national statistics harmonisation group meeting agenda · update on iess framework nshg (16:3) 12...

National Statistics Harmonisation Group Meeting Agenda

Wednesday 9th November 2016 at 11:00 to 1330 hrs Meeting Room 3, at ONS, 1 Drummond Gate, London, SW1V 2QQ

Timing Agenda Item Paper No Presenter 1 1100 –

1110 hrs Welcome and Introductions Chair

2 1110 – 1120 hrs

Review of Previous Minutes and Actions

NSHG (16:2) 09 Chair

3 1120 – 1150 hrs

a) GSS SPSC MeetingReport

Verbal update Chair

b) Review of NSHGWorkplan

NSHG (16:3) 10 Mark Herniman

c) Update on BusinessHarmonisation

Verbal Update Suzanne Ellis, Ian Sidney

d) Update on Harmonisation ofAdmin Data

Verbal Update Suzanne Ellis, Steve Cooley

e) Update on Good PracticeTeam Work & Harmonisation

NSHG (16:3) 15 Nick Woodhill

4 1150 – 1200 hrs

Harmonising Age Bandings Presentation Emily Knipe

5 1200 – 1210 hrs

Revised Crime Questions NSHG (16:3) 11 Fiona Aitchison

6 1210 – 1220 hrs

Update on IESS Framework NSHG (16:3) 12 Sean White

7 1220 – 1230 hrs

Gender Identity – an overview and Update

Presentation Michelle Monkman

8 1230 – 1240 hrs

Census UK Statement Topic Paper

NSHG (16:3) 13 Hugh Kerr

9 1240 – 1250 hrs

Update on Census Topic Groups

Verbal Update Ann Blake

10 1250 – 1315 hrs

NSHG Topic Group Updates NSHG (16:3) 14 Topic Group Leads

Benefits and Tax Credits Report Received Thomas Sims Consumer Durables Report Received Joy Preece Crime & Anti Social Behaviour Report Received Fiona Aitchison Demographic Information Report Received Emily Knipe Economic Activity No Report Received Roger Smith Education No Report Received Nazma Nessa EILR TBC Gender Identity See main paper Michelle Monkman Health, Disability and Carers Report Received Steven Webster Housing and Tenure Report Received Scott Edgar Income Report Received Matthew Minifie Migration, Country of Birth & Citizenship

Report Received Penni McClure

Pensions Nothing to report this period Bonang Lewis Personal Well-being No Report Received Matthew Steel Social Capital Report Received Katrina Morrison

11 1315 – 1325 hrs

AOB Do Topic Leads want another Topic Lead Facilitation meeting?

Chair

12 1325 – 1330 hrs

Next Meetings Wednesday 8th March 2017, between 1100 - 1330 hrs, ONS, Drummond Gate Office, London

Tuesday 11th July 2017, between 1100 - 1330 hrs, ONS, Drummond Gate Office, London

Chair

NSHG (16:2) 09

Minutes of the National Statistics Harmonisation Group (NSHG) Meeting 13th July 2016

1100 to 1330 hrs ONS, 1 Drummond Gate, London, SW1V 2QQ

Attendees: Apologies: Ria Sanderson (Chair) ONS Andy Bates ONS Ann Blake ONS Catherine Davies (audio – Newport) ONS Becki Aquilina ONS Charlie Wroth-Smith ONS Becky Tinsley ONS Ian O’Sullivan ONS David Matz HO Ian Sidney (audio – Newport) ONS Dawn Camus BIS Jamie Robertson (audio – Scotland) Scot Gov Emily Knipe ONS Jeremy Grove DfT Emily Poskett DfID Jonathan Swan (audio – Titchfield) ONS Fiona Aitchison ONS Katrina Morrison (audio – Newport) ONS Helen Miller-Bakewell DCMS Karen Hurrell (audio – Manchester) EHRC Hugh Kerr NISRA Kirsty MacLean (audio – Scotland) NRS Jana Kubascikova ONS Lisa Carter (audio – HMRC) HMRC Jane Simcock DEFRA Lisa Walters (audio - Cardiff) Welsh Gov Jason Bradbury ONS Marina Wright ONS Julie Sullivan DfT Martin Ralphs UKSA Martin van Staveren MRS Matthew Minifie (audio – Newport) ONS Nafeessah Ameerudden BIS Penni McClure (audio – Titchfield) ONS Nazma Neesa BIS Pete Betts ONS Nick Woodhill ONS Rafael Mastrangelo (audio – HMRC) HMRC Paul Benson HSE Roger Smith (audio – Newport) ONS Rebecca Hulme Ofsted Sean White (audio – Newport) ONS Rob Green DCLG Steve Cooley (audio Titchfield) ONS Sabena Khan DECC Steve Webster (audio – HSCIC) HSCIC Thomas Sims DWP Suzanne Ellis ONS Tim Gibbs ONS Joe Ellison ONS Veronique Siegler ONS Mark Herniman (Secretariat) ONS 1.0 Welcome and Introduction

The Chair welcomed members to the meeting: • Ria Sanderson has taken over as Chair of the NSHG from Emma Wright who has

changed posts • the following members have left the NSHG; Andrew Martindale (ONS), Andrew Rosser

(Ofsted), Angela Potter-Collins (ONS), Emma Wright (ONS), Fiona Massey (ONS), Kevin Sams (HMRC), Matthew Tranter (DfT), Richard Tonkin (ONS), Tom Anderson (ONS), Tom Knight (DCMS)

• the following new members were welcomed to the NSHG; Helen Miller-Bakewell (DCMS), Jamie Robertson (Scot Gov), Julie Sullivan (DfT), Katrina Morrison (ONS), Marina Wright (ONS), Matthew Minifie (ONS), Penni McClure (ONS), Rafael Mastrangelo (HMRC), Rebecca Hulme (Ofsted), Roger Smith (ONS)

1

NSHG (16:2) 09 2.0 Review of the Minutes and Actions from the previous meeting, NSHG (16:1) 05 – Ria Sanderson

The minutes from the last NSHG were discussed: • there were no comments arising from the minutes from the 9th March 2016 meeting and

these were accepted as a true reflection of that meeting • all actions are complete except action 5

Status for Action 5 – The topic lead for Demographic Information is currently reviewing the membership of the topic group and is not yet ready to contact Social Survey Division (SSD) for representation on the Topic Group - it was agreed this will be carried over to the actions for this meeting

ACTION 1 – Secretariat to carry over action 5 to the actions for this meeting. 3.0 Update on Harmonisation Work

a. GSS SPSC Meeting Report, Verbal Update – Ria Sanderson The main points were:

• the most recent GSS SPSC meeting was held 7th July • the usual report of NSHG and NSH SG activities was presented and generated a

lot of interest • due to the interest, the next GSS SPSC meeting agenda will include a longer

session for Harmonisation which will be an ideal opportunity to discuss the harmonisation work programme in more detail

b. Review of the NSHG Workplan, NSHG (16:2) 05 – Mark Herniman

The following additional points were discussed: • for the benefit of new members, the workplan contains the current programme of

work and progress • there were no comments or questions

c. Business Harmonisation, Verbal Update – Suzanne Ellis

The main points were: • business harmonisation work centred on Office for National Statistics (ONS)

business surveys at this time • currently reviewing 20 variable definitions from the Framework Regulations for

Integrating Business Statistics (FRIBS) • a number of ONS business surveys reviewed have been found to be compliant with

FRIBS proposed changes from this work will be put through at the same time as business surveys move from paper to electronic data collection (EDC)

• ‘turnover’ is the most cross cutting variable and focus will be given to developing and ratifying a turnover harmonised principle

• the Harmonisation Team plan to work closely with a project within ONS who are looking at rationalising business surveys - a GSS working group will be set up to include the Devolved Administrations, Department of Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) and ONS

d. Harmonisation of Administrative Data, Verbal Update – Suzanne Ellis

The main points were: • work is currently centred on ONS work and meetings have taken place with ONS

stakeholders

2

NSHG (16:2) 09

• it is proposed to review admin data variables held by ONS to assess whether the social GSS Harmonised Principles can be applied to admin data where possible

• work on this has already begun looking at data from DWP, HMRC, Patient Register, Patient Demographic System, and School Census

• not a lot of good metadata is available within ONS and therefore research is limited • ONS Admin Data Sources Catalogue was used to identify useful metadata but it

lacked the level of detail required • business areas will now be approached to see what Admin Data sources they use

as this may give the detail required. Demographic, address, gender and ethnicity variables will be targeted

• a working group will be set up to progress this work but this will be later in the timetable

• joint work with ONS Admin Data Division (ADD) is planned, looking at understanding the differences in data sources

• an ADD workshop will take place next week looking at how they can improve metadata and this may help to speed up the harmonisation work

• next step is talking to stakeholders to identify best way to move forward with harmonising Admin Data

• mutual benefits of harmonising Admin Data needs to be made clear to the stakeholders

e. Update on Good Practice Team & Harmonisation, NSHG (16:1) 06 – Martin Ralphs

The following additional points were discussed: • the GSS website is now being managed by the Good Practice Team and funding is

in place to take this forward • it was thought useful if Martin shared (with the NSHG) the Standards, Guidance and

Policy Framework and the information on the ONS Data Programme meeting ACTION 2 – Martin Ralphs to provide a copy of the Standards, Guidance and Policy Framework and the note from the Data Programme meeting to the Secretariat so it can be shared with the NSHG. f. Census Update – Kirsty MacLean The main points were:

• response to Census Consultation: - ONS published in June - Scotland will be published in August - Northern Ireland will be published in August

• Once all papers published, any joint work will be looked at to take forward • the UK Census Harmonisation Working Group reports to the UK Census

Committee • agreement is in place across the UK to achieve UK output harmonisation and to

ensure harmonisation work is as joined up as possible • a series of working groups on various topics will report to the UK Harmonisation

Census Working Group • one of these is the UK Census Output Woking Group which will be supported by a

number of Product Groups, each of which will look at an output process to help achieve UK harmonisation

• to date the Question Product Group has made the most progress and held its last meeting at ONS on 14th June - the NSHG were represented at the meeting

• the purpose of the Question Product Group is to work toward the harmonisation of questions and related content through various pieces of work including:

3

NSHG (16:2) 09

- developing and managing a UK Topic Statement Paper - sharing testing and research outcomes - developing and managing shared plans - developing and managing shared stakeholder engagement plans

• once the UK Topic Statement Paper is finalised it will be shared with the NSHG either at the next NSHG meeting or via correspondence

• Census Topic Groups are also being set up to look at question development • good progress has been made overall

ACTION 3 – Secretariat to contact Kirsty MacLean (or Ann Blake) nearer to the November NSHG meeting to see if the UK Topic Statement Paper can be included on the agenda. 4.0 Integrated European Social Statistics Framework Update, NSHG (16:2) 07 – Sean White

The following additional points were discussed: • Sean to confirm if the regulation covers those states that are in the European Free Trade

Association (EFTA) as opposed to the European Union • there are also some grey areas in regulation with regard to which changes were

mandatory and which were advisory ACTION 4 – Sean White to confirm if the IESS Framework regulation covers those states in the EFTA. 5.0 Presentation on the Data Collection Transformation Programme (DCTP) – Ian O’Sullivan

The following additional points were discussed: • the programme started in Apr 2016 and covers both business and social surveys, meaning

ONS Social Survey Division are involved • the Electronic Data Collection Programme has been subsumed into the DCTP • Ian was happy to come back to the NSHG at a later date (possibly the November meeting)

to provide a further update • Nick Barford from Business Data Division is looking at the rationalisation of business

surveys and it would be worth asking him to present to the NSHG later in the year when work is more advanced

• the Health and Social Care Information Service had tried on-line survey completion (tablets, smart phones etc) before with the ‘What About Youth’ survey, sampling 150,000 15 year olds and although the take up of this was very low they are happy to share the experience with Ian

• the presentation slides are at Annex B

ACTION 5 – Secretariat to contact Ian O’Sullivan nearer to the November NSHG meeting to arrange a further update. ACTION 6 – Steve Webster to share contact details with Ian O’Sullivan. 6.0 Presentation on Updating the NSHG Framework – Becki Aquilina/Mark Herniman

The following additional points were discussed: • the revised Harmonisation Process and the NSHG Members Hand Book should both be

available soon • Kirsty agreed the list of the respective Census Topic Groups and members could be

shared with the NSHG, via the secretariat • the presentation slides are at Annex C

4

NSHG (16:2) 09 ACTION 7 – Secretariat to forward, to NSHG members, a list of the respective Census Topic Groups and members. 7.0 Social Survey Division (SSD) Update – Ian O’Sullivan Although this was a separate agenda item, the content of this was already covered at item 5. 8.0 NSHG Topic Lead Updates, NSHG (16:2) 08 – Topic Group Leads Benefits and Tax Credits – Thomas Sims Thomas was unable to attend the meeting. There were no comments or questions from his report. Consumer Durables – Jana Kubascikova Jana was unable to attend the meeting and had nothing to report for this period. Country of Birth and Migration – Penni McClure Penni is a new Topic Lead for this group, so was unable to give an update. Crime and Anti-Social Behaviour – Fiona Aitchison Fiona was unable to attend the meeting but had submitted a report. There were no comments or

questions. Demographic Information – Emily Knipe Emily was unable to attend the meeting but had submitted a report. There were no comments or

questions. Economic Activity – Roger Smith Roger is a new Topic Lead for this group, so was unable to give an update. Education – Nazma Neesa and Nafeessah Ameerudden Nazma was unable to attend the meeting but had submitted a report. There were no comments or

questions. EILR – TBC Angela Potter-Collins has changed posts within ONS and it is yet to be decided which ONS Branch

leads on EILR. Health, Disability and Carers – Steve Webster Steve had presented a report and there were no comments or questions. Housing and Tenure – Rob Green Rob was unable to attend the meeting and had not submitted a report. There were no questions.

Income – Matthew Minifie Matthew presented the report. A question was asked as to the best source to use for any analysis

of Income and will this be covered in the review. It was agreed this will discussed within the topic group.

Pensions – Tim Gibbs Tim was unable to attend the meeting. There was nothing to report for this period. 5

NSHG (16:2) 09 Personal Well-being – Matthew Steel Matthew was unable to attend the meeting and had not submitted a report. There were no

questions. Social Capital – Katrina Morrison Katrina is a new Topic Lead for this group, so was unable to give an update. 9.0 Any Other Business

• Steve Webster asked if anyone had produced a questionnaire specifically for children and, if so, how did they develop questions

• ONS are developing questions for the Childhood Morbidity Survey and the development work could be shared with Steve.

ACTION 8 – Ian O’Sullivan to contact Steve Webster with regard to sharing information on questions developed for children.

• Karen Hurrell stated the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) have measures for children but are aware the questions are less established. Karen offered to share this information.

ACTION 9 – Karen Hurrell to contact Steve Webster to share information on questions for children. 10.0 Next Meetings Dates of the next meetings are:

• Wednesday 9th November 2016, 1100 to 1330 hrs at ONS Drummond Gate, Meeting Room 3. This meeting will be followed by the Annual NSHG Workshop between 1400 and 1630 hrs.

• Wednesday 8th March 2017, 1100 to 1330 hrs at ONS Drummond Gate, Meeting Room 3.

Annexes:

A. List of Actions B. Presentation Slides – Data Collection Transformation Programme C. Presentation Slides – Updating the NSHG Framework

6

NSHG (16:2) 09

ANNEX A

ACTIONS FROM THE NSHG MEETING – 13th July 2016

Action

No Para Action Responsible Status

1 2 Secretariat to carry over action 5 to the actions for this meeting.

Secretariat Complete

2 3 Martin Ralphs to provide a copy of the Standards, Guidance and Policy Framework and the note from the Data Programme meeting to the Secretariat so it can be shared with the NSHG.

Martin Ralphs Complete

3 3 Secretariat to contact Kirsty MacLean (or Ann Blake) nearer to the November NSHG meeting to see if the UK Topic Statement Paper can be included on the agenda.


