UK metadata report
UK Metadata Report - 2013
Contents
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Introduction
The main purpose of this report is to provide detailed metadata on the Urban Audit data for the United
Kingdom that has been supplied to Eurostat. The report starts with some brief background on Urban
Audit in the United Kingdom, its geography, and some consideration of the quality of the statistics provided. The main body of the report then takes each reference year in turn and provides metadata for each variable supplied. It should be noted that the scope of the report is limited to the data that had been supplied to Eurostat as at March 2015. Some additional datasets will be supplied once data become available – metadata for these datasets will be provided with the data.
Background
The aim of Urban Audit is to provide comparable benchmark data about European cities. The data is used to inform policy-making, both at a local level (as city authorities can compare themselves with cities within their own country or across Europe) and at a national/European level (by enabling analysis of the characteristics of aggregated urban areas). This is particularly relevant for informing the ongoing development and implementation of European regional policy.
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Urban Audit geography in the United Kingdom (UK)
Urban Audit data are organised into five spatial levels:
National
This is the UK. Responsibility for various government policy areas is devolved to the constituent countries of the UK, and as a result some statistics are produced separately. This is covered more fully below.
Core City
Core cities are defined in terms of whole, individual local authority district boundaries.
Greater City
In some cases the urban centre stretches beyond the core city boundary. Here, a Greater City is identified to better capture the entire urban area. They are defined as groups of whole local authority district boundaries. There are 11 greater cities in the UK.
Functional Urban Area (FUA)
T his encapsulates the ‘functional urban region’, defined as an area from which a significant percentage of residents commute into the city. Again, they are built up from whole local authority district boundaries.
Note, not all core cities have an associated FUA.
Sub-city district (SCD)
To analyse disparities within the larger cities, Urban Audit cities are divided into sub-city districts. To ensure compatibility between cities across Europe, each SCD has a population between 5,000 and
40,000. In the UK will use Middle Layer Super Output areas (England and Wales), Data Zones
(Scotland) and Wards (Northern Ireland) for cities with a population of greater than 250,000 people.
How London fits into the Urban Audit
Greater London consists of 32 London Boroughs and the City of London, all of which are administrative districts at the LAU 1 level. These 33 areas are treated as individual ‘core cities’ for Urban Audit purposes, while the combined area is defined as a greater city (i.e. Greater London). The latter corresponds with the London NUTS1 region. The LUZ for London is the greater city, together with 35 surrounding local authority districts.
More detail on the geography of Urban Audit can be found here: http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guidemethod/user-guidance/urban-audit/index.html
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Location and spatial coverage of Urban Audit cities in the UK (excluding
London)
Name UA Code
UK055C1
UK018C1
UK036C1
UK530C1
UK572C1
UK020C1
UK051C1
UK033C1
UK062C1
UK061C1
UK053C1
UK056C1
UK057C1
UK569C1
UK544C1
UK571C1
UK568C2
UK047C1
UK027C1
UK510C1
UK546C1
UK025C1
UK576C1
UK556C1
UK044C1
UK518C1
UK506C1
UK504C1
UK043C1
England
UK041C1
UK519C1
UK538C1
UK549C1
UK031C1
UK549C1
UK002C1
UK557C1
UK553C1
UK511C1
UK539C1
UK573C1
UK005C1
UK515C1
UK011C1
UK050C1
UK534C1
UK017C1
UK054C1
UK575C1
Ashford
Barnsley
Basildon
Basingstoke and Deane
Bath and North East Somerset
Bedford
Birmingham
Blackburn with Darwen
Blackpool
Bolton
Bournemouth
Bracknell Forest
Bradford
Brighton and Hove
Bristol
Burnley
Bury
Cambridge
Cannock Chase
Carlisle
Chelmsford
Cheltenham
Cheshire West and Chester
Chesterfield
Stoke-on-Trent
Sunderland
Colchester
Coventry
Crawley
Dacorum
Darlington
Derby
Doncaster
Dudley
East Staffordshire
Eastbourne
Exeter
Fareham
Gateshead
Gloucester
Gravesham
Great Yarmouth
Guildford
Halton
Harlow
Hartlepool
Hastings
Hyndburn
Ipswich
With Functional
Urban Area?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
With Greater City?
