
https://nascis.ic.nhs.uk/
Sparsity


Current data for small area level:
http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guidemethod/geography/products/areaclassifications/rural-urban-definition-and-la/ruralurban-definition--england-and-wales-/index.html
Current data for local authority rural / urban
classifications: http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guidemethod/geography/products/areaclassifications/rural-urban-definition-and-la/ruralurban-definition--england-and-wales-/index.html
Assessment of
sample
(representativeness
of sample LAs /
sampling strategy)
Formula modelling
Data Type
Data Source
Population




Ethnicity

Population
Characteristics
(small area and
local authority)

Census 2011 data on population by age band by local
authority:
http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/census/2011census/population-estimates-by-five-year-agebands--and-household-estimates--for-localauthorities-in-the-united-kingdom/index.html
Census 2011 LSOA populations
http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/census/2011census/population-and-household-estimates-forwards-and-output-areas-in-england-andwales/index.html Mid-2011
Population Estimates LSOA (Census-based)
http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/publications/rereference-tables.html?edition=tcm%3A77-285629
Subnational population projections (Census 2011
based)
http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/snpp/sub-nationalpopulation-projections/Interim-2011based/index.html
Local authority and small area data is available from
Census 2011
(http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/census/2011census/key-statistics-and-quick-statistics-for-wardsand-output-areas-in-england-and-wales/index.html).
Local authority and small area data from Census
2011 is available for a range of indicators
(http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/census/2011census/key-statistics-and-quick-statistics-for-wardsand-output-areas-in-england-and-wales/index.html).
Likely indicators include:
o Housing tenure (all ages and age 65+)
o Living arrangements (e.g. older people living
alone)
o Persons with long-term health problems
o General health
o Provision of unpaid care
Contribution to the
Review
Sampling strategy
Formula modelling
Assessment of
sample
(representativeness
of sample LAs /
sampling strategy)
Formula modelling
Data Type
Data Source
Deprivation


Care Home Data
Domiciliary Care
Data




The IMD 2010 is available at small area level http://data.gov.uk/dataset/index-of-multipledeprivation
Local authority and small area data from Census
2011 is available for a range of indicators
(http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/census/2011census/key-statistics-and-quick-statistics-for-wardsand-output-areas-in-england-and-wales/index.html)
e.g. households by deprivation dimensions,
economic activity
Beds - Care Quality Commission
Beds, occupancy, self-pay proportion: RNF Survey
CQC Survey
Data request being prepared for CM2000 relating to
self-funders use of home care services e.g. hours /
intensity
Benefits Data



Pension credit: DWP neighbourhood statistics
AA: DWP neighbourhood statistics
DLA / PIP: DWP neighbourhood statistics
Local authority
classifications

Health data



NS 2001 classifications:
http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guidemethod/geography/products/area-classifications/nsarea-classifications/index/index.html
NS 2011 classifications (in development):
http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guidemethod/geography/products/area-classifications/nsarea-classifications/ns-2011-areaclassifications/index.html
LLSI
SMR
Disease prevalence (QOF)
Wealth
characteristics
(small area and
local authority)



House prices: Land Registry
Economic indicators (Census 2011)
Wage rates: Earnings Survey

Contribution to the
Review
Sampling strategy
Formula modelling
Formula modelling
Potential for
validation of formula
modelling
assumptions
(dependent on issues
relating to
representativeness)
Formula modelling
Assessment of
sample
(representativeness
of sample LAs /
sampling strategy)
Assessment of
sample
(representativeness
of sample LAs /
sampling strategy)
Formula modelling