4 4 Sean White to confirm if the IESS Framework regulation covers those states in the EFTA.

Sean White Complete

5 5 Secretariat to contact Ian O’Sullivan nearer to the November NSHG meeting to arrange a further update.


6 5 Steve Webster to share contact details with Ian O’Sullivan.

Steve Webster Complete

7 6 Secretariat to forward, to NSHG members, a list of the respective Census Topic Groups and members.


8 9 Ian O’Sullivan to contact Steve Webster with regard to sharing information on questions developed for children.

Ian O’Sullivan Complete

9 9 Karen Hurrell to contact Steve Webster to share information on questions for children.

Karen Hurrell Complete

7

NSHG (16:3) 10

National Statistics Harmonisation Group

NSHG Work Plan – November 2016

Executive Summary 1. The Harmonisation programme involves the harmonisation of survey questions, concepts,

classifications and outputs in order to make survey results more comparable. This paper is regularly presented to the National Statistics Harmonisation Group (NSHG) and summarises the harmonisation initiatives currently in progress together with an overview of the current work programme.

Current Work Programme

2. NSHG Terms of Reference – The Terms of Reference (TOR) for the NSHG are undergoing a

periodic review. The Harmonisation Team have revised the document based on suggested amendments. This will be circulated around NSHG members for comment and subsequent agreement. Once agreed the revised TOR will be published on the NSHG pages on the GSS website.

3. Harmonisation Web pages – These are now live on the GSS web site and include all the information the old pages (on the ONS web site) had with some additional material and some updated update principles. This is the only place where NSHG members can find the new ‘Harmonisation Handbook. ’We still have a page on the ONS web site but this just contains a brief introduction to the GSS programme of Harmonisation with a link to the GSS web site.

4. Sub Topic Groups – There are now fifteen topic groups reporting to the NSHG. In most cases, the work of these Topic Groups has been ongoing and the reports from these groups are presented at this meeting. The current topic groups are:

Benefits and Tax Credits Consumer Durables Crime and Anti Social Behaviour Demographic Information Economic Activity and Employment Status Educational Attainment Ethnicity, Identity, Language & Religion (EILR) Gender Identity Health, Disability and Carers Housing and Tenure Income Migration and Country of Birth Pensions Personal Well-being Social Capital

Since the last meeting, a permanent lead for the Migration and Country of Birth topic group had been identified. Penni McClure from ONS has taken on the role and has taken up where the work was left by the last topic lead. We are still without a lead for Ethnicity, Identity, Language and Religion, since Angela Potter-Collins changed posts. We are currently exploring where a new lead for this topic group can come from. The revised Harmonised Principle for Benefits & Tax Credits has now been published on the GSS website and in the A-Z of Harmonised Principles. The interim Harmonised Principle for Personal Well-being has been in place for two years and is now being put forward as a full harmonised principle. Matthew Steel is the topic lead for this work

1

NSHG (16:3) 10

and is now looking to present this to the NSHG for agreement prior to going to the GSS SPSC for ratification. A new topic group has been formed to look at harmonising Gender Identity. Michelle Monkman from ONS is leading on this and is currently looking for stakeholders to become involved with the process. Michelle is also the lead for the Census Topic Group on Gender identity and this will help ensure harmonisation as the Census work on this is developed. Further to the Topic Group Facilitation meeting held on 8th June, Topic Leads will be asked if they wish to have a similar event in the future. It was originally suggested that such an event each year would be useful.

5. Improving the Effectiveness of the NSHG - The Harmonisation Team continue with their work reviewing the working practices of the NSHG, in an attempt to improve its effectiveness. The revised Harmonisation Process was approved by the NSHG with very minor amendment needed. This has now been incorporated into the Harmonisation Handbook and has been sent to all the current topic leads. The Harmonisation Handbook has now been published on the GSS web site and this will be the only place members can access it, so there is some control over its version state. This will be updated as and when required but initially it is thought this could be limited to immediately after the NSHG meetings as it contains dates for the next meetings. The Harmonisation team would like to thank the members for their help in the development of both of these documents.

6. UK Data Service Variable and Question Bank – The Harmonisation Team continue to liaise with the UK Data Service regarding the planned improvements to metadata enhancement. The UK Data Service are planning to use the harmonised Ethnicity principle and some LFS questions as an example to show how questions may be compared, show relationships with other questions and show documented changes over time to the questions etc. A demo of the improved VQB is planned to be presented to the NSH SG at the next meeting on 18th July. The proposed improvements should be finalised and available next year. http://discover.ukdataservice.ac.uk/variables

7. Raising the profile of Harmonisation and strengthening links – The Harmonisation Team has

regular meetings with the UK Statistics Authority, GSS Good Practice Team, the ONS Quality Centre, ONS Data Collection Methodology, the UK Data Service, Census Transformation Programme and the ONS Admin Data Division. Work is ramping up with the 2021 Census and the Harmonisation Team and some of the NSHG Topic Groups are represented on the Census Topic Groups.

8. Harmonisation Presentations/Roadshows – Since the last meeting we were due to present at

the RSS Conference from the 5 to 8 September but due to staff illness at very short notice this was not possible. We had also submitted an abstract for the GSS Conference from 8 to 9 September but this was not accepted. There are no future events planned at the moment. NSHG members are reminded to think about how they can promote harmonisation within their department and across the GSS. The Harmonisation Team have a number of presentations, posters, flyers to help you to promote harmonisation so please get in touch with the team so we can help.

The Harmonisation Team would also welcome ideas on any upcoming conferences, programmes, projects etc where they can promote and encourage harmonisation. Please contact the Harmonisation Team with any ideas you have.

9. NSH Steering Group – The NSH SG met on 3rd October and the meeting discussed the following agenda items:

• How can we raise the harmonisation agenda across the GSS

2

http://discover.ukdataservice.ac.uk/variables

NSHG (16:3) 10

• Progress on Business Harmonisation • 2016/2017 NSH SG Communication Plan • UK Statistics Authority Priorities and Views • Horizon Scanning

The meeting minutes are on the GSS website (https://gss.civilservice.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/V0.3.1_DRAFT-NSH-SG-16-2-03_meeting-minutes.docx)

The next meeting is to be held on 28th March 2017.

10. Harmonising Business Statistics – The Harmonisation Team proposed a governance structure

for business harmonisation that has been agreed by NSHG Steering Group. The Business Harmonisation Task & Finish Group (BHTFG) will meet for the first time on the 5th December. The group has members from across GSS. The first meeting will discuss, amongst other items; Terms of Reference; other potential members; Short Term Business Statistics (SBS) and the cross cutting principles: Employment and Turnover. It is expected that drafts of these principles will be circulated to BHTFG members in November 2016.

A Business Surveys Harmonisation Working Group has been formed within ONS and is currently meeting every 2 weeks. This group is part of a larger programme DCTP (Data Collection Transformation Programme) aimed at meeting the strategic aims of ONS to harmonise and rationalise its collection of business data.

The impact of FRIBS (Framework Regulation Integrating Business Statistics) on the current business variables has been fully mapped. This work covers 20 variables which impact on a range of ONS business surveys. A timetable has been produced which covers these variables in conjunction with the priority areas for DCTP. Agreement has been reached to initially focus on Employment and Turnover

11. Harmonising Administrative Data - The harmonisation team are currently working with Admin

Data Division to investigate the harmonisation of admin data, for example looking at the definitions of admin data which ONS currently holds.

12. Harmonisation and Social Media - The harmonisation team are still active members of

StatsUserNet and the GSS blog, but are looking for suitable articles to publish. If members have harmonisation related work to promote or publicise please contact the harmonisation team. The most recent publications have been in support of the new Harmonisation handbook..

Mark Herniman Classifications and Harmonisation Unit Room 2400 ONS Titchfield Tel: 01329 444018 Email: [email protected]

3

https://gss.civilservice.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/V0.3.1_DRAFT-NSH-SG-16-2-03_meeting-minutes.docx

https://gss.civilservice.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/V0.3.1_DRAFT-NSH-SG-16-2-03_meeting-minutes.docx

mailto:[email protected]

NSHG (16:3) 15


GSS Good Practice Team Update - March 2016

Introduction This paper provides an update on Good Practice Team activity relevant to harmonisation since the last NSHG meeting. Issues for Discussion

a) The Good Practice Team chaired a Task and Finish Group instigated by SPSC to review the standards, guidance and policy estate across the GSS with a view to reviewing, rationalising and instigating more robust governance and management. The T&F group has now closed and work is progressing on a ‘Policy Store’ webpage ( https://www.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/policy-store/) on the UK Statistics Authority website to host the reviewed estate of standards, guidance and policy . The development of Policy Store is being taken forward by the Central Policy Secretariat with GPT– contact Rob Reeve for more information.

b) The recent Garrett Review of ONS Methodology recommended that Harmonisation, Quality Centre and the Good Practice Team are co-located. We are exploring options for what this might mean in practice as part of a wider exercise on Methodology reorganisation.

c) GPT are working with Heather Savory to promote the ONS Data Programme across the GSS. The Data Programme could have wide-ranging impact on the need for harmonisation (common address register, etc). The next data event is scheduled for 18th November and will take place the 1VS conference centre at BEIS. The target audience is GSS Heads of Profession or their delegates.

d) The Good Practice Team have taken over responsibility for the GSS website. We are considering ways to improve the offer the website provides to the GSS, including undertaking user research to determine what functionality the GSS need and how this can be best delivered.

e) We continue to support the UK Statistics Authority in its review of the Code of Practice. Martin Ralphs BSD / GSS Professional Support / Good Practice Team February 2016

https://www.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/policy-store/

NSHG (16:3) 11

1


Revised Harmonised Crime Questions for Agreement - November 2016

Introduction The first significant review of the harmonised principle for this topic area since 2004 was carried out in 2016. It identified several key issues:

- Existing questions included in the harmonised principle were extracted from the 2004 Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW). They are no longer fully consistent with the latest edition of the CSEW and do not include later developments in the content of the survey.

- The topic area has changed from ‘Crime and Fear of Crime’ to ‘Crime and Anti-Social Behaviour’. The existing principle does not fully reflect this change in emphasis.

In response to this review, a proposed revision to the harmonised principle has been developed to address these issues. Issues for Discussion Content of the harmonised principle: The CSEW is a face-to-face victimisation survey in which people resident in households in England and Wales are asked about their experiences of a range of crimes in the 12 months prior to the interview. Respondents to the survey are also asked about their attitudes towards different crime-related issues such as the police and the criminal justice system as well as perceptions of crime and anti-social behaviour. The existing harmonised principle contains selected questions from the attitudes and perceptions section of the 2004 CSEW considered to be relevant to the topic and suitable to be reused in other surveys or research work. The main focus of the remainder of the CSEW is the questions required for estimating the level of crime in England and Wales – these questions do not stand-alone and are not considered suitable for external use. The revised principle has reorganised the existing questions, using more relevant descriptions and sections. The existing questions have also been checked and made consistent with the latest versions used on the 2016/17 CSEW questionnaire. The changes proposed for the revised principle fall into four main categories:

- Wording changes to reflect latest version of questions. - Inclusion of questions relating to the measurement of specific areas of crime that are

stand-alone and can be used outside of the CSEW survey instrument. - Inclusion of questions focused on elements of anti-social behaviour. - Deletion of questions that have not been used on the CSEW for many years and

therefore have not been subject to regular stakeholder review or approval. Comparison with other UK areas: The CSEW is carried out in England and Wales by the survey contractor, Kantar, on behalf of ONS. Both Scotland and Northern Ireland have their own separate victimisation surveys.

NSHG (16:3) 11

2

The Scottish Crime and Justice Survey (SCJS) and the Northern Ireland Crime Survey (NICS) are both similar in format and content to the CSEW and results from these are broadly comparable to those from the CSEW. As a result the harmonised principle is broadly comparable with questions used in Scotland and Northern Ireland, although there may be some differences in content and format. Next Steps The NSHG is asked to agree the attached revised Harmonised Principle for Crime and Anti-Social Behaviour. Fiona Aitchison Crime Statistics, Public Policy Division 26 October 2016 List of Annexes:

Annex A: Request for agreement of the revised harmonised principle for Crime and Anti-Social Behaviour Annex B: Proposed revised harmonised principle for Crime and Anti-Social Behaviour

NSHG (16:3) 11

3

ANNEX A


Crime and Anti-Social Behaviour Request for NSHG to Agree the Revision to Existing GSS Harmonised Principle

Reasons for Revision to Existing Harmonised Principle The existing harmonised principle for ‘Crime and Fear of Crime’ was produced in 2004 and had not undergone significant review since that time. The topic group has changed in the interim period to ‘Crime and Anti-Social Behaviour’, which is not reflected in the existing principle. Additionally, the questions included in the existing principle were extracts of those included in the 2004 Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW). The survey undergoes annual updates and some of the harmonised questions are now out of step with the versions included in the latest survey instrument. Expected Benefits the Revision will Bring The revision will:

- Bring the questions included in the harmonised principle in line with the latest published (2016/17) version of the CSEW

- Improve categorisation of the questions included in the harmonised principle, with greater focus on questions relating to anti-social behaviour

- Include additional questions on a wider range of crime topics using that have been introduced on the survey since 2004

- Clarify position on harmonised outputs for crime and anti-social behaviour (none are produced)

Outline of Potential Benefits over Cost There is minimal cost associated with this change as all revised/new questions to the harmonised principle have already been developed for and run on the CSEW for several years. There is no requirement for additional question testing or research/analysis. Results of Consultation with Stakeholders Although there has been no specific consultation with users on the revised harmonised principle, all the questions put forward for inclusion in it have been subject to the CSEW’s annual review and development process. Under this process, key users and stakeholders from across government (including ONS, Home Office, Ministry of Justice, Department for Education, Department for Transport and Welsh Government) are asked to review the questionnaire content and design and submit any requests for change. ONS then undertake a further review in conjunction with the survey contractors Kantar to check that all changes meet the necessary quality standards (including harmonised principles), conduct question testing as appropriate and ensure continuity and consistency over time. This process also ensures that the survey remains relevant to current issues and policies related to crime and anti-social behaviour. All of the new/revised questions put forward for the revised harmonised principle have been accepted by all users and stakeholders during the most recent annual consultation process held in August-December 2015.

NSHG (16:3) 11

4

Potential Issues to Overcome None identified. Overview of Proposed Development Plan (inc Timetable) Work to develop the proposed revision to the harmonised principle has already been completed. Further work will depend on the outcome of the request to approve the changes. If approved the revised principle will be ready for publication. Next Steps Request to the NSHG for approval of the proposed revision to the Crime and Anti-Social Behaviour harmonised principle.

Name: Fiona Aitchison Department: Crime Statistics, Public Policy Division Date: 26 October 2016

NSHG (16:3) 11

5

ANNEX B

Harmonised Concepts and Questions for Social Data Sources Secondary Principles Crime and Anti Social Behaviour Version 3.3 Office for National Statistics, XXXX 2016 © Crown Copyright

NSHG (16:3) 11

6

About This Document and Update History Secondary Principles About this document This document forms part of a series that replaces the original Harmonised Concepts and Questions for Government Social Surveys. This series will make topics easier to find, with clearer guidance and consistent layouts. By using a series of documents, updates will be simpler and faster, and new topics will be easier to incorporate. This document is part of the set of Harmonised Secondary Principles for social sources. These are concepts and questions that apply only to a selected group of surveys. They are distinct from Primary Principles, as the latter are used on all or nearly all major government social surveys. For more information, please see the Introductory Document, available on our website. This is Version 3.3 published in XXXX 2016 This document was updated to incorporate changes to the 2016/17 questionnaire for the Crime Survey for England and Wales, and to identify additional questions that align the question topics more closely with the CSEW e.g. a more specific set on anti-social behaviour. Previous versions: Version 3.2 published in May 2015 This document was updated to Version 3.2 to correct minor formatting errors and to change the term ‘Harmonised Standards’ to ‘Harmonised Principles’ as agreed by the National Statistics Harmonisation Group. Version 3.1 published in October 2010. This document was updated to Version 3.1 to correct spelling and formatting errors. Version 3.0 published in December 2008. This document was updated to Version 3.0 to reflect changes in the format of the document by placing ‘Inputs’ before ‘Outputs’. Version 2.0 published in April 2008. This document was updated to Version 2.0 to reflect changes in the contact details for the Harmonisation Team. Version 1.0 published in June 2004. This document is part of a series that replaced the Harmonised Concepts and Questions document. We have been working to make our guidance easier to find and clearer to use. Other than the formatting and layout changes, there are no new changes to questions or outputs in this version. Please note that version control is new to this edition. Please ensure that you always use up-to-date versions of questions and outputs by checking our website for new editions – the version number will be incremented when changes are made.