Yes
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UA Code
UK026C1
UK023C1
UK562C1
UK552C1
UK059C1
UK526C1
UK514C1
UK522C1
UK509C1
UK508C1
UK010C1
UK567C1
UK527C1
UK547C1
UK520C1
UK541C1
UK563C1
UK537C1
UK021C1
UK507C1
UK536C1
UK027C1
UK535C1
UK510C1
UK523C1
UK060C1
UK542C1
UK501C1
UK003C1
UK014C1
UK019C1
UK006C1
UK532C1
UK554C1
UK008C1
UK046C1
UK513C1
UK559C1
UK525C1
UK013C1
UK565C1
UK543C1
UK529C1
UK528C1
UK566C1
UK029C1
UK035C1
UK521C1
UK560C1
UK545C1
UK516C1
UK555C1
Name
Kingston upon Hull
Portsmouth
Preston
Reading
Redditch
Rochdale
Rotherham
Salford
Sandwell
Sefton
Sheffield
Slough
Solihull
South Tyneside
Southampton
Southend-on-Sea
St Albans
St. Helens
Stevenage
Stockport
Stockton-on-Tees
Stoke-on-Trent
Swindon
Sunderland
Tameside
Tamworth
Telford and Wrekin
Kirklees
Leeds
Leicester
Lincoln
Liverpool
Luton
Maidstone
Manchester
Mansfield
Medway
Middlesbrough
Milton Keynes
Newcastle upon Tyne
Newcastle-under-Lyme
North East Lincolnshire
North Tyneside
Northampton
Norwich
Nottingham
Nuneaton and Bedworth
Oldham
Oxford
Peterborough
Plymouth
Poole
With Functional
Urban Area?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
With Greater City?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
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UA Code Name
UK034C1
UK032C1
UK561C1
UK524C1
UK040C1
UK503C1
UK512C1
UK531C1
UK564C1
UK038C1
UK505C1
UK030C1
UK052C1
UK028C1
UK024C1
UK045C1
UK540C1
UK533C1
Scotland
Thanet
Thurrock
Torbay
Trafford
Tunbridge Wells
Wakefield
Walsall
Warrington
Warwick
Waveney
Wigan
Wirral
Woking
Wolverhampton
Worcester
Worthing
Wycombe
York
UK016C1
UK550C1
UK007C1
UK551C1
UK004C1
UK502C1
Wales
UK009C1
UK558C1
UK517C1
Aberdeen
Dundee City
Edinburgh
Falkirk
Glasgow
North Lanarkshire
Cardiff
Newport
Swansea
UK022C1 Wrexham
Northern Ireland
UK012C1
UK015C1
UK574C1
Belfast
Derry
Lisburn
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
With Functional
Urban Area?
With Greater City?
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UA Code
UK102C1
UK103C1
UK104C1
UK105C1
UK106C1
UK101C1
UK108C1
UK109C1
UK110C1
UK111C1
UK112C1
UK113C1
UK114C1
UK115C1
UK116C1
UK117C1
UK118C1
UK119C1
UK120C1
UK121C1
UK122C1
UK123C1
UK124C1
UK125C1
UK126C1
UK127C1
UK128C1
UK129C1
UK130C1
UK131C1
UK132C1
UK133C1
London Borough
Barking and Dagenham
Barnet
Bexley
Brent
Bromley
City of London
Croydon
Ealing
Enfield
Greenwich
Hackney
Hammersmith and Fulham
Haringey
Harrow
Havering
Hillingdon
Hounslow
Islington
Kensington and Chelsea
Kingston upon Thames
Lambeth
Lewisham
Merton
Newham
Redbridge
Richmond upon Thames
Southwark
Sutton
Tower Hamlets
Waltham Forest
Wandsworth
Westminster
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The four nations of the UK
The United Kingdom consists of four nations: England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. The
Welsh Government, Scottish Government and the Northern Ireland Executive have responsibility for a number of policy areas in their respective nations. The main policy areas which are devolved are health, education, social care, the environment, agriculture and transport. In Scotland there is also a separate legal and criminal justice system.
As a result of the devolved system of government in the UK, statistical data covering many of the devolved policy areas are published separately by the statistical offices of the respective administrations.
Where policies differ (for example in the area of health care), statistics are sometimes collected and published according to different definitions, and may not be comparable throughout the UK.
Additionally there are a number of instances where data are available for one or more countries of the
UK, but not for all of them, because it is not collected by all of them.
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Meta Information and quality aspects of variables
Code of Practice for Official Statistics
This report highlights where Urban Audit data for the UK has been sourced from datasets that have been designated as a National Statistic. This is a mark of quality which is underpinned by the Code of Practice for Official Statistics . The code contains eight principles and, in relation to each, a statement of associated practices. It also contains three more detailed protocols. Official statistics assessed as compliant with the code are designated as National Statistics. Bodies that produce National Statistics are required to ensure that the code continues to be observed. For other official statistics compliance with the code is not a formal requirement.
The code is consistent with the United Nations Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics and the
European Statistics Code of Practice .
Principles
Principle 1: Meeting user needs
The production, management and dissemination of official statistics should meet the requirements of informed decision-making by government, public services, business, researchers and the public.
Principle 2: Impartiality and objectivity
Official statistics, and information about statistical processes, should be managed impartially and objectively.
