Improving the commercial sectors access to government data Visiting Professor Birkbeck College University of London SUF Users Forum 18 th February 2007.

Improving the commercial sector’s access to government

data

Visiting Professor

Birkbeck College

University of London

SUF Users Forum 18th February 2007 RSS

Formerly

Research Director

Whitbread PLC

Martin Callingham

Differences between the three domains

There should be a deal

Census

Ness

Government surveys

Met Office

The Centre of Ecology and Hydrology

Not OS

Consistent national databases

Time/ accuracy

Detail/ disclosure

Connectivity

Easy access

NeSS

Surveys

Table

Met Office

Landcover

Conclusion

York

Map 7

Map 9

Labour Force survey 60,000 households

General Household Survey 16,000 households

Expenditure and Food Survey (EFS) 7,000 households (EFES and NFS)

Family Resources Survey (FRS) 29,000 households

Survey of English Housing 20,000 households

Health Survey 10,000 people

British Crime Survey (BCS) 40,000 (household /person)

Home Office Citizenship Survey 15,000 biennial

National Travel Survey 22,000 adults

Time use Survey 15,00 adults on-off

Government surveys

Sex Male

.67 .88 1.00 1.00 1.00 .91

1.00 .92 1.00 1.00 1.00 .96

.67 .86 .80 .80 1.00 .81

1.00 .92 .80 .67 1.00 .90

.75 .83 1.00 .33 1.00 .80

.75 .56 .67 .50 .67 .62

.82 .84 .89 .67 .86 .83

Q.1a Which of theseactivities would you sayyou do nowadays?

a)18-24

Q.1a Which of theseactivities would you sayyou do nowadays?

b)25-34

Q.1a Which of theseactivities would you sayyou do nowadays?

c)35-44

Q.1a Which of theseactivities would you sayyou do nowadays?

d)45-54

Q.1a Which of theseactivities would you sayyou do nowadays?

e)55-64

f)65+

Exact Age

Group Total

Mean

A

Mean

B

Mean

C1

Mean

C2

Mean

DE

Occupational group

Mean

GroupTotal

Modelled values to km squares

Annual rainfall modelled from station data to output area

Cluster types

Add the normal postcode to the NSPD and postal geography and promote it.

Reduce the size of the areal units for reporting NeSS

Code all government surveys with OAC and the MRS Social Grade

Provide free sample data on all government survey data

Free on-line cross tabulation on all surveys for key connections

OAC by Region

Social Grade by Age by Sex by Region

Open the doors at the Met Office and the Centre of Ecology and Hydrology

Consider a matching service at full recovered cost

The commercial sector to gets its act together in understanding what is available

Departments should consider the value of doing work across GB (outside their area)

Trading Funds should increase the flexibility in their licence agreements in particular to encourage value added suppliers to be innovative.

Conclusions

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