NSHG (16:3) 11

7

Contents Secondary Principles Introduction ………………………………………………………. Crime & Anti Social Behaviour: Inputs ……………………………………………………………..

NSHG (16:3) 11

8

Introduction Secondary Principles Contact us For more information about Harmonisation or to join our mailing list, please visit our website at http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/harmonisation/harmonisation-index-page/index.html If you would like further information or have any questions, please contact: ・ Email: [email protected]

・ Telephone: 01329 444017

・ Mail: Harmonisation Team Office for National Statistics Room 1400 Segensworth Road Titchfield Fareham PO15 5RR

NSHG (16:3) 11

9

Crime and Anti Social Behaviour Inputs The lead survey for questions on crime and anti-social behaviour is the Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW). The questions are structured into main blocks: Worries about Crime, Perceptions about Crime, Perceptions of Problems in Area, Measurements of Specific Types of Crime, the Police and Anti Social Behaviour. However, users who wish to use questions on crime and anti-social behaviour are not obliged to use all blocks on their surveys, but only those that are applicable for their survey needs. Showcards for some questions are provided in an Annex at the end of this document. # Note: 'This Area' is defined as being within fifteen minutes of walking distance from the respondent's home. ## Note: The questions in the section below are directed towards adults (age 16+). If you would like to view questions on crime and anti social behaviour aimed towards children please refer to the 10-15 year old questionnaire of the Crime Survey for England and Wales. ### Note: The questions on Domestic Violence are self completion questions, and should be used in self completion questionnaires only. Worries about crime Most of us WORRY at some time or other about being the victim of a crime. Using one of the phrases on this card, could you tell me how worried you are about the following. SHOW CARD A1 WBURGL [ASK ALL] (How worried are you about)....having your home broken into and something stolen? SHOW CARD A1 1. Very worried 2. Fairly worried 3. Not very worried 4. Not at all worried 5. (Not applicable) WMUGGED [ASK ALL] (How worried are you about)......being mugged and robbed? SHOW CARD A1 1. Very worried 2. Fairly worried 3. Not very worried 4. Not at all worried 5. (Not applicable) WCARSTOL [ASK ALL] (How worried are you about)......having your car stolen? SHOW CARD A1

NSHG (16:3) 11

10

1. Very worried 2. Fairly worried 3. Not very worried 4. Not at all worried 5. (Not applicable) WFROMCAR [ASK IF WCARSTOL NE 5] (How worried are you about)......having things stolen from your car? SHOW CARD A1 1. Very worried 2. Fairly worried 3. Not very worried 4. Not at all worried 5. (Not applicable) WRAPED [ASK ALL] (How worried are you about)......being raped? SHOW CARD A1 1. Very worried 2. Fairly worried 3. Not very worried 4. Not at all worried 5. (Not applicable) WATTACK [ASK ALL] (How worried are you about).....being physically attacked by strangers? SHOW CARD A1 1. Very worried 2. Fairly worried 3. Not very worried 4. Not at all worried 5. (Not applicable) WRACEATT [ASK ALL] (How worried are you about).....being subject to a physical attack because of your skin colour, ethnic origin or religion? SHOW CARD A1 1. Very worried 2. Fairly worried 3. Not very worried 4. Not at all worried 5. (Not applicable) WCYBER [ASK ALL] (How worried are you about)….being a victim of online crime? SHOW CARD A1

1. Very worried

NSHG (16:3) 11

11

2. Fairly worried 3. Not very worried 4. Not at all worried 5. (Not applicable)

WIDENT [ASK ALL] (How worried are you about)… your personal details such as your name, address, or bank account

details, being used without your permission or prior knowledge? SHOW CARD A1

1. Very worried 2. Fairly worried 3. Not very worried 4. Not at all worried 5. (Not applicable)

Perceptions of Feeling Safe WALKDARK [ASK ALL] How safe do you feel walking alone in this area after dark? Would you say you feel...READ OUT NOTE: IF RESPONDENT NEVER GOES OUT ALONE AT NIGHT, PROBE: How safe WOULD you feel?

1. Very safe 2. Fairly safe 3. A bit unsafe 4. or very unsafe?

OUTALON2 [ASK ALL] Thinking about the spring and autumn periods, how often do you usually walk alone in this area after dark?

1. At least once a week 2. At least once a fortnight 3. At least once a month 4. Less often than once a month 5. Never

NOWALK3A-NOWALK3R [ASK IF OUTALON2 = 4 OR OUTALON2 = 5] You mentioned that you [never walk alone in this area after dark/walk alone in this area less often than once a month after dark]. Why do you [never go out /not go out more] after dark?

DO NOT PROMPT CODE ALL THAT APPLY 1. Too old 2. Too ill/sick/disabled 3. Family responsibilities e.g. children/sick relatives 4. Fear of being mugged or physically attacked 5. Fear of burglary/vandalism 6. Fear of the dark/night 7. Fear of going out on your own 8. Nowhere to go/nothing to do/no reason to go out 9. Busy working/content to stay in - watch TV 10. Don't want to go out 11. Drive/use car when go out 12. Tend to go out with other people 13. Due to groups/gangs of teenagers hanging around in local area 14. Poor/non-existent street lighting/because it is dark 15. Due to traffic/busy roads/poor condition of pavements 16. Other (SPECIFY)

WALKDAY [ASK ALL] How safe do you feel walking alone in this area during the day? Would you say you feel...READ OUT

NSHG (16:3) 11

12

NOTE: IF RESPONDENT NEVER GOES OUT ALONE DURING THE DAY, PROBE: How safe WOULD you feel?


HOMEALON [ASK ALL] How safe do you feel when you are alone in your own home at night? Would you say you feel.....READ OUT NOTE: IF NEVER ALONE PROBE: How safe WOULD you feel?


Perceptions about crime PERCLL3 [ASK ALL] Looking at this card what do you think has happened to crime in the COUNTRY AS A WHOLE over the past few years? SHOW CARD B1

1. Gone up a lot 2. Gone up a little 3. Stayed about the same 4. Gone down a little 5. Gone down a lot

PERCLC2 [ASK ALL] And what do you think has happened to crime in your LOCAL AREA over the past few years? SHOW CARD B1


PERSECA-PERSECM [ASK ALL] SHOW CARD B2 Looking at this card, do you CURRENTLY take any of these actions to reduce your chances of becoming a victim of crime when you are out and about? CODE ALL THAT APPLY

1. Walk home in company (where possible) 2. Only use licensed cabs 3. Make sure I travel in a busy train or tube carriage 4. Not listen to music when walking home alone 5. Keep personal property out of sight (e.g. phone, mp3 player) 6. Avoid walking through certain areas or types of place 7. Take/taken self-defence classes 8. Being generally aware of surroundings/other people around 9. Done something else to improve personal security 10. Not done anything 11. SPONTANEOUS ONLY: Never go out

PERSCON [ASK ALL IF PERSEC NOT 11]

[Apart from the measures you have just mentioned/Although you have not taken any of these measures], over the past year would you say that in your DAY TO DAY behaviour you have become more or less conscious about your personal security when you are out and about, or has there been no real change? 1. More security conscious 2. Less security conscious

NSHG (16:3) 11

13

3. About the same/no real change PERSCY2A-PERSCY2M [ASK IF PERSCON = 1] SHOW CARD B3 Looking at this card, did any of these things prompt you to become more conscious about your personal security in the past year? CODE ALL THAT APPLY NOTE: IF NECESSARY, REMIND RESPONDENT THAT THEY SHOULD BE THINKING OF THEIR PERSONAL SECURITY AND THEIR CHANCES OF BECOMING A VICTIM OF CRIME WHEN OUT AND ABOUT

1. Victim of personal crime/attempted crime 2. Friend/ family member was victim of personal crime/attempted crime 3. Levels of crime (including crime maps) 4. Advertising/advice by government or police 5. Advertising/advice by retailer/transport/bar/restaurant 6. Advice from friend/ family/ someone else 7. Media reports in newspapers/on TV/in other media 8. Generally more aware of security/aware of risks/generally more security conscious 9. Feel more vulnerable/insecure due to changes in personal circumstances 10. Other (SPECIFY) 11. No particular reason

INTERN1 [ASK ALL] Have you used the Internet, at home or elsewhere, in the last 12 months?

1. Yes 2. No

EPRODE4A-EPRODE4Q [ASK ALL IF INTERN1=YES] SHOW CARD B4 There are ways of being safety conscious online. In the past 12 months have you typically done any of the things listed on this card to keep yourself safe online? CODE ALL THAT APPLY INTERVIEWER NOTE: RESPONDENTS SHOULD ANSWER EVEN IF THEY ONLY TAKE ACTIONS OCCASIONALLY OR ONLY WHEN ACCESSING THE INTERNET ON CERTAIN DEVICES INTERVIEWER NOTE: INCLUDE IF SOMEONE ELSE HAS DONE SO ON RESPONDENT’S BEHALF (e.g. INSTALL FIREWALL ON HOME OR WORK PC)

1. Only downloaded known files or programs 2. Only used well-known or trusted sites 3. Downloaded software updates and patches whenever prompted 4. Used complex passwords (contain letters, numbers and symbols) 5. Used a different password for each different online account 6. Checked for signs that a site is secure when buying online (closed padlock sign/https website

address) 7. Deleted suspicious emails without opening them 8. Logged out of websites when you are finished 9. Adjusted website account settings (e.g. privacy settings) 10. Installed anti-virus or other security software, such as a firewall 11. Scanned computer regularly for viruses or other malicious software 12. Protected your home wireless connection (wi-fi) with a password or been cautious using public

wi-fi 13. Only added known persons as friends on social networks. 14. Been careful about putting personal details on social networking sites (e.g. date of birth, place of

work) / not put personal details online 15. None of these

Perceptions about problems in area For the following things I read out, can you tell me how much of a problem they are in your area. By your area I mean within 15 minutes walk from here. NOISNEIG [ASK ALL]

NSHG (16:3) 11

14

How much of a problem are….noisy neighbours or loud parties? SHOW CARD C1 1. Very big problem 2. Fairly big problem 3. Not a very big problem 4. Not a problem at all TEENHANG [ASK ALL] (How much of a problem are…) teenagers hanging around on the streets? SHOW CARD C1 1. Very big problem 2. Fairly big problem 3. Not a very big problem 4. Not a problem at all RUBBISH [ASK ALL] (How much of a problem is….) rubbish or litter lying around? SHOW CARD C1 1. Very big problem 2. Fairly big problem 3. Not a very big problem 4. Not a problem at all VANDALS [ASK ALL] – (How much of a problem are….) vandalism, graffiti and other deliberate damage to property or vehicles? SHOW CARD C1 1. Very big problem 2. Fairly big problem 3. Not a very big problem 4. Not a problem at all DRUGUSE [ASK ALL] (How much of a problem are…) people using or dealing drugs? SHOW CARD C1 1. Very big problem 2. Fairly big problem 3. Not a very big problem 4. Not a problem at all DRUNK [ASK ALL] (How much of a problem are….) people being drunk or rowdy in public places? SHOW CARD C1 1. Very big problem 2. Fairly big problem 3. Not a very big problem 4. Not a problem at all ABANCAR [ASK ALL]

NSHG (16:3) 11

15

(How much of a problem are…) abandoned or burnt out cars? SHOW CARD C1

1. A very big problem 2. A fairly big problem 3. Not a very big problem 4. Not a problem at all

SPEEDTRAFF [ASK ALL] (How much of a problem is….) speeding traffic? SHOW CARD C1


NBRWAD1 [ASK ALL] Is there a Neighbourhood Watch Scheme currently operating in this area that covers your address? INTERVIEWER PROMPT IF NECESSARY: Neighbourhood Watch also refers to other Watch schemes, such as Home Watch

1. Yes 2. No 3. Never heard of Neighbourhood Watch/Home Watch

MBRNBRW [ASK IF NBRWAD1= YES] Is your household currently a member of the scheme?

1. Yes 2. No

YNOSCM2A- YNOSCM2L [ASK IF MBRNBRW = NO]

Are there any reasons why your household is [not/no longer] a member of the local Neighbourhood Watch scheme? DO NOT PROMPT CODE ALL THAT APPLY 1. Too busy/not enough time 2. Not interested 3. Not much crime in the local area 4. Don’t know how to join 5. Don’t know enough about the scheme 6. No one has asked us to join 7. Don’t think they are effective 8. Haven’t got around to it yet/Never thought about it 9. Another reason 10. No particular reason

BURGALAR [ASK ALL] Do you have a burglar alarm in your home? By a burglar alarm, I mean a real alarm not a dummy alarm box.

1. Yes 2. No

DEADLOCK [ASK ALL] Do you have double locks or deadlocks on the outside doors into your home? INTERVIEWER: DOUBLE LOCKS NEED THE KEY TURNED TWICE DEAD LOCKS ARE "FIVE LEVER MORTICES" OR "RIM AUTOMATIC DEADLOCKS" (YALE TYPE LOCKS ON WHICH THE LATCH CAN BE FIXED WITH A KEY)

1. Yes - on all 2. Yes - on some 3. No

CHAINS [ASK ALL] Do you have security chains or door bars on the inside of the doors into your home? INTERVIEWER: A DOOR BAR IS A MECHANISM THAT WORKS ON THE SAME PRINCIPLE AS A DOOR CHAIN, BUT IS USED MORE EASILY BY THE ELDERLY. IT IS A HINGED MECHANISM THAT JOINS THE FRAME OF THE DOOR WITH THE DOOR SO THAT IT CAN BE OPENED A SMALL WAY TO SAFELY VIEW THE VISITOR

NSHG (16:3) 11

16


WINDLCK2 [ASK ALL] Do your windows have locks that need keys to open them? CODE FIRST THAT APPLIES.


TIMLIIN [ASK ALL]

Do you have any INDOOR lights on a timer or sensor switch? 1. Yes 2. No

TIMLIOUT [ASK ALL] And do you have any OUTDOOR lights on a timer or sensor switch?

1. Yes 2. No

SECYR5A-SECYR5Q [ASK ALL] SHOW CARD C2 Since the first of [^DATE^] have you done any of the things listed on this Card to your home? [Please only think about anything that you have done or had done to your CURRENT home in the last 12 months] CODE ALL THAT APPLY NOTE: WE ARE INTERESTED IN ALL SECURITY MEASURES DONE IN THE LAST YEAR, EVEN IF THESE WERE NOT DONE BY THE RESPONDENT THEMSELVES BUT BY THEIR LANDLORD OR THE COUNCIL

1. Installed a burglar alarm 2. Installed a dummy alarm 3. Fitted double locks or deadlocks on outside doors into home 4. Fitted security chains or door bars on the doors into home 5. Fitted window locks 6. Replaced doors/windows with more secure ones 7. Fitted indoor timer or sensor lights 8. Fitted outdoor timer or sensor lights 9. Security marked household property or bicycles with your postcode/ other security code 10. Recorded the serial number of household property 11. Installed lockable gates to protect rear or side garden 12. Installed new fencing, or improved existing fencing to protect rear or side garden 13. Installed CCTV camera outside house 14. Made some other security improvement 15. None of these

SECBEHYR [ASK ALL]

There are ways of being security conscious in your day to day behaviour, such as being careful to lock doors, leaving lights on when you are out, or checking who is at the door before opening it. [Apart from the measures you have just mentioned/ Although you have not taken any of these measures], over the past year, would you say that in your DAY TO DAY behaviour you have become more or less security conscious around the home or has there been no real change? 1. More security conscious 2. Less security conscious 3. About the same/no real change/ difference

Measurement of specific types of crime Mobile Phone Crime MOBILE [ASK ALL] Have you owned or had regular use of a mobile phone at any time since [the first of ^DATE^]? INTERVIEWER: THIS INCLUDES REGULARLY CARRYING A MOBILE PHONE FOR USE IN EMERGENCIES EVEN IF SELDOM USED.