Principle 3: Integrity
At all stages in the production, management and dissemination of official statistics, the public interest should prevail over organisational, political or personal interests.
Principle 4: Sound methods and assured quality
Statistical methods should be consistent with scientific principles and internationally recognised best practices, and be fully documented. Quality should be monitored and assured taking account of internationally agreed practices.
Principle 5: Confidentiality
Private information about individual persons (including bodies corporate) compiled in the production of official statistics is confidential, and should be used for statistical purposes only.
Principle 6: Proportionate burden
The cost burden on data suppliers should not be excessive and should be assessed relative to the benefits arising from the use of the statistics.
Principle 7: Resources
The resources made available for statistical activities should be sufficient to meet the requirements of this Code and should be used efficiently and effectively.
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Principle 8: Frankness and accessibility
Official statistics, accompanied by full and frank commentary, should be readily accessible to users.
Protocol 1: User engagement
Effective user engagement is fundamental both to trust in statistics and securing maximum public value.
This protocol draws together the relevant practices set out elsewhere in the Code and expands on the requirements in relation to consultation.
Protocol 2: Release practices
Statistical reports should be released into the public domain in an orderly manner that promotes public confidence and gives equal access to all, subject to relevant legislation.
Protocol 3: The use of administrative sources for statistical purposes
Administrative sources should be fully exploited for statistical purposes, subject to adherence to appropriate safeguards.
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Missing Data
The reasons why data is missing fall into the following categories:
No organisation within the UK has collected the variable
The data is only partly available because they have been collected in local or regional surveys.
The data available was not considered to be of a high enough quality and therefore discounted
The data available contained small counts and was therefore suppressed to prevent disclosure
The organisation holding the data has insufficient resource with which to comply with the request
More detailed information will accompany each individual variable within the body of this report.
Deviating Definitions
The reasons why some data deviates from the definitions given by Eurostat fall into the following categories:
Data available for the given reference year, but differing reference period within the year.
General differences in the data collected, for example, not all age groups included in the data collection or a different definition of a given unit such as ‘dwelling’ or ‘household’
More detailed information will accompany each individual variable within the body of this report.
Description of Estimation Methods Used
The Urban Audit team have not carried out any data estimation, however, a number of the data providers produce their data using various estimation methods. The following information describes data sources, the variables produced and the estimation methods used. Please note where the method descriptions are too large for this report a link to the methodology document has been provided.
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Annual Data Collection – 2013
Demography (DE)
Population (DE1)
1 st January Population estimates, England and Wales – Office for National Statistics (ONS)
Variable Title National Coverage
England
DE1001V Population on the 1 st January, total
DE1002V Population on the 1 st January, male
DE1003V Population on the 1 st January, female
DE1040V Population on the 1 st January, 0-4, total
DE1041V Population on the 1 st January, 0-4, male
DE1042V Population on the 1 st January, 0-4, female
DE1049V Population on the 1 st January, 20-24, total
DE1074V Population on the 1 st January, 5-9, total
DE1048V Population on the 1 st January, 15-19, female
DE1075V Population on the 1 st January, 5-9, male
DE1047V Population on the 1 st January, 15-19, male
DE1076V Population on the 1 st January, 5-9, female
DE1046V Population on the 1 st January, 15-19, total
DE1077V Population on the 1 st January, 10-14, total
DE1078V Population on the 1 st
DE1079V Population on the 1 st
January, 10-14, male
January, 10-14, female
DE1050V Population on the 1 st January, 20-24, male
DE1051V Population on the 1 st January, 20-24, female
DE1058V Population on the 1 st January, 25-34, total
DE1059V Population on the 1 st January, 25-34, male
DE1060V Population on the 1 st January, 25-34, female
DE1061V Population on the 1 st January, 35-44, total
DE1062V Population on the 1 st January, 35-44, male
DE1063V Population on the 1 st
DE1064V Population on the 1 st
January, 35-44, female
January, 45-54, total
DE1065V Population on the 1 st
DE1066V Population on the 1 st
January, 45-54, male
January, 45-54, female
DE1025V Population on the 1 st January, 55-64, total
DE1026V Population on the 1 st
DE1027V Population on the 1 st
January, 55-64, male
January, 55-64, female
DE1028V Population on the 1 st January, 65-74, total
DE1029V Population on the 1 st January, 65-74, male
DE1030V Population on the 1 st January, 65-74, female
DE1055V Population on the 1 st January, 75 years and over, total
DE1056V Population on the 1 st January, 75 years and over, male
DE1057V Population on the 1 st January, 75 years and over, female
Wales
Scotland Northern
Ireland
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Metadata for the UK
Supplier
Type of supplier
Deviation from ES definition
Nature of data source
Type of statistic
Designation
Office for National Statistics (ONS)
National Statistics Institute
None
Source data used in estimating population include birth and death registers and estimated in and out migration
Estimate
National Statistic (Assessed as complying with the Code of Practice for
Official Statistics )
1 January 2013 Reference period
Additional information
Source:
Annual mid-year population estimates for the UK, 2012 and 2013. The population estimates for 1
January were created by adding the mid-year population estimates either side of the reference year and dividing by 2.
