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Increasingly, Government is taking an
interest in how places, and the people who live and work within
them, are changing. Statistics have become available through
websites such as Neighbourhood Statistics and Local Information
Systems which provide evidence for change in these areas. For
instance, information about crimes, road accidents, hospital
admissions, benefit claimants, and educational attainment is
available amongst many other subjects.
The Office for National Statistics
(ONS) has released a guide
to help use these data sources to understand change
over a period of time. Using a simple five-stage strategy, the guide
introduces the issues which need to be addressed in order to use
data appropriately, so that meaningful interpretations of change can
be made.
Jon Carling, Head of NERIP
Tel:
0191 229 6331
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2007 Regional GVA data
released
Last Friday, ONS
released GVA (Gross Value Added) data for 2007, showing how each
region or country in the UK performed against this key measure of
economic strength in that year. Data was also made available for
sub-regions, and for specific industries, for 2006. A briefing note, prepared by ONS's North East regional team,
sets out more of the detail and can be found here.
Labour Market
Issues
Two recent
publications relating to the state of the labour market are now
available. They are:
Annual
Strategic Analysis by the Learning
and Skills Council (LSC) This provides an analysis of the demand for
skills in the region, and forms evidence that the regional LSC uses
to inform decisions about strategic priorities, and about the
learning provision needed in 2009/10. More details are
here.
2008 Labour
Market Review Produced by Durham
University for Skills North East, this is a compendium of data
relating to the state of the labour market in 2008 in the North East
at regional and city-regional level. The review also includes a
chapter covering implications for the region.
North East
Heritage Counts
Heritage
Counts 2008 is the seventh annual survey of the
state of England’s historic environment. It highlights the key
developments in the region between 2007 and 2008 including
information on number of historical assets, planning consents,
funding, participation in the heritage sector, heritage at risk and
key policy developments.
Review of
Equality Statistics
This report,
commissioned by the Equality and Human Rights Commission from
Lancaster University, examines the extent to which data are
available for the following equality strands: sex; ethnicity / race;
disability; religion or belief; age; sexual orientation; and also
for socio-economic status (social class). It also looks at the
extent to which statistics are available at different geographical
levels, and goes on to address the ten domains of equality
identified in the equality measurement framework in the recent
Government Equalities Review.
Migration
Two recent reports relating to migration have
been published.The first was produced by IPPR North for the North East
Strategic Migration Partnership, makes recommendations for the
region in terms of the offer it makes to migrant workers. The
second, produced by Northumbria University for the
TUC, looks at the needs of Polish workers. Whilst this report
focuses on Yorkshire and the Humber, the messages for the North East
are likely to be similar.
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CURDS Regional Insights
series
Two more seminars in
the Regional Insights series, run by the Centre for Urban and
Regional Development Studies at Newcastle University, are now open
for registration. They are:
Phoenix Industries and
Regional Development : lessons from New York State (15 January),
presented by Professor Susan Christopherson, who is the J Thomas
Clark Professor in the Department of City and Regional Planning at
Cornell University, New York. More details, including how to
register, can be found here.
Regional Economic
Growth under New Labour : closing the North/South Divide? (18
February), presented by Professor Ron Martin, Professor of Economic
Geography at Cambridge University. More details, including how to
register, can be found here.
Tackling Health
Inequalities in England, Scotland and
Wales
With their devolved
powers, how different are the approaches of Britain’s three
governments to tackling health inequalities? Do national differences
shape knowledge and action locally? How does performance assessment
influence what professionals working to improve health say about
their work and progress with narrowing health inequalities? What can
be learned from national and national-local comparisons? This conference,
to be held at Collingwood Colleage, Durham University, on 3
February, will aim to answer these kinds of questions.
CLG Local Information
Systems Network
This event, aimed at
anyone running or developing a Local Information System (LIS), will
showcase new research and tools to support LIS, including tools for
developing and assessing the value of LIS. It will also provide an
opportunity for LIS to share their ideas, expertise and learning,
and explore next steps for the network in the context of current and
emerging opportunities. The event
takes place in Birmingham on 29
January.
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LAA Indicators 171 and 172 (business start-ups
and business growth)
Following a change in the definitions used to collect
business data, BERR expect that new data, including back series,
required to populate LAA indicators 171&172 will be made
available to local authorities via the BERR and CLG websites in the
not-too distant future. While ONS has not committed to a date
(or dates) for supply of the data to BERR, BERR expect the data/back
series for NI 171 to be made available later this month, and the
data/back series for NI 172 to be made available before end of
January. The intention is that back series will extend back to 2000
although this is subject to confirmation by BRSO(ONS) that this is
feasible.
BERR are concerned that some LAs may be doing unnecessary
work for these indicators as they do not realise that the requisite
data will be made available fairly soon. Hence they are
advising local stakeholders that they should not have to wait much
longer for the
data.
Allan
Worthy, ONS Regional Statistician, can answer
questions about
this.
Regional
Snapshot
The latest edition of Regional
Snapshot can be found here.
OECD
eXplorer
The OECD have produced this data analysis and
presentation tool, at two levels : large regions
and small regions. The tool enables
comparisons to be made between regions across the world.
Useful Economics
Resources
The EconNet
website contains a useful collection of resources for
economists.
Census White
Paper
The 2011 Census of Population and Housing White Paper,
announcing the UK Statistics' Authority's proposals for the 2011
census in England and Wales, was published
recently.
More details can be found
here.
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