NSHG (16:3) 11

17

1. Yes MOBSTOLE [ASK IF MOBILE = YES] Since the first of [^DATE] have you had a mobile phone stolen?

1. Yes 2. No

Domestic Violence – SELF COMPLETION [[ONLY USE THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS IF THEY ARE PART OF A SELF COMPLETION SURVEY]] Please take a moment to read this. It contains important information about the questions you are about to be asked. The next set of questions may seem very personal but it is very important that we ask them to help [insert organisation/us] understand more about certain types of crime. Please remember that all your answers are strictly confidential and your information will be grouped with others in a way that does not identify individuals. If the questions upset you in any way you can choose the ‘Don’t wish to answer’ response. However, we hope you will continue to the end. Harmonised age question? Harmonised marital status/cohabitation question? MARSTB [ASK ALL] What is your marital status? INTERVIEWER: IF THE RESPONDENT QUERIES THE TERM SEPARATED EXPLAIN THAT IT COVERS ANY PERSON WHOSE LEGAL PARTNER IS LIVING ELSEWHERE BECAUSE OF ESTRANGEMENT (WHETHER THE SEPARATION IS LEGAL OR NOT)

1. Single, that is, never married and never registered in a same-sex civil partnership 2. Married 3. Separated, but still legally married 4. Divorced 5. Widowed 6. In a registered same-sex civil partnership 7. Separated, but still legally in a same-sex civil partnership 8. Formerly in a same-sex civil partnership which is now legally dissolved 9. Surviving partner from a same-sex civil partnership

COHAB-COHAB10 [ASK IF MARST = 1 OR 3 OR 4 OR 5 OR 7 OR 8 OR 9 OR DK/REF] INTERVIEWER: ASK THE COHABITING STATUS OF EACH RELEVANT ADULT IN THE HOUSEHOLD Are you living with someone in this household as a couple?

1. Yes 2. No 3. SPONTANEOUS ONLY - Same sex couple (but not in a formal registered civil partnership)

NIPV1a [ASK ALL AGE 16-59 IF (AND MARSTB=1 AND COHAB=2)] Have you ever had a partner? By partner we mean a boyfriend, girlfriend, husband, wife or civil partner.

1. Yes 2. Never had a partner/been in a relationship 3. Don’t know/can’t remember 4. Don’t wish to answer

NIPV1 [ASK ALL AGE 16-59 IF AND (NIPV1a=1 OR MARSTB=<>1 OR COHAB=1)] Since you were 16 has a partner or ex-partner ever done any of the things listed below? By partner we mean a boyfriend, girlfriend, husband, wife or civil partner.

- Prevented you from having your fair share of the household money - Stopped you from seeing friends and relatives - Repeatedly belittled you to the extent that you felt worthless 1. Yes 2. No 3. Never had a partner/been in a relationship (DO NOT DISPLAY CODE – USED FOR ROUTING.

IF N1PV1A=2 CODE NIPV1=3) 4. Don’t know/can’t remember 5. Don’t wish to answer

NIPV3 [ASK ALL AGE 16-59 IF AND (NIPV1a=1 OR MARSTB=<>1 OR COHAB=1)]

NSHG (16:3) 11

18

Since you were 16 has a partner or ex-partner ever frightened or threatened you in any way? For example, they may have threatened to hurt you, to kill you, to use a weapon on you, or to hurt someone close to you [such as your children]?

1. Yes 2. No 3. Don’t know/can’t remember 4. Don’t wish to answer

NIPV5 [ASK ALL AGE 16-59 IF (NIPV1a=1 OR MARSTB=<>1 OR COHAB=1)] Since you were 16 has a partner or ex-partner ever used force on you? For example, they may have pushed you, slapped you, hit, punched or kicked you, choked you or used a weapon against you.


NIPV6 [ASK IF NIPV5=1] Have you ever been injured (even if only slightly) as a result of the force used on you? By injured we mean things such as bruises, black eyes, cuts or scratches, or broken bones.


NIPV9 [ASK ALL AGE 16-59 I’d now like you to think about other members of your family [apart from your partner]. This might include your parents, your children, your brother or sisters or any other relatives. Since you were 16 has a member of your family (other than a partner) ever done any of the things listed below?

- Prevented you from having your fair share of the household money - Stopped you from seeing friends and relatives - Repeatedly belittled you to the extent that you felt worthless - 1. Yes 2. No 3. Don’t have any family members 4. Don’t know/can’t remember 5. Don’t wish to answer

NIPV11 [ASK ALL AGE 16-59 IF AND NIPV9 NE 3] Since you were 16, has a member of your family (other than a partner) ever frightened or threatened you in any way? For example, they may have threatened to hurt you, to kill you, to use a weapon on you, or to hurt someone close to you [such as your children]?


NIPV13 [ASK ALL AGE 16-59 IF AND NIPV9 NE 3 Since you were 16 has a member of your family (other than a partner) ever used force on you? For example, they may have pushed you, slapped you, hit, punched or kicked you, choked you or used a weapon against you.


NIPV14 [ASK IF NIPV13=1] Have you ever been injured (even if only slightly) as a result of the force used on you? By injured we mean things such as bruises, black eyes, cuts or scratches, or broken bones.

1. Yes 2. No

NSHG (16:3) 11

19

3. Don’t know/can’t remember 4. Don’t wish to answer

NIPV14BA- NIPV14BG [ASK IF NIPV13=1] Please think about when a member of your family (other than a partner) has used force on you. What was their relationship to you? If more than one family member has done this to you please tell us about all the different people.

1. Your father (including adopted/step/foster) 2. Your mother (including adopted/step/foster) 3. Your son (including adopted/step/foster) 4. Your daughter (including adopted/step/foster) 5. Another relative

The police POLTRST [ASK ALL] In general how much do you trust the police as an organisation? SHOW CARD D1

1. A lot 2. A fair amount 3. Not very much 4. Not at all

POLTRU2A- POLTRU2O [ASK ALL] Looking at this card, which of the following has affected your trust in the police as an organisation? CODE ALL THAT APPLY SHOW CARD D2 1. Positive personal experience with the police 2. Negative personal experience with the police 3. Relatives' and/or friends' experiences 4. Word of mouth/ Information from other people 5. Reporting on police involvement in high profile incidents 6. Broadsheet newspapers (e.g. Times, Guardian, Telegraph) 7. Tabloid newspapers (e.g. Sun, Express, Daily Mail) 8. Local newspapers 9. TV documentaries 10. News programmes 11. Social media (e.g. Facebook/ Twitter) 12. Something else (SPECIFY) 13. SPONTANEOUS ONLY: Not sure +DISPLAY [ASK ALL] I’d now like to ask you what you think about the POLICE IN THIS AREA. You don’t need to have actually had contact with the police to answer these questions, we are just interested in your general opinion about the police in this area. INTERVIEWER PROMPT IF NECESSARY: By local area I mean within a 15 minute walk from here RATPOL2 [ASK ALL] Taking everything into account, how good a job do you think the police IN THIS AREA are doing? SHOW CARD D3

1. Excellent 2. Good 3. Fair 4. Poor 5. Very poor

POLVIS [ASK ALL] Have you seen or heard information about what the police are doing to tackle crime and anti-social

behaviour in your local area in the last 12 months? 1. Yes

NSHG (16:3) 11

20

2. No

POLVIS2 [ASK IF POLVIS=1] Did you see or hear this information in any of the following ways in the last 12 months? SHOW CARD D4

1. Via social media (e.g. Facebook/Twitter) 2. Newsletters 3. E-mail notifications 4. Community messaging 5. Public meeting 6. Local newspapers 7. On a website (e.g. on a police force’s own website) 8. Other – please specify 9. None of these 10.

Anti-social behaviour +DISPLAY [ASK ALL] I’d now like to ask you some questions about anti-social behaviour in your local area. ASBPROB [ASK ALL] How much of a problem is anti-social behaviour in your local area? By your area I mean within 15 minutes walk from here. SHOW CARD E1


ASBLOC [ASK ALL] And what do you think has happened to the level of anti-social behaviour in your LOCAL AREA over the past few years? SHOW CARD E2


ASBEXP [ASK ALL] Have you personally experienced or witnessed any sort of anti-social behaviour in your local area in the last 12 months? IF NECESSARY: Anti-social behaviour is any behaviour that causes people nuisance, annoyance, alarm or distress. This can include behaviours that are aggressive or intimidating or that impact upon a person’s quality of life.

1. Yes 2. No

WHASBEXA- WHASBEXQ [ASK IF ASBEXP = YES] What sorts of anti-social behaviour have you personally experienced or witnessed in your local area in the last 12 months? CODE ALL THAT APPLY PROBE: What else? INTERVIEWER: IF THE RESPONDENT DESCRIBES AN INCIDENT OF ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR THAT COULD FIT INTO MORE THAN ONE CODE BELOW PLEASE SELECT THE CODE THAT IS CLOSEST TO WHAT IS BEING DESCRIBED. YOU SHOULD NOT CODE A SINGLE INCIDENT AS MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR

NSHG (16:3) 11

21

IF WHAT THE RESPONDENT DESCRIBES IS CLEARLY A CRIME YOU SHOULD CODE THIS AS ‘OTHER CRIME’. IF YOU ARE IN DOUBT ASK: Do you think that the incident you experienced or witnessed was anti-social behaviour or actually criminal behaviour?

1. Youths/teenagers/groups hanging about on the streets 2. Street drinking/drunken behaviour/under-age drinking 3. Vandalism, criminal damage or graffiti (e.g. to buildings, vehicles, bus shelters, phone boxes,

trees or plants, etc.) 4. Inconsiderate behaviour (e.g. repeated or inappropriate use of firework; youths

kicking/throwing/playing football in inappropriate areas; cycling/skateboarding in pedestrian areas or obstructing pavements; people throwing stones, bottles, eggs, etc.)

5. Loud music or other noise (e.g. shouting, noisy cars, noise from pubs, etc.) 6. People using or dealing drugs or evidence of drugs (e.g. discarded needles, crack houses) 7. People being intimidated, threatened, verbally abused or harassed (inc. on the grounds of race,

religion, disability, sexual orientation, etc.) 8. Environmental e.g. Litter or rubbish (including fly-tipping) or dog fouling 9. Nuisance neighbours 10. Vehicle related e.g. Inconvenient or illegal parking; abandoned vehicles; speeding cars or

motorcycles, joyriding, car revving, boy racers 11. Begging, vagrancy, problems with homeless people 12. Sexual e.g. Prostitution or kerb crawling or evidence of prostitution (e.g. cards in phone boxes,

used condoms) People committing inappropriate or indecent sexual acts in public 13. Problems with out of control or dangerous dogs 14. OTHER ASB 15. OTHER CRIME

ASBFRQ [ASK FOR EACH TYPE OF ASB EXPERIENCED] SHOW CARD E3 How often have you experienced or witnessed anti social behaviour in the last 12 months? INTERVIEWER: IF THE SHORT HAND DESCRIPTION OF THE ANTI SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR BEING USED IN THE QUESTION IS NOT CLEAR YOU CAN CHANGE THE WORDING OF HOW YOU DESCRIBE THE INCIDENT TO SOMETHING THAT IS MORE MEANINGFUL

1. Every day/almost every day 2. At least once a week 3. At least once a fortnight 4. At least once a month 5. A few times in the last 12 months 6. Once in the last 12 months 7. Not at all in the last 12 months

ASBQUA1- ASBQUA13 [ASK IF ASBEXP=1] How much is YOUR OWN quality of life affected by your experience of anti social behaviour on a scale from 1 to 10, where 1 is no effect and 10 is a total effect on your quality of life? 1…10

NSHG (16:3) 11

22

Crime and Anti Social Behaviour Outputs No proposals for harmonised outputs for topics related to crime and anti-social behaviour are planned. The output categories generally derive straight from the questions or from the answer categories given on any showcards used. If any categories are combined, this should be made clear in published documentation.

NSHG (16:3) 11

23

Annex - Showcards WORRIES ABOUT CRIME SHOWCARD A1 1. Very worried 2. Fairly worried 3. Not very worried 4. Not at all worried 5. (Not applicable) PERCEPTIONS ABOUT CRIME SHOWCARD B1


SHOWCARD B2

1. Walk home in company (where possible) 2. Only use licensed cabs 3. Make sure I travel in a busy train or tube carriage 4. Not listen to music when walking home alone 5. Keep personal property out of sight (e.g. phone, mp3 player) 6. Avoid walking through certain areas or types of place 7. Take/taken self-defence classes 8. Being generally aware of surroundings/other people around 9. Done something else to improve personal security 10. Not done anything 11. SPONTANEOUS ONLY: Never go out

SHOWCARD B3

1. Victim of personal crime/attempted crime 2. Friend/ family member was victim of personal crime/attempted crime 3. Levels of crime (including crime maps) 4. Advertising/advice by government or police 5. Advertising/advice by retailer/transport/bar/restaurant 6. Advice from friend/ family/ someone else 7. Media reports in newspapers/on TV/in other media 8. Generally more aware of security/aware of risks/generally more security conscious 9. Feel more vulnerable/insecure due to changes in personal circumstances 10. Other (SPECIFY) 11. No particular reason

SHOWCARD B4

1. Only downloaded known files or programs 2. Only used well-known or trusted sites 3. Downloaded software updates and patches whenever prompted 4. Used complex passwords (contain letters, numbers and symbols) 5. Used a different password for each different online account 6. Checked for signs that a site is secure when buying online (closed padlock sign/https website

address) 7. Deleted suspicious emails without opening them 8. Logged out of websites when you are finished 9. Adjusted website account settings (e.g. privacy settings) 10. Installed anti-virus or other security software, such as a firewall 11. Scanned computer regularly for viruses or other malicious software 12. Protected your home wireless connection (wi-fi) with a password or been cautious using public

wi-fi 13. Only added known persons as friends on social networks. 14. Been careful about putting personal details on social networking sites (e.g. date of birth, place of

work) / not put personal details online

NSHG (16:3) 11

24

15. None of these PERCEPTIONS ABOUT PROBLEMS IN AREA SHOWCARD C1 1. Very big problem 2. Fairly big problem 3. Not a very big problem 4. Not a problem at all SHOWCARD C2

1. Installed a burglar alarm 2. Installed a dummy alarm 3. Fitted double locks or deadlocks on outside doors into home 4. Fitted security chains or door bars on the doors into home 5. Fitted window locks 6. Replaced doors/windows with more secure ones 7. Fitted indoor timer or sensor lights 8. Fitted outdoor timer or sensor lights 9. Security marked household property or bicycles with your postcode/ other security code 10. Recorded the serial number of household property 11. Installed lockable gates to protect rear or side garden 12. Installed new fencing, or improved existing fencing to protect rear or side garden 13. Installed CCTV camera outside house 14. Made some other security improvement 15. None of thes

THE POLICE SHOWCARD D1

1. A lot 2. A fair amount 3. Not very much 4. Not at all

SHOWCARD D2

1. Via social media (e.g. Facebook/Twitter) 2. Newsletters 3. E-mail notifications 4. Community messaging 5. Public meeting 6. Local newspapers 7. On a website (e.g. on a police force’s own website) 8. Other – please specify 9. None of these

SHOWCARD D3

1. Excellent 2. Good 3. Fair 4. Poor 5. Very poor

SHOWCARD D4

1. Via social media (e.g. Facebook/Twitter) 2. Newsletters 3. E-mail notifications 4. Community messaging 5. Public meeting 6. Local newspapers

NSHG (16:3) 11

25

7. On a website (e.g. on a police force’s own website) 8. Other – please specify 9. None of these

ANTI SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR SHOWCARD E1


SHOWCARD E2


SHOWCARD E3

1. Every day/almost every day 2. At least once a week 3. At least once a fortnight 4. At least once a month 5. A few times in the last 12 months 6. Once in the last 12 months 7. Not at all in the last 12 months

NSHG (16:3) 12


Update on Integrated European Social Statistics Framework – November 2016

Introduction

The United Kingdom is faced with a changing landscape in terms of the collection and delivery of social statistics to the European Commission (EC) over the next ten years. Much of the direction of change will come through the development of a new framework regulation covering social statistics from the EC that seeks to modernise the suite of social statistics collected by member states to better enable increased responsiveness to user needs, quality and efficiency. This is part of a wider modernisation programme for social statistics from the European Commission. The new framework regulation is referred to as Integrated European Social Statistics (IESS) and presents a number of concerns for the UK in terms of the implications for increased burden in our statistical system.