For Mid-Year populations estimates methodology please see the Office for National Statistics website
Data are rounded to the nearest 100.
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Nationality (DE2)
Variable Title National Coverage
England Wales Scotland Northern
Ireland
DE2001V Nationals
DE2002V EU-foreigners
DE2003V Non-EU foreigners
DE2008V Native-born
DE2009V Foreign-born
DE2010V Foreign-born in a EU country
DE2011V Foreign-born in a non-EU country
DE2012V Foreigners
Additional information
In the United Kingdom records of a residents’ nationality are not routinely collected or maintained.
A question on nationality is included in the Annual Population survey (APS). However this is a sample survey and the results are not reliable at the LAU1 (Local Authority) geographical level and are therefore not suitable for Urban Audit purposes.
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Household Structure (DE3)
Variable Title National Coverage
England Wales
DE3001V Private households (excluding institutional households)
DE3002V One person households
DE3005V Lone parent households (with children aged
0 to under 18)
DE3008V Lone pensioner (above retirement age) households
DE3011V Households with children aged 0 to under 18
DE3017V Total population living in private households
(excluding institutional households)
Metadata for England
Supplier
Type of supplier
Deviation from ES definition
Nature of data source
Type of statistic
Designation
Reference period
Metadata for Wales
Supplier
Type of supplier
Deviation from ES definition
Nature of data source
Type of statistic
Designation
Scotland
Department for Communities and Local Government
Government Department
None
Historical trends from 2001 and 2011 censuses applied to Mid-year population estimates
Estimate
National Statistic (Assessed as complying with the Code of Practice for
Official Statistics )
Mid 2013
Statistical Directorate, Welsh Assembly Government
Government Department
None
Northern
Ireland
Historical trends from 2001 and 2011 censuses applied to Mid-year population estimates
Estimate
National Statistic (Assessed as complying with the Code of Practice for
Official Statistics )
Mid 2013 Reference period
Metadata for Scotland
Supplier
Type of supplier
Deviation from ES definition
Nature of data source
Type of statistic
Designation
Reference period
National Records of Scotland
Government Department
None
Administrative data
Estimate
National Statistic (Assessed as complying with the Code of Practice for
Official Statistics )
Mid 2013
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Metadata for Northern Ireland
Supplier
Type of supplier
Deviation from ES definition
Nature of data source
Type of statistic
Designation
Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA), Office for
National Statistics (ONS)
Government Agency
None
Source data used in estimating population include birth and death registers and estimated in and out migration
Estimate
National Statistic (Assessed as complying with the Code of Practice for
Official Statistics )
Mid 2013 Reference period
Additional information
England
Household projections are produced by the Department for Communities and Local Government and are based on 2012 mid-year population estimates produced by the Office for National Statistics. For further information regarding quality and methodology please see the latest report on the Department for
Communities and Local Government website.
Wales
Household projections are based on the Mid-Year Population Estimates for Wales produced by the
Office for National Statistics (ONS). Assumptions about future household formation are applied to these population estimates by age and sex. These assumptions are developed from past trends based on
2001 and 2011 census figures produced by ONS.
For further information regarding quality and methodology please see the latest report on the Welsh
Government website.
Scotland
Household projections are produced by the National Records of Scotland, for information about how the projections are produced please refer to the 2012 based household projections publication on the
National Records of Scotland website .
Northern Ireland
Data is sourced from the 2012-based household projections produced by the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA). Projections of numbers of households by LGD are based on 2012 population projections, and use trends in household formation between the 2001 and 2011 Census. The methodology is described in detail in the methodology paper: http://www.nisra.gov.uk/demography/default.asp21.htm
.
Notable Changes to the methodology are:
Previous projections used the trends between the 1991 and 2001 Census; the new projections used information from the more recent 2011 Census; and whereas in previous projections the proportion of the population in communal establishments was kept constant at the most recent Census, the 2012based projections assume a falling proportion over the projection period for those aged 75 and over.
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The above methodology is replicated for each Local Government District to produce sub-regional household projections over the period 2012 to 2037. The results were scaled by household type and size to ensure that the aggregate sub-regional projections match the Northern Ireland household projections.
For further information please see the Household Projections page of the NISRA website.
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Social Aspects (SA)
Housing (SA1)
Variable Title National Coverage
England Wales
Scotland Northern
Ireland
SA1001V Number of conventional dwellings
SA1050V Average price for buying a house
SA1051V Average price for buying an apartment
SA1001V
Metadata for England
Supplier
Type of supplier
Deviation from ES definition
Nature of data source
Type of statistic
Designation
Department for Communities and Local Government
Government Department
None
Administrative and Survey data
Estimate
National Statistic (Assessed as complying with the Code of Practice for
Official Statistics )
2013 Reference period
Metadata for Wales
Supplier
Type of supplier
Deviation from ES definition
Nature of data source
Type of statistic
Designation
Knowledge and Analytical Services, Welsh Government
Government Department
None
Administrative and Survey data
Estimate
National Statistic (Assessed as complying with the Code of Practice for
Official Statistics )
31 March 2013 Reference period
Metadata for Scotland
Supplier
Type of supplier
Deviation from ES definition
Nature of data source
Type of statistic
Designation
General Register Office - Scotland
Government Department
None
Administrative data
Estimate
National Statistic (Assessed as complying with the Code of Practice for
Official Statistics )
September 2013 Reference period
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Additional Information
England
Dwelling Stock statistics are estimates and are all provisional and subject to revision. Figures are expressed to the nearest ten dwellings, but should not be regarded as accurate to the nearest ten. Data are sourced from the Local Government Housing Strategy Statistical Appendix (HSSA), Tenant Services
Authority (TSA), Labour Force Survey (LFS) and the English Housing Survey (EHS).
For further information regarding quality and methodology please see the Dwelling Stock Estimates
2013, England publication on the Gov.uk website.
Wales
Scotland
Dwelling estimates are drawn from administrative data sources relating to Council Tax. There are limitations in using administrative sources to produce statistics. Small differences can arise in the definitions used for various categories of households/dwellings in the administrative systems used. It is also possible that not all information held on administrative systems is up-to-date. For example, local authorities may not be notified immediately of a change in the circumstances of a household which affects eligibility for a Council Tax discount or exemption. Furthermore, it may take time for changes as a result of new building or demolition to be recorded.
Changes over time in categories of Council Tax discounts and exemptions can occur because a local authority has carried out a review and identified cases where a dwelling has been incorrectly categorised. There can sometimes be variations in the ways that some local authorities classify vacant properties and second homes between different years. This can have a small effect on the percentages of dwellings which are vacant or second homes each year in a local authority area.
For further information regarding quality and methodology please see the Estimates of Households and
Dwellings in Scotland, 2013 on the National Records of Scotland website.
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SA1050V and SA1051V
Additional Information
Work is being carried out within the UK Urban Audit team to find a more comprehensive source for these variables and it is hoped that a back series will be supplied to Eurostat in the future.
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Health (SA2)
Variable Title
SA2004V Infant mortality per year
SA2007V Number of live births per year
SA2019V Total deaths per year
SA2020V Total deaths per year, male
SA2021V Total deaths per year, female
SA2004V, SA2019V, SA2020V and SA2021V
Metadata for England, Wales and Scotland
National Coverage
England Wales
Scotland
Northern
Ireland
Supplier
Type of supplier
Deviation from ES definition
Nature of data source
Type of statistic
Designation
Reference period
Metadata for Northern Ireland
Office for National Statistics (ONS)
National Statistics Institute
None
Death registrations
Administrative
National Statistic (Assessed as complying with the Code of Practice for
Official Statistics )
2013
Supplier
Type of supplier
Deviation from ES definition
Nature of data source
Type of statistic
Designation
Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA)
Government Agency
None
Death Registrations
Administrative
National Statistic (Assessed as complying with the Code of Practice for
Official Statistics )
2013 Reference period
Additional Information
Information about all deaths registered in England and Wales is held by the Office for National Statistics
(ONS) Death registration for Scotland and Northern Ireland is held by the National Records of Scotland
(NRS) and Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA), respectively. In Scotland a death must be registered within eight days compared with to five days in England, Wales and Northern
Ireland,. However the definitions, classifications and methods used in mortality statistics are broadly comparable across the four countries. All four countries use ICD-10v2010 to code cause of death.