Since April 2014, work has commenced in drawing up a framework regulation for an integrated system of social surveys. The scope includes not only the main pillars Labour Force Survey (LFS) and EU Survey of Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC), but also the health requirements from EHIS (European Health Interview Survey), a time use survey (TUS), HBS (Household Budget Survey), AES (Adult Education Survey). The framework regulation refers to data sources and principles for statistics production, but does not include detailed variables or methodological issues that are instead dealt with through delegated or implementing acts. Discussions of the new framework regulation in were finalised in 2015 through Directors of Social Statistics (DSS) meetings and the regulation was brought to the ESSC in late 2015 for opinion. Eurostat expect lengthy discussions at the Council and the European Parliament so do not expect that it will be in place before 2018 (with the first year of data collection in 2019). There is expectation that the Commission proposal will be adopted in September 2016.

In all, three framework regulations are envisaged as part of the European Commissions’ Modernisation Programme for Social Statistics. The first framework regulation (IESS – Integrated European Social Statistics) is the subject of this note and is designed to provide a unified legal base for the existing social microdata collections while enabling the future integration and improvements foreseen under the modernisation programme. IESS would also create a legal base for two existing surveys which are currently produced under ‘gentleman’s agreement’, the Household Budget Survey and the Time Use Survey.

The second framework regulation would cover population statistics including population and housing censuses, and the third framework regulation would cover the administratively-based statistics and accounts.

Timetable

The modernisation programme for social statistics allows for a stepwise approach moving forward in parallel in several areas. The following key phases and milestones can be identified. This has shifted back a little (e.g. the adoption of the Commission proposal was in Q3 2016), so adoption by 2018 is ambitious.

1

NSHG (16:3) 12

Implications for the UK – risks and opportunities

Opportunities

Many of the ideas behind the European vision and the plans for social surveys are favoured by the UK. The European policy agenda is evolving and it is important that social surveys meet emerging needs. To achieve this the EC is attempting to establish closer links between education and labour market statistics and to move towards the development of health information and improving timeliness of poverty and inequality data. Standardisation, simplification and harmonisation are also goals. The review of questions which will challenge existing demands and make room for items that are currently more policy relevant is in line with UK aims. The greater use of modularisation which would reduce work on the current system of ad hoc modules would provide benefits.

Risks

Although many of the principles within the regulation are acceptable for the UK, the potential additional costs on the UK Government and devolved administrations are most unwelcome and we are continuing to challenge Eurostat on the need for burdensome additional requirements.

2

NSHG (16:3) 12

There is also a lack of clarity on the timetable for much of the work. This is potentially a large wide ranging project with the expectation from Eurostat that much of it will be ready for implementation in 2018 or 2019. This is likely to put a huge resource strain on social surveys both in finance and capability.

ONS is also concerned about the possible increase in burden on social surveys. Response rates have been falling in recent years so ONS is against any increase in length of the survey. Although Eurostat aim to remove some questions and ask others less frequently to make room for new variables there is a danger that the UK might not be able to do this where there are national needs for variables. Moreover the main aim of the LFS is for labour market variables. The UK is concerned about increasing the scope for example in adding health and income variables.

Current Status

Negotiations on the Framework Regulation covering social statistics – Integrated European Social Statistics (IESS) that have been on-going through the DSS meetings, including those since the September meeting, are now complete. The outcome of the full negotiations through DSS is as follows:

• Delegated acts – delegated acts covering periodicity and transmission deadlines have been removed from the IESS regulation in the final version meaning lower risk to future costs, as proposed by UK.

• Victimisation survey – excluded from IESS, as proposed by UK

• Tourism demand data – excluded from IESS, as proposed by UK

• LFS Household income questions – excluded from IESS, as proposed by UK. To be replaced by a currently collected variable on take home pay from work.

• GALI questions - compromise of GALI only being included on LFS (and EHIS as now) every two years instead of on all surveys covered by IESS, agreed by UK

• Time Use Survey and Household Budget Survey – the implementation of both surveys under IESS has been postponed until 2025, after the current spending round period.

• EHIS – periodicity has been changed to every 6 years instead of every 5 years as argued for by the UK.

• AES - periodicity has been changed to every 6 years instead of every 5 years as argued for by the UK.

• EU-SILC – agreement has been reached on reducing the precision requirements at NUTS 2 level to only include areas over a 500,000 population threshold. This reduces the impact of these requirements.

• LFS precision requirements – The proposal from Eurostat is that annual data can be used for an interim period to meet precision requirements

3

NSHG (16:3) 12

Next steps

• IESS is moving through the European Commission and the presidency proposal is now being considered at the Council Working Party on Statistics (1st reading took place at the end Sept) (SW can update the group verbally on the progress of discussions)

• An explanatory memorandum for the IESS regulation was prepared in September for UK Gov

• UK has provided comments on the latest version of the regulation and provided comments on the EC Impact Assessment consultation

• IESS was discussed briefly at DSS in October and the main points as follows:

· DSS noted latest developments related to the IESS regulation but had no discussion as the regulation was with European council in Brussels.

· Eurostat informed DSS that they will shortly be sending letters to MS requesting details of proposed derogations related to IESS. (this is important for UK as we are proposing derogations for LFS for precision requirements).

Sean White

ONS, Public Policy Division

26/10/2016

4

NSHG (16:3) 13


Responses to the Census Topic Consultation by Country

The tables in the attached annexes have been developed by ONS, NISRA and NRS respectively in response to the need identified at the UK-wide Topic Consultation Workshop held in NISRA on 25 February 2016. They are extracted from the following documents:

https://www.ons.gov.uk/census/censustransformationprogramme/consultations/the2021censusinitialviewoncontentforenglandandwales

http://www.nisra.gov.uk/archive/census/2021/planning/topic-consultation/assessment-of-the-responses-received.pdf

http://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/documents/census2021/Scotlands_Census_2021_Topic_Consultation_Report_August_2016.pdf

It reflects the planned way forward on each topic for each of ONS, NRS and NISRA towards developing the content of the 2021 Census questionnaire. A separate Joint Research Plan has been developed for the topics where development is required across all three countries.

The Statement of Agreement between the National Statistician and the Registrars General for Scotland and Northern Ireland[1] sets out the principles and intentions of harmonisation across the UK in the conduct of the 2021 Census.

For harmonised outputs the agreement states: • The 2021 Census outputs should constitute consistent, coherent and accessible statistics for

the UK, individual countries and geographic areas within each country.• Common definitions and classifications, typically based on international standards, should be

agreed, used and published. [This includes a common population base.]• Common topics and questions should be agreed wherever possible, with the intention of

making available consistent census outputs across the UK.

However, we expect that here will not be complete harmonisation, for example ethnic origin or religion but that the there will be a clear statement as to why there is not total comparability for these topics.

Annexes

A. England and Wales Census Topic Consultation – Responses to Consultation B. Northern Ireland Census Topic Consultation – Assessment of the Responses Received C. Scotland Census Topic Consultation - Report

[1] https://www.ons.gov.uk/census/censustransformationprogramme/progressanddevelopment/legislation







Census Transformation Programme Initial user requirements for England and Wales: Response to consultation

12 Office for National Statistics

3. Updated view

3.1 Overview

Figure3summarisestheoutcomeforeachofthetopicsbasedontheapproachusedtocombinetheevaluationpresentedinsection2.4.

InsummaryONSproposesto:

• collectinformationabout28sub-topics(oneofwhichisinWalesonly)

• considerhow/whethertomeettheneedforfivesub-topics

• notcollectninesub-topics

• deriveonesub-topicand

• explorethepotentialforadministrativedataforthreesub-topics.

Therearefoursub-topicswheretheoutcomediffersfromwhatwouldbeexpectedbasedonthetable.Thetopicsandsub-topicsare:

• Housing-Numberofrooms

• NS-SEC

• Labourmarket-Supervisorystatus

• Income

Therationalefortakingadifferentapproachforeachofthesesub-topicsissetoutintherelevanttopicsectionbelow,andmoredetailprovidedwithintherelevanttopicreport.

Annex A

Census Transformation ProgrammeInitial User Requirements for England and Wales: Response to Consultation



Figure 3 Overview of updated view for all topics

Highormediumuserrequirement(63.5-100) Lowuserrequirement(0-63)

Maximum operationalrequirement

Moderate or minimum operationalrequirement

Householdandfamilyrelationships(93)

Long-terminternationalmigration(91.5) Yearlastworked(55.5)

Supervisorystatus(24)

Methodoftransporttoplaceofwork(82.5)

Industry(79)

Maritalorlegalpartnershipstatus(76)

Short-terminternationalmigration(63)

Sex(92.5)

Economicactivityandhoursworked(84.5)

Addressofplaceofwork(81.5)

Numberofcarsorvans(77.5)

Typeofcentralheating(69.5)

Tenureandlandlord(ifrenting)(82)

Mainlanguagesused(83)

Religion(80)

Numberofbedrooms(76.5)

Nationalidentity(65.5)

Age(92.5)

Long-termhealthproblemordisability(87.5)

NS-SEC(81.5)

Welsh(78.5)

Numberofrooms(73)

Ethnicgroup(90.5)

Englishlanguageproficiency(83)

Amountofunpaidcareprovided(81)

Occupation(77)

Citizenship(68.5)

Typeofaccommodationandself-containment(82)

Generalhealth(82.5)

Internalmigration(79.5)

Qualificationsheld(76.5)

1

2

3

(continued below)

4



Highormediumuserrequirement(63.5-100) Lowuserrequirement(0-63)

No operationalrequirement as not previouslycollected on census

Key:

Sexualidentity(72) Armedforces(62)

Addressofplaceofstudy(59)

Healthconditions(52)

Petownership(50.5)

Placeofbirth(17)

Reasonformigration(61)

Mentalhealth(55)

Technology(50.5)

Factorsaffectinghealth(50.5)

Maiden/formername(12)

Genderidentity(66.5)

Volunteering(63.5)

Considerwhether/howtomeetneed

Donotcollect

Income(64.5)4

Donotcollect-Exploreadministrativedatapotential4

Collect

Collect-DerivefromotherCensusvariables1Collect-InWalesonly2

Considerwhether/howtomeetneed-NS-SECuseonly3

3.2 Basicdemographicsandhouseholdcomposition

Ageandsexarecoredemographicvariables,criticalacrossawiderangeofcensususes.Theyinformpopulationprojections,whichunderpindecisionmaking,planningandresourceallocationacrosscentralandlocalgovernment.BothvariablesarevitalformultivariateanalysisforthevastmajorityofusersandarealsoprotectedcharacteristicsundertheEqualityAct2010.Ageandsexarebothusedoperationallyduringthecoverageadjustmentprocesstoensuretheaccuracyofthefinalpopulationestimates.Thesedatawillagainbeusedinthiswayin2021.

Topic detail Initialview Updated view

Age

Maritalorlegalpartnershipstatus

Sex

Householdandfamilyrelationships

Collect

Collect

Collect

Collect

Collect

Collect

Collect

Collect

4



Maritalorlegalpartnershipstatusisusedbyawiderangeofusers,includingbycentralgovernmenttomonitortheimpactofgovernmentpolicyandservicedelivery.MarriageandcivilpartnershipisalsoaprotectedcharacteristicundertheEqualityAct2010.TheMarriage(SameSexCouples)Act2013hasbeenintroducedsincethe2011Census.Themaritalstatusresponsecategoriesandquestiondesignwillbereviewedtoreflectthesechanges.

Thehouseholdandfamilyrelationshipsinformationderivedfromtherelationshipmatrixisfundamentalforpopulationprofiling,planningandresourceallocation.Thesetopicsinformhouseholdprojectionswhichareusedforplanningandresourceallocation.Therelationshipmatrixandinstructionsarecomplex.In2011theconsiderableeffortinvestedinensuringthematrixcouldbecompletedonlineprovedsuccessful.

Thereisaclearuserneedfordataonhousingsub-topicsbycentralandlocalgovernmentandacrossothersectors.

Informationabouttypeofaccommodationandself-containment,tenureandlandlord(ifrenting)areallcoreinputstothedecisionmakingandresourceallocationassociatedwithplanningtomeetfuturehousingneeds.Typeofaccommodationandself-containmentarealsousedasinputstomorefrequentlyproducedhousingstatistics,whichunderpinresourceallocationbycentralandlocalgovernment.Operationallythedataassistwithmaximisingcoverage,andwillcontinuetobeusedinthiswayin2021.

Informationaboutnumberofroomsandnumberofbedroomsisusedacrossarangeofsectorstounderstandovercrowding,andinformdecisionmakingregardinghousingstrategyneedsassessments.NumberofroomshasalsobeenusedinthederivationoftheCarstairsIndexandIndicesofMultipleDeprivationwhichareusedtounderstandandtackleinequality.Inaddition,

3.3 Housing


Typeandself-containmentofaccommodation

Typeofcentralheating

Numberofrooms

Technology

Tenureandlandlord(ifrenting)

Numberofcarsorvans

Numberofbedrooms

Petownership

Collect

Furtherinformationrequired


N/A-proposednewtopic

Collect


Collect


Collect

Collect

Considerhow/whethertomeetneed

Donotcollect

Collect

Collect

Collect

Donotcollect



aspartoftheEuropeanUnion(2008)RegulationoftheEuropeanParliamentandCouncilonPopulationandHousingCensuses(Regulation(EC)No.763/2008),ONSisrequiredtoprovidecensusderivedstatistics,orequivalentdata,onnumberofroomstoEurostatcross-tabulatedwithalimitednumberofothersub-topics(egtenure).

Numberofbedroomsisconsideredtobemorestraightforwardforrespondentstoanswer,andtheagreementratesfromthe2011CensusQualitySurveysupportthis–66.5percentfornumberofroomsand91.4percentfornumberofbedrooms.

InMarch2015,ParliamentapprovedanInformationSharingOrdertoallowtheValuationOfficeAgencytoshareinformationaboutpropertyattributes,includingthenumberofrooms,withtheUKStatisticsAuthority.ONSwillbeconductingresearchusingthesedatawhichwillexplorethepotentialtousethemasanalternativesourceofinformationaboutthenumberofrooms,tomeetusers’needsandfulfilourobligationsunderEuropeanregulations.

InthecontextofminimisingrespondentburdenONSdoesnotbelieveitappropriatetocontinuetoasktwoquestionsdesignedtomeetasingleinformationneedifthereisnotaclearrequirementtodothis.AssuchONSproposestocontinuetocollectinformationaboutnumberofbedrooms,andwillconsiderhowandwhethertomeettheneedforinformationaboutnumberofrooms.

Informationabouttypeofcentralheatingisusedforarangeofpurposesincludingsupportingthemonitoringofpoliciesrelatedtoenergyefficiencyandfuelpoverty,andallocatingresourcestosupportinterventionsassociatedwiththese.ONSwillundertakesomefurtherexplorationofrequirementsforthisinformationwithstakeholders,includingtheDepartmentforEnergyandClimateChange(DECC)andWelshGovernmenttoensurethequestionfullymeetsuserneeds.