For further information regarding quality and methodology please see the following:
Health and Life Events Guidance on the Office for National Statistics website
Vital Statistics on the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research (NISRA) website
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SA2007V
Metadata for England and Wales
Supplier
Type of supplier
Deviation from ES definition
Nature of data source
Type of statistic
Designation
Office for National Statistics (ONS)
National Statistics Institute
None
Birth registrations
Administrative
National Statistic (Assessed as complying with the Code of Practice for
Official Statistics )
2013 Reference period
Metadata for Scotland
Supplier
Type of supplier
Deviation from ES definition
Nature of data source
Type of statistic
Designation
Reference period
Metadata for Northern Ireland
National Records of Scotland (NRS)
Government Department
None
Birth registrations
Administrative
National Statistic (Assessed as complying with the Code of Practice for
Official Statistics )
2013
Supplier
Type of supplier
Deviation from ES definition
Nature of data source
Type of statistic
Designation
Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA)
Government Agency
None
Birth Registrations
Administrative
National Statistic (Assessed as complying with the Code of Practice for
Official Statistics )
2013 Reference period
Additional Information
For further information regarding quality and methodology please see the following:
Health and Life Events Guidance on the Office for National Statistics website
Vital Events - Births on the National Records of Scotland (NRS) website
Vital Statistics on the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research (NISRA) website
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Economic Aspects (EC)
Labour Market (EC1)
Variable Title
EC1011V Persons unemployed, male
EC1012V Persons unemployed, female
EC1177V Persons employed, 20-64, total
EC1178V Persons employed, 20-64, male
EC1179V Persons employed, 20-64, female
EC1180V Persons employed, 55-64, total
EC1181V Persons employed, 55-64, male
EC1182V Persons employed, 55-64, female
Metadata for England, Wales and Scotland
National Coverage
England Wales
Scotland Northern
Ireland
Supplier
Type of supplier
Deviation from ES definition
Nature of data source
Type of statistic
Designation
Reference period
Metadata for Northern Ireland
Office for National Statistics
National Statistics Institute
None
Survey data
Estimate
National Statistic (Assessed as complying with the Code of Practice for
Official Statistics )
2013
Supplier
Type of supplier
Deviation from ES definition
Nature of data source
Type of statistic
Designation
Department of Finance and Personnel Northern Ireland
Government Department
None
Survey data
Estimate
National Statistic (Assessed as complying with the Code of Practice for
Official Statistics )
2013 Reference period
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Additional Information
Labour market data for the UK comes from the Annual Population Survey (APS). The APS is the largest regular household survey in the United Kingdom. It includes data from the Labour Force Survey (LFS), plus further sample boosts in England, Wales and Scotland. The survey includes data from a sample of around 256,000 people aged 16 and over.
As APS estimates are based on samples, they are subject to sampling variability. This means that if another sample for the same period were drawn, a different estimate might be produced. In general, the larger the number of people in a sample, the smaller the variation between estimates. Estimates for smaller areas such as local authorities are therefore less reliable than those for larger areas such as regions. When the sample size is too small to produce reliable estimates, the estimates are replaced with a symbol denoting it as unreliable. Counts have been suppressed where low numbers have been assessed as disclosive.
For further information on both surveys please see the Labour Force User Guidance on the Office for
National Statistics (ONS) website.
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Economic Activity (EC2)
Variable Title National Coverage
England Wales
Scotland Northern
Ireland
EC2020V Total employment/jobs (work place based)
Metadata for England, Wales and Scotland
Supplier
Type of supplier
Deviation from ES definition
Nature of data source
Type of statistic
Designation
Reference period
Metadata for Northern Ireland
Office for National Statistics
National Statistics Institute
None
Survey data
Estimate
National Statistic (Assessed as complying with the Code of Practice for
Official Statistics )
2013
Supplier
Type of supplier
Deviation from ES definition
Nature of data source
Type of statistic
Designation
Department for Finance and Personnel Northern Ireland
Government Department
None
Census
Estimate
National Statistic (Assessed as complying with the Code of Practice for
Official Statistics )
2013 Reference period
Additional information
England, Wales and Scotland
The data are from the Business Register and Employment Survey (BRES) which is the UKs’ official source of employee and employment estimates by detailed geography and industry. It is also used to update the Inter-Departmental Business Register (IDBR), the main sampling frame for business surveys conducted by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), with information on the structure of businesses in the UK.
The survey collects employment information from businesses across the whole of the UK economy for each site that they operate. This allows the ONS to produce employee and employment estimates by detailed geography and industry split by full-time/part-time workers and whether the business is public/private.
For further information on the survey please see the guidance on the Office for National Statistics website.
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Northern Ireland
The data are sourced from the Census of Employment which is a statutory enquiry of all employers in
Northern Ireland, carried out biennially under the Statistics of Trade and Employment (Northern Ireland)
Order 1988.
This differs from the data supplied for 2012 as this was sourced from the Northern Ireland Business
Register and Employment Survey (BRES) which is a statutory survey and was first carried out in 2010. It is a sample survey and is conducted every two years, alternating with the biennial Census of
Employment. It provides estimates for the number of employee jobs in all industries except agriculture.
For further information on the survey please see the guidance on the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment website.
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Income Disparity (EC3)
Variable Title
EC3064V Persons living in households with very low work intensity
EC3065V Persons at risk of poverty after social transfers
EC3066V Severely materially deprived persons
EC3067V Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion
Additional Information
Data are not available for these variables for the UK.