Informationaboutnumberofcarsorvanswasusedacrosscentralandlocalgovernmentandothersectorstosupporttransportmodelling,transportplanningandassociatedresourceallocation.Thereforetheupdatedviewistocollectthisinformationinthe2021Census.

Usersmaderequeststocollectadditionalinformationonthe2021Censusaboutarangeoftechnologyrelatedtopicsincludinginternetaccess,digitalinclusionandexclusion,andmobilephoneusage.Thesewereassessedagainstthecombinedcriteriaandtheuserneedwasnotsufficienttoincludetheseaheadofothertopics.Inaddition,theyaresubjecttorapidchangeandtheinformationwouldquicklybeoutofdate.

Usersalsomadearequesttocollectadditionalinformationonthe2021Censusaboutpetownership.Howevertheuserneedwasnotsufficienttoincludethisaheadofothertopics.

Informationaboutethnicgroupandnationalidentityareusedinavarietyofwaysbydatausersfromarangeofsectors.Thequestionsaboutthesetopicsaredesignedtobeaskedtogetherin

3.4 Ethnicityandnationalidentity


Ethnicgroup

Nationalidentity

Collect

Collect

Collect

Collect



ordertoallowrespondentstoidentifythemselvesasEnglish,Welsh,Scottish,NorthernIrish,orBritishirrespectiveoftheirethnicgroup.

Informationaboutethnicgroupinformsresourceallocationandserviceplanningdecisionsandcontributestoanorganisation’sabilitytomeetobligationsundertheEqualityAct2010.Informationaboutethnicgroupwasalsousedinadjustingfornon-responsein2011,andthatdatawillbeusedinthiswayagainin2021.

Informationaboutnationalidentitycomplementsthataboutethnicgroup,andtogethertheyareusedtodevelopafullerunderstandingofculturalidentitywhichinformsserviceplanningandresourceallocationdesignedtomeetcommunityneedsandtosupportsocialcohesion.

Sinceitsinclusioninthe1991CensusthedesignofthequestiononethnicgrouphasbeendevelopedbyONSinresponsetoevolvinguserneeds.Forexamplean‘Irish’tick-boxwasincludedfrom2001and‘GypsyorIrishTraveller’and‘Arab’wereaddedin2011.ONShasreceivedrequestsforadditionaltick-boxestobeincludedinthe2021Census.

Thecensusethnicgroupquestionisusedinarangeofdatacollectionsystems(egtheSchoolCensus)toallowcomparativeassessmentsoftheprofilesofserviceuserswithnationalandlocalpatterns.Respondentstotheconsultationtoldusabouttheknock-onimpactsandcoststhatchangestothetick-boxeswithinthecensuscanhaveelsewhere.Theyexpressedadesireforminimalchange,aswellasaneedforconsistencytoallowcomparableanalysestobeundertakenfromonecensustothenext.

ONSproposestocontinuetocollectinformationaboutethnicgroupandnationalidentity.ONSwillconsiderwhetherthereissufficientneedforadditionalresponsecategoriesintheethnicgroupquestion.Thiswilltakeintoaccountanyopportunitiesandconstraintsassociatedwithaskingthequestiononline,viaarangeofdifferentdevices,whilstalsoconsideringthatconsistentandcomparablequestionswillneedtoformpartofthepaperquestionnaire.

Informationabouttheamountofunpaidcareisusedbycentralandlocalgovernmenttoallocateresourcestoservicesdesignedtosupportcarers.Ithasalsobeenusedtosupportdecisionmakingrelatedtotheintroductionofthe2014CareAct.ONSreceivedsuggestionsaboutcollectingadditionalinformationaboutcarersandwhotheycareforinthe2021Census.Howevertheevidenceprovideddidnotsupportinclusionaheadofothertopics.

ONSwillcontinuetocollectinformationabouttheamountofunpaidcareinthe2021Census.

3.5 Carers


Amountofunpaidcareprovided Collect Collect



Informationaboutgeneralhealthandlong-termhealthproblemsanddisabilityinformresourceallocationbycentralandlocalgovernment.Theyarealsoimportanttopicsintheassessmentofinequality,andinformationisusedtohelptargetinterventionsaimedatreducinginequalitynationallyandlocally.DisabilityisaprotectedcharacteristicundertheEqualityAct2010.Basedontheevidencethereisademonstrableneedforthesetopics.ONSwillcontinuetocollectinformationaboutgeneralhealthandlong-termhealthproblemsanddisabilityinthe2021Censusanddonotexpecttomakechangestothequestionsused.

Respondentstotheconsultationsuggestedarangeofadditionaltopicsforwhichtheyhadinformationneedsincludingmentalhealth,healthconditions(includingspecificconditionssuchasheartdiseaseanddiabetes),incapacities,andfactorsaffectinghealthsuchassmokingandobesity.Howevertheuserneedforthesetopicswasnotsufficienttoincludethemaheadofothertopics.

3.6 Health


Generalhealth

Factorsaffectinghealth

Mentalhealth

Long-termhealthproblemordisability

Healthconditionsandincapacities

Collect





Collect

Donotcollect

Donotcollect

Collect

Donotcollect

Informationaboutqualificationsheldisusedwidelyacrosscentralandlocalgovernmenttoinformservicedeliveryandpolicydevelopment.Inparticularusesinvolvetargetinginterventionstoaddressareaswherelowskillslevelshavebeenidentified.

Theevidenceprovidedbyusersshowedthattheirmostpressingneedwasforinformationabouthighestlevelsofqualificationsandnoqualifications.Inordertocapturehighestlevelofqualifications,evidencefromtheLabourForceSurvey(LFS)andothersourcesshowsthisrequirestherecordingofallacademic,vocational,professional,andotherqualificationsheld.

Theupdatedviewremainstocollectthesedata.However,thecensusquestionaboutqualificationsdidnotworkwellin2001and,despiteconsiderabledevelopment,didnotwork

3.7 Education


Qualifications Collect Collect



wellin2011either.Thereforeadditionalworkwillbeundertakenwiththeaimofshorteningandsimplifyingthisquestion.ONSwillinvolvetheDepartmentforBusiness,InnovationandSkills(BIS),theDepartmentforEducation(DfE)andWelshGovernmentinthisworksothatchangestothequestionwillcontinuetomeetuserneeds.Theoutcomeswillinformthedevelopmentofaquestiontobeincludedinthe2021Census.

Long-terminternationalmigrationandinternalmigrationarebothimportantcomponentsofthepopulationestimatesandprojections,whichunderpinplanningandresourceallocationacrosscentralandlocalgovernment.Theyalsocontributetotheunderstandingofpopulationchangeatalocallevel,allowinglocalauthoritiestoplananddeliverservicesincludingeducation,housingandhealthcare.

Questionscollectinginformationaboutlong-termandshort-terminternationalmigration,andinternalmigrationwereallusedoperationallyinthe2011Censustoensureeveryonewascountedeitherasausualresidentorashort-termmigrant.ONSintendstousetheinformationinthiswayagaininthe2021Census.

Informationaboutshort-terminternationalmigrationcomplementsthepopulationestimatesonausualresidencebasis,providinglocalauthoritieswithagreaterunderstandingoftheirtotalpopulationandtheirservicerequirements.Whilethecaseforcollectingthisinformationhasnotbeenmadeonthebasisofuserneed,thequestionsarefundamentaltoimprovingresponsetothecensusandensuringeveryoneiscountedeitherasausualresidentorshort-termmigrant.

ONSintroducedaquestionaboutpassportsheldin2011asaproxyforcitizenship.Thisinformationisusedtosupportthedevelopmentofmigrationpolicy,aswellasmonitoringthenationalandlocalimpactsofinternationalmigrationandinformingcommunitycohesionwork.ONSwillcontinuetocollectthisinformationinthe2021Census.

Therewasarequestforadditionalinformationaboutreasonformigration.Howevertherewasinsufficientuserneedtoincludethisaheadofothertopicsandwedonotproposetocollectthis.

3.8 Migrationandcitizenship


Long-terminternationalmigration

Reasonformigration

Internalmigration

Short-terminternationalmigration

Citizenship

Collect


Collect

Collect

Collect

Collect

Donotcollect

Collect

Collect

Collect



Informationonreligionisusedbyarangeofdatausersincludingcentralgovernment,localauthoritiesandreligiousorganisationstoplananddeliverservices.

Asaprotectedcharacteristic,itallowsorganisationstomeettheirdutiesundertheEqualityAct2010.Previousresearchhasshownthatreligiousaffiliation,ascapturedbythe2011CensusquestionisthedimensionofreligionmostcloselyalignedtothedefinitionofreligionintheEqualityAct.ThereforeONSintendstocontinuetoaskaboutreligiousaffiliationinthe2021Census.

Whiledatausersproposedthatadditionalinformationaboutphilosophicalbeliefshouldalsobecollected,testingaheadofthe2011Censusdemonstratedthatincludingphilosophicalbeliefswithinthequestionchangedhowrespondentsthoughtaboutreligion.Thisledtothemprovidinganswersonreligiousbeliefratherthanaffiliation.Itisthereforenotintendedtoexpandthescopeofthereligionquestiontoincludethisaspectoftheprotectedcharacteristic.

ONSintendtokeepthereligionquestionthesameasin2011,whichwillprovidecontinuitywith2001and2011Censusresults.

3.9 Religion


Religion Collect Collect

InformationaboutWelshlanguageskillsisusedwidelybytheWelshGovernmentandlocalauthoritiesinWalestomonitoruseoftheWelshlanguageandtoinformstrategiestosupportandpromotetheWelshlanguage.ThisrequirementhasbeenstrengthenedbylegalresponsibilitiesarisingfromWelshlanguagelegislation,particularlyinrelationtofulfillingresponsibilitiesundertheWelshLanguageAct1993andTheWelshLanguageStandards(No.1)(Wales)Regulations2015.ONSintendstocontinuetocollectinformationaboutWelshlanguageskillsinWalesinthe2021Census.

InformationaboutmainlanguagesusedandEnglishlanguageproficiencyisusedtoplanservices,forexampleinrelationtoeducationandtranslation,andtotargetinterventionsaimedatincreasingintegration.ONSintendstocontinuetocollectthisinformationinthe2021Census.

3.10 Language


Welshlanguage

Englishlanguageproficiency

Mainlanguagesused

CollectinWales

CollectwheremainlanguagenotEnglish(orWelshinWales)

Collect

CollectinWales

Collect

Collect



ONSwillbalanceconsiderationofuserneed,respondentburdenandspaceconstraintswhenreviewingrequirementsforadditionalresponseoptionsinthemainlanguagesusedquestion.

Economicactivitydatafromthecensusarewidelyusedbycentralandlocalgovernment.UnemploymentandeconomicinactivityareimportantmeasuresthatcanshowdisadvantageforgroupscoveredbytheEqualityAct2010.Asakeydimensionoflocaleconomicperformance,economicactivityisusedbylocalauthoritiestoformeconomicplansandstrategies,underpinninglargeamountsofpublicspending.

ONSwillcontinuetocollectinformationabouteconomicactivityinthe2021Census.IfchangesareneededtomaintainconsistencywithInternationalLabourOrganization(ILO)guidelinesandwithLFSoutputs,thequestionswillbereviewedasupdatedguidelinesbecomeavailableandchangesareassessed.

Informationaboutoccupationandindustryprovidesspecificdetailaboutlocallabourmarkets.Forexampleoccupationdatacanbeusedtoidentifyareasofexclusionfromparticulartypesofwork.Industrydatacanbeusedtoidentifywheresmallpopulationstendtobeemployedinaparticularsector.Theinformationisusedtounderpinlocaleconomicdevelopmentplans,andlargeinfrastructureprojects.

ONSwillcontinuetocollectinformationaboutoccupationandindustryinthe2021Census.Inpredominantlypaper-basedcensusesaccuratecaptureandcodingofoccupationandindustrycanbedifficultandcostly.ONSwilldevelopandtestfunctionalitywithintheonlinequestionnaireforself-codingtheoccupationandindustryquestions.

3.11 Labour market


Economicactivity

Supervisorystatus

NationalStatisticsSocio-economicClassification(NS-SEC)

Volunteering

Occupation

Yearlastworked

Industry

Collect

Donotcollect

Collect


Collect

Donotcollect


Collect

Considerhow/whethertomeetNS-SECneed

Derive

Considerhow/whethertomeetneed

Collect

DonotcollectExploreadmindatapotential

Collect



NS-SECisusedbyrespondentsacrosscentralgovernment,localgovernmentandacademiaasakeyindicatorinmeasuringinequalityacrossarangeofpolicyareas,includingpensionarrangements,accesstohighereducation,andpublichealth.Continuitywithpreviouscensuseswasparticularlyimportanttousers.NS-SECisderivedfromarangeofothersub-topics.ONShasrecentlyundertakenaconsultationabouttheuseofNS-SECandwhichderivationmethodismostappropriate.ThisinformationwillbeusedtoinformthelevelofNS-SECdetailprovidedfromthe2021Census.

Supervisorystatusisoneofthesub-topicsthatisusedtoderiveNS-SEC,andisusedinboththefullmethod(usedinthe2001Census)andthereducedmethod(usedin2011).ONSwillconsiderhowtomeettheneedforsupervisorystatusinthederivationofNS-SEC.

Informationaboutyearlastworkedisusedbylocalauthoritiestoprofileandunderstandtheneedsofthelong-termunemployedandacademicrespondentsexplainedthatthissub-topiccanhelpbetterdifferentiatetypesofunemployment.However,theevidenceinsupportofthiswaslimited.Yearlastworkedalsoenablesthelong-termunemployedtobedistinguishedwithinNS-SEC.Theseuseshavebeenassessed,however,theyarenotsufficienttoincludeaheadofothertopics.ONSwillexplorewhethertherearealternativewaystoprovidethisinformation,forexamplethroughtheuseofadministrativedatafromtheDepartmentforWorkandPensions(DWP).

Informationaboutvolunteeringhasnotpreviouslybeencollectedonthecensus,however,respondentsexpressedaneedfortheinformationinordertohelpunderstandanddeliversupporttoservicedeliveryviathethirdsector.ONSintendstoconsiderhowbesttocollectthisinformation.Inparticular,ONSwillengagewithstakeholderstoidentifythedetailedrequirementsforthissub-topic(egpeoplewhovolunteer,thenumberofhoursspentvolunteering)toinformthedevelopmentandtestingofquestion(s).Collectingthisinformationmayhaveadetrimentalimpactonresponsestootherquestions(egamountofunpaidcare)whichwillneedtobeassessed.

Followingdevelopmentandtesting,therewillbeaperiodofevaluationandfurtherstakeholderengagementtosupportthefinaldecisionregardinganychangestothelabourmarketandsocio-economicclassificationsub-topics.

Evidenceprovidedinresponsetothetopicconsultationhasconfirmedthatincomeinformationatlocalarealevelwouldbeusefultousersofcensusdata.However,giventhattestingaheadofthe2001and2011Censusesdemonstratedthatincludingaquestionaboutincomehadadetrimentalimpactontheoverallresponserate,andtherelativeavailabilityofadministrativedataaboutincomecomparedtoothercensustopics,theupdatedviewcontinuestobetoexplorethepotentialofadministrativedata.

3.12 Income


Income DonotcollectExploreadministrativedatapotential

DonotcollectExploreadministrativedatapotential



Inundertakingthisresearch,ONSwillcontinuetoconsideruserrequirementsforincomemeasures,inparticularcomparingwhatispossibleusingadministrativesourceswithwhatusersrequire.Weintendtopublishthefirstresultsfromthisresearchaspartoftheautumn2016administrativedataresearchoutputs 4.Theaimsoftheseincomeresearchoutputsareto:

• updateusersonprogresswithadministrativedataandtoseekfeedbacksothatmethodscanbeimproved

• supportworkwithdatasupplierstoimprovedataqualityforstatisticalpurposes.

Respondentstoldusthattheyuseinformationaboutmethodoftraveltoworkandaddressofplaceofworktosupporttransportplanningthroughtransportmodels.Itisalsousedwidelyforpolicydevelopmentandmonitoringincludingassessmentoftheimpactofpasthousingandtransportpolicy.ONSintendstocontinuetocollectinformationaboutmethodoftraveltoworkandaddressofplaceofwork.

Respondentsalsotoldusaboutaddressofplaceofstudyasapotentialsourcetoassistwithplanningtransportservices.Howevertheuserneedwasexpressedinthecontextofagreaterunderstandingoftransportpatternsmoregenerally.Alongsidetheimportanceofcontinuitywithpreviouscensusesfortraveltoworkdata,ONShasassessedthattheuserneedwasnotsufficienttoincludetraveltoplaceofstudyaheadofothertopics.

3.13 Travel


Methodoftransporttoplaceofwork

Addressofplaceofstudy

Addressofplaceofwork

Collect

Donotcollect

Collect

Collect

Donotcollect

Collect

4 The first research outputs were published in October 2015 and include population estimates by age and sex at local authority level: http://www.ons.gov.uk/census/censustransformationprogramme/administrativedataresearchoutputs5 http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/harmonisation/secondary-set-of-harmonised-concepts-and-questions/sexual-identity.pdf

Thereisaclearneedamongdatausersforimprovedinformationonsexualidentity,especiallyinrelationtopolicydevelopment,serviceprovisionandfulfillingdutiesundertheEqualityAct2010.ONSincludesanationalharmonisedstandard 5questiononsexualidentityintheAnnualPopulationSurvey(APS).Oneyearofsurveydatacanonlyproducerobustestimatesatregional

3.14Sexualidentity


SexualIdentity Furtherinformationrequired Considerhow/whethertomeetneed

http://www.ons.gov.uk/census/censustransformationprogramme/administrativedataresearchoutputs

http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/harmonisation/secondary-set-of-harmonised-concepts-and-questions/sexual-identity.pdf



level.Asthepublisheddataarestableovertime,ONSisassessingthefeasibilityofcombiningseveralyears’ofdatatoproducemoredetailedlocalauthoritylevelestimates.

ONSintendstoincludeaquestiononsexualidentityinthe2017CensusTest.Thedesignofthetestwillenableustoassesswhethertheinclusionofaquestiononthistopichasaneffectonoverallresponseandtoassessthequalityofresponses.Thecurrentassumptionisthatthequestiontobeincludedforthe2017Testisthecurrentversionoftheself-completionharmonisedquestion 6.Howeverquestiontestingwillbeundertakentoreviewthepublic’sunderstandingoftheself-completionversionofthequestionasthishasnotbeenfullytestedorusedinahouseholdsurvey.

ONSwillalsoassessthepublicacceptabilityofaskingaquestiononthistopicinthe2021Census.

ONSexpectthatincludingaquestiononsexualidentityinthecensuswouldrequireanamendmenttotheCensusAct1920.Thiswasthecasewhenareligionquestionwasaddedinthe2001Census.SuchprimarylegislationhadtobepassedbyboththeHouseofCommonsandtheHouseofLords.MembersoftheHouseofLordswereconcernedthatthereligionquestioncouldbeseenasaninfringementofrespondents’civillibertiessoitwasdecidedthatthequestionwouldbevoluntary;thismightalsobenecessaryforanyquestiononsexualidentity.

AllthisinformationwillbeusedtodecidewhethertorecommendtoGovernmentandParliamentaquestiononsexualidentityinthe2021Census.

6 http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/harmonisation/secondary-set-of-harmonised-concepts-and-questions/sexual-identity.pdf

Datausersshowedaclearrequirementforgenderidentityforpolicydevelopmentandserviceplanning;especiallyinrelationtotheprovisionofhealthservices.Thisfocusedonaneedfordataatlocalauthoritylevelforapopulationcomprisinglessthanonepercentofthepopulation,aswellasfordatatobeavailableforanalysisincombinationwithothercharacteristics.

RespondentsalsotoldusthatdataaboutindividualswiththeprotectedcharacteristicofgenderreassignmentwasrequiredinrelationtofulfillingequalitydutiesundertheEqualityAct2010.However,theconsultationresponseswerenotclearontheexactoutputcategoriesrequired.Hence,theexactconceptstobemeasuredneedtobeclarified.Additionally,otherconsiderationsregardingdataquality,publicacceptabilityandrespondentburdenare‘high’.Followingthe2007‘EqualitiesReview’bytheCabinetOffice,ONSpublishedthe‘TransDataPositionPaper’in2009.Thisconcludedthat“datacollectionviahouseholdsurveysisnotthemostappropriatemethodofmeetingtheserequirements.”

AswiththesexualidentitytopicONSexpectthattheadditionofaquestionongenderidentitywouldrequireanamendmenttotheCensusAct1920,andthatthequestionmightneedtobevoluntary.

3.15Newtopic:Genderidentity


GenderIdentity N/A-proposednewtopic Considerhow/whethertomeetneed

http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/harmonisation/secondary-set-of-harmonised-concepts-and-questions/sexual-identity.pdf



ONSwillreviewthe‘TransDataPositionPaper’inlightofsubsequentchangesinlegislationandtheidentifieddifficultiesofcollectingdataongenderidentitywithinhouseholdsurveyswiththeaimofrecommendinghow,andwhether,totakeforwardfurtherworkongenderidentity.

Thereisaclearneedforinformationonthearmedforcescommunityincludingveteransanddependents,particularlyinrelationtomakingdecisionsaboutserviceplanninganddeliveryandtheallocationofresourcestomeettherecommendationsintheArmedForcesCovenant.However,theuserneedforthistopicisnotstrongenoughtoincludethisaheadofothertopicsinthe2021Census.Asaresult,therearenoplanstoundertakefurtherworkforacensusquestiononthistopic.

TheONSAPShasrecentlyincludedquestionstocollectinformationonveterans.Weexpectthatadditionalinformationfromthissourcewillbeavailableinfuture.Inaddition,wewillinvestigatethefeasibilityoflinkingadministrativesources,onarmedforcesveterans,todatafromthe2021Censustoproducetheoutputsrequiredbyusers.

3.16Newtopic:Armedforcescommunityandveterans


Armedforcescommunity N/A-proposednewtopic DonotcollectExploreadmindatapotential

ONSareawareoftheimportanceofthecensustofamilyhistoryresearch.Unlikemostotherusersofcensusdata,genealogistsareinterestedinrecordleveldata,releasedtothepublic100yearsaftereachcensus.2021Censusrecordswillthereforenotbeusedbycurrentgenealogists,butrequestsarebeingmadetobenefitfuturefamilyhistoriansafter2021.

Genealogiststendtobemostinterestedinbasicdemographyandhouseholdrelationshipstoenablethemtoidentifyindividualsandtheirfamilyrelationships.Othercensustopicsprovideadditionalbackgroundinformationwhichhelpstoconfirmthatthecorrectfamilymemberhasbeenidentified.

Oneofthemainthemeshighlightedbygenealogists’responseswastherequesttoincludeplaceofbirthasanewsub-topicinthe2021Censusinordertoenablethemtomoreeasilyidentifythecorrectfamilymember.Placeofbirthwaslastcollectedinthe1951Census.

ONSdoesnotintendtocollectanyinformationrequestedsolelyforgenealogicalpurposes.Theinformationcollectedinthe2021Censuswillbekeptconfidentialfor100yearsandwillthenbeavailableforfamilyhistoryresearch.

3.17Newtopic:Genealogy


Placeofbirth

Maidenname



Donotcollect

Donotcollect



Therewassupportfortheinitialviewthattheenumerationbaseforthe2021Censusshouldremainunchangedfrom2011.ONSintendstocontinuewiththesameenumerationbaseasin2011.

Output bases

Therewasgeneralagreementthattherewassufficientflexibilityinthe2011Censusoutputbases.Respondentstoldusabouthowtheyusedataonarangeofoutputbases.Theseincludedusinghouseholdsorusualresidentsincalculatingratesforindicatorsandtheuseofworkplaceand/orworkdaypopulationstocomplementthesewhenassessingtheimpactofthelocallabourmarketonthepopulationandunderstandingdemandforlocalservices.ONSintendstocontinuetoproduceoutputsonthesamebasesasfor2011.

3.18Outputandenumerationbases

Enumerationbase


Usualresidencedefinition

Visitordefinition

Householddefinition

Short-termresidentdefinition

Unchanged

Unchanged

Unchanged

Unchanged

Unchanged

Unchanged

Unchanged

Unchanged

2021 Census: Topic Consultation for Northern Ireland Assessment of the responses received

5

2. Summary of topic recommendations for the 2021 Census

The ‘2021 Census: Topic Consultation for Northern Ireland’ report described NISRA’sinitial views, prior to the consultation, for each topic being considered for the 2021 Census.

Following the evaluation of the responses received and an assessment of theconsiderations and operational requirements NISRA’s initial views have been revised.Table 2 provides a definition for each view.

Table 2 – Classification of initial and revised views

Views Definition

Collect Proposed to include based on current understanding of user needs and quality issues. Further research and testing may be carried out.

Further information required

Where further information about the user need is required to make an assessment. In some cases there may be potential to use administrative data to meet the need.

Consider how to meet need

Following the identification of user need, NISRA propose to include this topic in research and testing to determine whether and how this need can be met. It may be the case that the user need can be met through sources other than the Census.

Do not collect: Explore administrative data potential

This topic will not be included in the 2021 Census, but will be considered where NISRA can see potential to use administrative data to meet the need.

This initial consultation refers solely to the topics. The wording of the associated questions will be considered separately. In particular, where a topic was covered in 2011 and this report indicates it will be covered again in 2021, the question to be used in 2021 will be considered further but may not be the same as that used in 2011.

It is important to recognise that the views expressed in this document are revised views, and will not be finalised until further research and testing is completed. NISRA is aware that the number of questions currently asked in the Census is approaching the limits of respondent burden and careful consideration of the constraints on the length of the questionnaire and the costs associated with a longer questionnaire will be assessed before any final decisions are made.

Table 3 gives a summary across all themes and topics of NISRA’s initial and revised (where appropriate) view on each topic’s suitability for inclusion in the 2021 Census.

Annex B

http://www.nisra.gov.uk/archive/census/2021/planning/topic-consultation-for-northern-ireland.pdf


6

Table 3 – Initial and revised view by topic within theme

Initial view Revised view

Demography

Sex Collect Collect

Age Collect Collect

Marital or Legal Partnership status Collect Collect

Household and family relationships Collect Collect

Ethnicity, Identity, Language and Religion

Country of Birth Collect Collect

Passports held Collect Collect

National identity Collect Collect

Ethnic group Collect Collect

Main language Collect Collect

Proficiency in English Collect Collect

Knowledge of Irish Collect Collect

Knowledge of Ulster-Scots Collect Collect

Current religion and religion brought up in Collect Collect

Health

Long-term health problem or disability Collect Collect

Nature of long-term conditions Collect Collect

General health Collect Collect

Provision of unpaid care Collect Collect

Housing and accommodation

Type and self-containment of accommodation Collect Collect

Rooms Collect Collect

Household adaptations Collect Collect

Tenure and landlord (if renting) Collect Collect


7


Central heating Further

information required

Collect

Cars or vans Further


Collect

Qualifications Qualifications held Collect Collect

Labour market

Economic activity Collect Collect

Occupation Collect Collect

Volunteering Further


Collect

Year last worked Further


Collect

Supervisory status Further


Collect

Industry Further


Collect

National Statistics Socio-economic Classification (NS-SeC)

Collect (derive) Collect (derive)

Travel to work or place of study

Travel to work Collect Collect

Travel to place of study Collect Collect

Migration

Intention to stay in UK Collect Collect

Ever lived outside NI Collect Collect

Country of previous residence Collect Collect

Most recent arrival to NI Collect Collect

Address one year ago Collect Collect


8


New topics

Income

Do not collect: Explore

administrative data potential

Do not collect: Explore

administrative data potential

Sexual identity Further



Second residence Further



Additional topics

Gender identity - Consider how to meet need

Knowledge and proficiency in languages other than English - Consider how

to meet need Use of British Sign Language / Irish Sign Language - Consider how

to meet need

Wellbeing - Do not collect

Obesity - Do not collect

Vacant properties - Consider how to meet need

Technology - Do not collect

Immigration status: Asylum Seekers and Refugees - Do not collect

Reason for Migration - Do not collect

Armed forces community - Do not collect

Programme for Government indicators - Do not collect

The revised views reflect NISRA’s current assessment on each topic, and the exact content of the questionnaire for the 2021 Census will only be proposed after further research, testing and engagement.The final decision about the information collected in the 2021 Census will ultimately be for the Northern Ireland Assembly to take.

Scotland’s Census 2021 - Topic Consultation Report

Page 11 of 40

3. Updated view on topics under consideration

‘Scotland’s Census 2021 – Topic Consultation’ set out the initial view of NRS on each of the topics under consideration for collection in Scotland’s Census 2021. The classification used to describe NRS’ initial view is set out in Table 2 below.

Table 2: Classification used to describe NRS’ initial view on topics

Initial view Definition

Collect Propose to include based on current understanding of user needs and quality considerations.

Further information required – existing topic/question2

Where further information is required for an existing census topic/question, based on quality considerations and/or to better understand user need for 2021.

Further information required – asked elsewhere in the UK in 2011

Where further information on user need is required for topics/questions not included in Scotland but asked elsewhere in the UK in 2011, to understand user need for 2021.

Further information required – notasked in 2011

Where further information on user need is required for topics/questions not included in any of the UK censuses in 2011, to understand user need for 2021.

The classification system used to describe NRS’ updated view is set out in Table 3 below.

Table 3: Classification used to describe NRS’ updated view on topics

Updated view Definition

Collect Propose to include based on current understanding of user needs and quality considerations.

Further consideration required (asked elsewhere in the UK in 2011)

Where the evaluation process has identified user need, but further consideration of whether the topic or sub-topic should be recommended for inclusion in 2021 is required. Generally user need is not as strong as for existing topics.

Further work required (new topics)

Where the evaluation process has identified user need and/or operational requirements for a topic or sub-topic, but where further work is required to understand:

the exact nature of user need, and/or

whether including a question in the census is the mostappropriate way of collecting the information, and/or;

whether alternative methods of meeting the user needexist

Do not collect Propose not to include based on current understanding of user needs and quality considerations.

2 All questions which were new for the 2011 questionnaire had a status of ‘further information

required’ to ensure the correct information is being gathered.

Annex C


Page 12 of 40

Table 4 below provides a summary of NRS’ updated view for each topic, based on the assessment of responses received to the consultation and consideration of NRS’ operational requirements.