National Coverage
England Wales Scotland Northern
Ireland
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Environment (EN)
Waste Management (EN4)
Variable Title
Type of supplier
Deviation from ES definition
Nature of data source
Type of statistic
Designation
National Coverage
England Wales
Scotland Northern
Ireland
EN4008V Municipal waste generated, total
Metadata for England
Supplier WasteDataFlow and The Department for Environment, Food and Rural
Affairs
Government department
Financial year
Administrative data
National Statistic (Assessed as complying with the Code of Practice for
Official Statistics )
April 2013 – March 2014 Reference period
Metadata for Wales
Supplier
Type of supplier
Deviation from ES definition
Nature of data source
Type of statistic
Designation
WasteDataFlow and StatsWales
Government Agency
Financial year
Administrative data
National Statistic (Assessed as complying with the Code of Practice for
Official Statistics )
April 2013 – March 2014 Reference period
Scotland
Supplier
Type of supplier
Deviation from ES definition
Nature of data source
Type of statistic
Designation
Wastedataflow
Government Agency
Financial year
Administrative data
National Statistic (Assessed as complying with the Code of Practice for
Official Statistics )
April 2013 – March 2014 Reference period
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Northern Ireland
Supplier
Type of supplier
Deviation from ES definition
Nature of data source
Type of statistic
Designation
Northern Ireland Environment Agency
Government Agency
Financial year
Administrative data
National Statistic (Assessed as complying with the Code of Practice for
Official Statistics )
April 2013 – March 2014 Reference period
Additional Information
England
These data are taken from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs statistical release –
Local Authority Collected Waste Management Statistics for England
– final release of Quarters 1, 2, 3 and 4 2013/14. The final results summarise waste collected and managed by local authorities in England in the 12 months from April 2013 to March 2014. They are based on quarterly data submitted by local authorities to WasteDataFlow .
For further information on the survey please see the guidance on the GOV.UK website.
Wales
Data on municipal waste was collected using an online reporting system for waste data called
WasteDataFlow. In Wales, this is managed by Natural Resources Wales. From 2009-10, an expanded breakdown of materials by type was collected by WDF and this is shown here. There may be some discrepancies in the tables where components do not sum up to the totals. These discrepancies are due to rounding.
For further information please see the Waste Data pages on the StatsWales website.
Scotland
Data on municipal waste was collected using an online reporting system for waste data called
WasteDataFlow.
They are based on quarterly data submitted by local authorities to WasteDataFlow .
Northern Ireland
High quality data are derived from WasteDataFlow with full coverage for all district councils and incorporating various validation checks. As the data are derived from an administrative system, they provide a complete picture of district council controlled waste activity in NI and sampling errors associated with survey data are not, therefore, an issue. Validations are conducted for each individual question, with additional global validations carried out to ensure that total tonnage of waste types is equal to the sum of the component parts. Any discrepancies are queried with the data provider .
For further information please see the Local Authority Collected Municipal Waste Data Reporting pages on the Northern Ireland Environment Agency website.
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Training and Education (TE)
Education and Training Provision (TE1)
Variable Title National Coverage
England
TE1001V Number of children 0-4 in day care or school
TE1026V Students in higher education (ISCED level 5-
6), total
TE1001V
Data for TE1001V are not available for the UK
TE1026V
Wales
Scotland Northern
Ireland
Metadata for England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland
Supplier
Type of supplier
Deviation from ES definition
Nature of data source
Type of statistic
Designation
Reference period
Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA)
Government Agency
Academic year, please see ‘Additional Information’ below
UK wide register
Not a National Statistic ( Code of Practice for Official Statistics )
September 2012 – August 2013
Additional Information
These data cover students (of all ages) following courses for which the level of instruction is above that of Advanced Level of the General Certificate of Education (GCE A-levels) or the Advanced Higher Grade and Higher Grade of the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA). This definition includes undergraduate and post graduate degrees and diplomas and is in accord with the Eurostat definition. Post-doctoral students are not included.
The HESA student record contains information about individual enrolments which, because a student can be enrolled on more than one program of study, will exceed the number of students.
These data do not include students in Scotland attending a course at Further Education colleges at
ISCED level 5b. This information is not recorded by HESA.
The number of students can seem to change significantly between academic years this can be for a number of reasons including:
The opening of a new department/closing or opening of a course
Local authority boundary changes
The data is based on where the universities state their head office/ main centre is, and this can change from year to year
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Travel and Transport (TT)
Travel and Transport (TT1)
Variable Title
TT1060V Number of deaths in road accidents
TT1080V Cost of a combined monthly ticket (all modes of public transport) for 5-10 km in the central zone
National Coverage
England Wales
TT1060V
Metadata for England, Wales and Scotland
Scotland
Northern
Ireland
Supplier
Type of supplier
Deviation from ES definition
Nature of data source
Type of statistic
Designation
Reference period
Metadata for Northern Ireland
Department for Transport
Government Department
None
All reported road accidents
Administrative data
National Statistic (Assessed as complying with the Code of Practice for
Official Statistics )
2013
Supplier
Type of supplier
Deviation from ES definition
Nature of data source
Type of statistic
Designation
Police Service of Northern Ireland
Government Agency
None
All reported road accidents
Administrative data
National Statistic (Assessed as complying with the Code of Practice for
Official Statistics )
2013 Reference period
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Additional Information
Data are collected using the STATS19 form within England Wales and Scotland, the Police Service of
Northern Ireland use the Collision Report Form (CRF) which is based on the Department for Transport
STATS19 form. This allows data to be checked and validated to an agreed set of standards. This also allows the output to be compared at a UK level
In line with the Eurostat definition, people who are injured in a road accident and die 30 days or more after the accident are not included in this dataset.
For further information regarding quality and methodology please see the following:
England, Wales and Scotland
Road accidents and safety statistics guidance on the GOV.UK website.
Northern Ireland
Road Traffic Statistics page of the Police Service of Northern Ireland website.
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TT1080V - Metadata
Supplier
Type of supplier
Deviation from ES definition
Nature of data source
Type of statistic
Designation
Reference period
Additional Information
Local Authorities
Local Government administration
Please see ‘Additional Information’ below
Local Government data
Administrative data
Not a National Statistic ( Code of Practice for Official Statistics )
Data for this variable will be sourced from Local Authorities, and as such the level of response is unknown at present.
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Culture and Recreation (CR)
Tourism (CR2)
Variable Title National Coverage
England
Wales Scotland Northern
Ireland
CR2001V Total nights spent in tourist accommodation establishments
CR2009V Number of bed-places in tourist accommodation establishments
CR2001V and CR2009V
Metadata
Supplier
Type of supplier
Deviation from ES definition
Nature of data source
Type of statistic
Designation
Reference period
Additional Information
Local Authorities
Local Government administration
Please see ‘Additional Information’ below
Administrative and survey data
Estimates and local records
Not a National Statistic ( Code of Practice for Official Statistics )
Data for this variable will be sourced from Local Authorities, and as such the level of response is unknown at present.
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Annex 1
EN2028V
EN2029V
EN5003V
EN5015V
EN5012V
EN5016V
EN5026V
EN5001V
EN5019V
EN5110V
TT1071V
TT1072V
TT1073V
TT1074V
CR2004V
CR2005V
CR2006V
CR2007V
CR2008V
Urban Audit variables collected centrally
Variable
EC2030V
EC2031V
EN1003V
EN1004V
EN1005V
EN1002V
EN2002V
EN2003V
EN2005V
EN2030V
EN2025V
EN2026V
EN2027V
EN2033V
EN2035V
EN2032V
EN2036V
Title
Gross Domestic Product of NUTS-3 region in Euro
Gross Domestic Product per inhabitant in PPS of NUTS-3 region
Average temperature of warmest month
Average temperature of coldest month
Rainfall (litre/m2)
Total number of hours of sunshine per day
Number of days ozone O3 concentrations exceed 120 µg/m3
Number of days nitrogen dioxide NO2 concentrations exceed 200 µg/m3
Number of days particulate matter PM10 concentrations exceed 50 µg/m3
Number of days particulate matter PM2.5 concentrations exceed 50 µg/m3
Accumulated ozone concentration in excess 70 µg/m3
Annual average concentration of NO2 (µg/m3)
Annual average concentration of PM10 (µg/m3)
Number of residents exposed to road traffic noise >65 dB(A) at day time
Number of residents exposed to road traffic noise >65 dB(A) at day time
Number of residents exposed to rail traffic (incl. tram) noise >65dB(A) at daytime
Number of residents exposed to rail traffic (incl. tram) noise >55dB(A) at nighttime
Number of residents exposed to air traffic noise >65 dB(A) at day time
Number of residents exposed to air traffic noise >55 dB(A) at night time
Total land area (km2) according to cadastral register
Water and wetland
Green space area (km2)
Land used for agricultural purposes
Other land use
Green space to which the public has access
Overbound - underbound based on population (qualitative indicator)
Overbound - underbound based on area (qualitative indicator)
Accessibility by air (EU27=100)
Accessibility by rail (EU27=100)
Accessibility by road (EU27=100)
Multimodal accessibility (EU27=100)
Number of air passengers using nearest airport
Number of air passengers using nearest airport: Total arrivals
Number of air passengers using nearest airport: Domestic arrivals
Number of air passengers using nearest airport: Total departures
Number of air passengers using nearest airport: Domestic departures
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