Table 4: Summary of NRS’ updated view on topics under consideration for collection in Scotland’s Census 2021

Topic Sub-topic Initial view Updated view

Housing Accommodation type

Collect Collect

Self-contained accommodation

Collect Collect

Tenure and landlord (if renting)

Collect Collect

Number of rooms Further information required – existing topic / question

Collect

Type of central heating

Further information required – existing topic / question

Collect

Cars or vans Further information required – existing topic / question

Collect

Number of bedrooms

Further information required – askedelsewhere in UK in 2011

Further consideration required

Basic demographics and household composition

Sex Collect Collect

Age Collect Collect

Marital or same-sex civil partnership status

Collect Collect

Student status Further information required – existing topic / question

Collect

Household and family relationships


Collect

Second address Further information required – askedelsewhere in UK in 2011


Migration Country of birth Collect Collect

Address one year ago

Collect Collect

Date of arrival in the UK


Collect

Type of migration - Further information Further


Page 13 of 40

Intended length of stay in the UK

required – askedelsewhere in UK in 2011

consideration required

Type of migration - Reason for migration

Further information required – not asked in 2011

Further work required

Citizenship Further information required – askedelsewhere in UK in 2011


Travel to work or place of study

Address of place of work


Collect

Address of place of study


Collect

Method of transport Collect Collect

Ethnicity and national identity

Ethnic group Collect Collect

National identity Further information required – existing topic / question

Collect

Language Gaelic language Collect Collect

Scots language Further information required – existing topic / question

Collect

English language Further information required – existing topic / question

Collect

Other languages Further information required – existing topic / question

Collect

Religion Religion Collect Collect

Health and care General health Collect Collect

Long-term health problem or disability

Collect Collect

Long-term health conditions


Collect

Unpaid care Collect Collect

Educational attainment

Qualifications held Collect Collect

Labour force and socio-economic classification

Economic activity Collect Collect

Occupation Collect Collect

National Statistics socio-economic classification (NS-SeC)

Collect (derive) Collect (derive)

Industry Collect Collect

Year last worked Further information Collect


Page 14 of 40

required – existing topic / question3

Supervisory status Further information required – existing topic / question

Collect

Hours worked Further information required – existing topic / question

Collect

Voluntary and unpaid work

Further information required – askedelsewhere in UK in 2011


Sexual orientation Further information required – not asked in 2011


Income Further information required – not asked in 2011


Additional topics

Ex-Service community

N/A Further work required

Gender identity N/A Further work required

Technology / digital

N/A Do not collect

3 Text corrected following initial publication

NSHG (16:3) 14


Combined Topic Group Report – November 2016

NSHG Topic Group Highlight Report Benefits and Tax Credits

Thomas Sims

Topic Lead Thom Sims (DWP) Topic Group Members Alice Jefferd (ONS); Alissa Goodman (IoE); Bob Watson (ONS);

Charlotte Turner (CLG contractor); Chris Cousins (DWP); David Feeman (ONS); Debra Leaker (ONS); Donncha Burke (DWP); Giles Horsfield (ONS); Hugh Mallinson (CLG); Jane Carr (DWP); Jenny Collins (CLG); Joanna Littlechild (DWP); Jonathan Knight (ONS); Laura Keyse (ONS); Lucy Chandler (ONS);Mike Bielby (HMRC); Noah Uhrig (Uni. Of Essex); Rachel Councell (DWP); Riaz Ali (DWP); Richard Tonkin (ONS); Roger Morgan (DWP); Sarah Levy (ONS); Simon Clay (DWP); Stephanie Yow (DWP); Steve Dunstan (ONS); Suzanne Cooper (CLG); Tracy Lane (ONS); Valerie Christian (DWP)

Reporting Period July 2016 – October 2016 Surveys Harmonised Questions Used on

Family Resources Survey

Summary Status (An overview of the status of the work at this time) The Questionnaire Consultation (QCon) for the FRS 2017/18 is currently ongoing; policy experts and questionnaire users, as well as colleagues at NatCen and ONS, have been asked to review the existing Benefits and Tax Credits questions, and to advise on changes to policy / make suggests for improvements to the existing questions. Progress made during this reporting period QCon process is ongoing Work planned for the next reporting period To agree any proposed changes to the FRS Benefits and Tax Credits module with all relevant parties. Key Issues and Risks (Summary of actual or potential problems along with risks, potential impacts and sensitivities linked to individual needs of UK nations) Changes resulting from the national transfer of powers Other Information (Any other relevant details)

NSHG Topic Group Highlight Report Consumer Durables

Joy Preece

Topic Lead Joy Preece (ONS) Topic Group Members Joanna Bulman (LCF, ONS), Joy Preece (LCF, ONS), Steven

Dunstan (FRS, ONS), Clare Watson (FRS, ONS), Reporting Period July 2016 – October 2016 Surveys Harmonised Questions Used on

Summary Status (An overview of the status of the work at this time)

1

NSHG (16:3) 14 Following role changes in the LCF survey team, topic lead has been taken over by Joy Preece from September 2016. Topic group membership is currently being reviewed more widely to ensure that relevant interest groups are represented appropriately. Progress made during this reporting period Following changes to topic group member roles and interests, the group’s membership is currently being reviewed. Two previous members have left the topic group, including the previous topic lead, and a new topic lead has been identified in the ONS LCF survey team. Other membership changes are expected to be settled in the next reporting period. Work planned for the next reporting period The harmonised standard for consumer durables (version 3.2) was last published in May 2015. An alternate version has been produced and trialled in LCF survey to reflect the move to digital TV and increasing importance of mobile phones and newer computer variants (netbooks, tablets etc). These revised questions will be reviewed by the new topic group, with a decision on adoption as a new harmonized standard expected in early 2017. Key Issues and Risks (Summary of actual or potential problems along with risks, potential impacts and sensitivities linked to individual needs of UK nations) Resource will be a challenge for this topic group over the next quarter, with focus on annual survey change processes. The primary aim will therefore be settling group membership with appropriate individuals so that time can be made available for reviewing the standards in 2017. Other Information (Any other relevant details) A proposal has been received to incorporate the harmonised standard on Internet Access with the Consumer Durables topic group. This may not be the best home for this standard, so the proposal is currently being discussed with NSHG.

NSHG Topic Group Highlight Report Crime and Anti-Social Behaviour

Fiona Aitchison

Topic Lead Fiona Aitchison Topic Group Members Under review Reporting Period July 2016 – October 2016 Surveys Harmonised Questions Used on

Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW)

Summary Status (An overview of the status of the work at this time) An updated set of harmonised questions on crime and anti-social behaviour have been developed and submitted for agreement at the October NSHG. Progress made during this reporting period Reviewed existing questions included in the harmonised principle have been updated in line with the current edition of the CSEW. The range of questions has also been broadened to reflect the topics covered by CSEW and place more emphasis on the anti-social behaviour element of the principle. Paper presenting results of review and consultation with CSEW users has been prepared. Work planned for the next reporting period Any further work as required for acceptance of the revised harmonised principle. Key Issues and Risks (Summary of actual or potential problems along with risks, potential impacts and sensitivities linked to individual needs of UK nations) Other Information (Any other relevant details)

2

NSHG (16:3) 14

NSHG Topic Group Highlight Report Demographic information

Emily Knipe

Topic Lead Emily Knipe Topic Group Members Nicola Haines (ONS-Vital Stats Output)

Davie Hay (DoH) Regina McGeown (NISRA) Karen Hurrell (EHRC) Laura Wilson (ONS-SSD) Alan Jackson (Welsh Gov) Angus Hawkins (DCLG) Esther Roughsedge (NRS)


Summary Status (An overview of the status of the work at this time) Progress made during this reporting period Age bands- Comments were received and incorporated into the final versions of the new proposed age bands. Harmonisation team were taking a paper to SPSC as part of their usual update for approval. Same-sex marriage (marital status)- I continue to work closely with Census on the new marital status question. User need, for opposite and same sex marriage to be split out, is currently being assessed. Gender Identity- Michelle Monkman within PSD is now leading on this work. I continue to monitor the work that Census is doing which may impact upon the demographic harmonised standards E.g. Household relationship grid. Work planned for the next reporting period We will continue to work with Census on the marital status question with the aim to produce a new harmonised standard. Key Issues and Risks (Summary of actual or potential problems along with risks, potential impacts and sensitivities linked to individual needs of UK nations) Other Information (Any other relevant details)

NSHG Topic Group Highlight Report Economic Activity

Roger Smith No report received

NSHG Topic Group Highlight Report Educational Attainment

Nazma Nessa No report received

NSHG Topic Group Highlight Report Ethnic Group, National Identity, Language, Religion

To Be Confirmed Report not expected – no lead in place

3

NSHG (16:3) 14

NSHG Topic Group Highlight Report Gender Identity

Michelle Monkman See main paper

NSHG Topic Group Highlight Report Health, Disability and Carers

Steven Webster

Topic Lead Steve Webster Topic Group Members TBA Reporting Period July 2016 – October 2016 Surveys Harmonised Questions Used on

Health Survey for England (HSE) – others to be confirmed

Summary Status (An overview of the status of the work at this time) Ongoing work on checking surveys for harmonised questions; unfortunately not had time to look at reforming topic group. Progress made during this reporting period HSE checked for harmonised question use. Work planned for the next reporting period Other surveys being checked for harmonised question use. Proposal for new survey on Mental health of children looked after in England with DH Ministers; if funded will used harmonised principles during design. Key Issues and Risks (Summary of actual or potential problems along with risks, potential impacts and sensitivities linked to individual needs of UK nations) Key risk continues to be limited resource to put into this work in a climate of reducing funding and staffing reprioritisation in NHS Digital. However, hoping to use existing UK wide health links to look at harmonisation across surveys. Other Information (Any other relevant details)

NSHG Topic Group Highlight Report Housing & Tenure

Scott Edgar

Topic Lead Scott Edgar Topic Group Members No current user group Reporting Period July 2016 to October 2016 Surveys Harmonised Questions Used on

EHS. Others currently unknown

Summary Status (An overview of the status of the work at this time) Rob Green (who left the EHS team in August 2016) carried out a review of whether the EHS conforms to the ‘Housing and Tenure’ standards. The review finds that there is a reasonable level of inconsistency between EHS and harmonised principles. The principles should be reviewed and in some cases changes to the EHS and outputs should be considered. Progress made during this reporting period Rob Green (who left the EHS team in August 2016) carried out a review of whether the EHS conforms to the ‘Housing and Tenure’ standards. Work planned for the next reporting period Formation of user group to discuss issues. If changes to principles are to be made the standard process should be followed. Key Issues and Risks (Summary of actual or potential problems along with risks, potential impacts

4

NSHG (16:3) 14 and sensitivities linked to individual needs of UK nations) There may be insufficient resource to progress this project, particularly as no user group exists and there are many areas where principles could be amended. Perhaps these should be prioritised. Other Information (Any other relevant details) Full details of compliance review given in spreadsheet: ‘160812 Review of EHS compliance with Housing and Tenure principles’. Principles where ‘level of inconsistency’=3 should be looked at first. These are categories created by the author.

NSHG Topic Group Highlight Report Income

Matthew Minifie

Topic Lead Matthew Minifie Topic Group Members Matthew Elsby, Anne MacDonald, John Shale, Joanna Wroe, Alan

Jackson, Jo Bulman, Laura Keyse, Jennifer Doak, Jeremy Reuben Reporting Period July 2016 – October 2016 Surveys Harmonised Questions Used on

FRS / SLC / LCF / WAS

Summary Status (An overview of the status of the work at this time) As part of ONS Financial Statistics Transformation Programme, income questions on the LCF and SLC have now mainly been harmonised for the 2017 calendar year. However there are still some inconsistencies and work will be done over the next year to try and ensure further harmonisation occurs. Work is also planned for the next year to try and bring the editing and imputation strategies together into a common practice for both LCF and SLC data. There are plans to involve WAS at a later date. Progress made during this reporting period LCF and SLC income questions are largely now harmonised for the 2017 calendar year. The topic lead has looked at the agreed harmonised standards and has noted they are not fit for purpose and relatively old – there has been no update since mid-2004. Work planned for the next reporting period The topic is to review the group members to see if further people from other organisations and other areas wish to be included. An invitation will be sent out to see if there is enthusiasm for integrated work to identify what sub-areas of income data collection are most in need for review. The ONS will continue to further harmonise the LCF and SLC in terms of questions and editing and imputation strategies. Key Issues and Risks (Summary of actual or potential problems along with risks, potential impacts and sensitivities linked to individual needs of UK nations) Any changes to questions will create consistency issues and breaks in time series. This is particularly a problem for the LCF as it is widely used and has many stakeholders who do not like breaks in series. Breaks in time series are often seen as undesirable. ONS is looking at incorporating administrative data sources into their plan for an integrated household finance survey. This does have an impact on any potential question changes as these should be consistent with the administrative data sources so as to minimise the effects of the expected future transition to using administrative data instead of responses to survey questions. The EU referendum result does create some uncertainty as to how exactly to proceed with elements of the integrated household financial survey. Some aspects of income collection at present satisfy European requirements and whether these will still be required in the long term is not currently known. There are different owners of the surveys that collect household income statistics. The different

5

NSHG (16:3) 14 owners may have differing requirements of the income data and so this adds an extra level of difficulty for ensuring complete harmonisation between all the surveys. To achieve harmonisation requires more than just question harmonisation. Editing, imputation and weighting have very signification impacts on income statistics. It is therefore necessary to investigate the harmonisation of editing, imputation and weighting of income data. Other Information (Any other relevant details)

NSHG Topic Group Highlight Report Migration, Country of Birth and Citizenship

Penni McClure

Topic Lead Penni McClure (ONS Population Statistics Division) Topic Group Members Nicola White ONS, Population Statistics Division

Lee Kelly ONS, Population Statistics Division Oliver Dorman ONS, Population Statistics Division Nick Palmer ONS, Labour Market Division Giles Horsfield ONS, International Passenger Survey TBA (previously Kanak Ghosh)

ONS, Census

Amy Everton Home Office David Matz Home Office Alan Jackson Welsh Government Richard Elliott NISRA Esta Clark NRS Joshua Leedale BEIS (Department for Business, Energy

and Industrial Strategy) Russ Bentley Department for Work and Pensions


Summary Status (An overview of the status of the work at this time) • Work on this topic had been undertaken by Pete Large and was then halted from Decemb

2013 onwards, due to a high turnover of topic leads, a lack of resource and some debate on the definition of ‘visitors’.

• The membership of the Topic Working Group has been revisited. Many are the same members as the Migration Reporting Group (MRWG)

• The list of Target Concepts to be covered by this Topic has been agreed by the new members of the topic group, via email and at the MRWG quarterly meeting. The term ‘Refugee’ has been added. This list is attached at Annex A.

• The definition of country groupings was an outstanding issue previously (2012/2013). However

new country groupings were introduced in 2014 and are now used alongside our old country groupings, with further work currently been undertaken to extend the new groupings for LTIM as far back as 2004 (currently it goes back to 2010). The issue of disregarding the old country groupings was raised at the latest MRWG quarterly meeting, the outcome of which was that it would be raised within an upcoming consultation for further discussion.

• Points of discussion regarding the differences between Home Office and ONS definitions were put forward (Annex B), with actions being taken on most points (Annex C)

6

NSHG (16:3) 14 Progress made during this reporting period

Work planned for the next reporting period Key Issues and Risks (Summary of actual or potential problems along with risks, potential impacts and sensitivities linked to individual needs of UK nations) Other Information (Any other relevant details) List of Annexes: ANNEX A - Migration and Country of Birth: List of Target Concepts

ANNEX B - Points of discussion regarding ONS and Home Office citizenship terminology ANNEX C - Discussion regarding National Statistics Harmonisation Group (NSHG) definitions

NSHG Topic Group Highlight Report Pensions

Bonang (Bonnie) Lewis Nothing to report for this period

NSHG Topic Group Highlight Report

Personal Well-being Matthew Steel

No report received

NSHG Topic Group Highlight Report Social Capital

Katrina Morrison

Topic Lead Katrina Morrison Topic Group Members TBC Reporting Period July 2016 to October 2016 Surveys Harmonised Questions Used on

• Understanding Society, wave 1 • Understanding Society, wave 3 • Community Life Survey 2012-13, 2014-2015, 2015-2016 • Citizenship Survey (2007-2008) (2008 - 2009) (2009-2010)

(2010-2011) • Millennium Cohort Study: Fifth Survey, 2012 • General Household Survey 2000 • Opinions and Lifestyle Survey (Aug 2012 / Sept 2012) • British Social Attitudes Survey (2012 & 2013) • Home Office Citizenship Survey (2003, 2005)

Summary Status (An overview of the status of the work at this time) Our current focus for the harmonisation of Social Capital measures is to investigate the relevance of 4 proposed Social Capital measures for policy evaluation being developed by the Cabinet Office and the Office for National Statistics These questions fit within the ONS’s framework for measuring Social Capital which spans 4 dimensions: Personal Relationships, Social Support Networks, Civic Engagement and Trust & Cooperative Norms. Progress made during this reporting period We are investigating questions regarding friendship group diversity, friendship support networks, volunteering and general trust. An audit of the above surveys has been conducted and we currently are drawing up a list of

7

NSHG (16:3) 14 stakeholders, derived from our social capital steering group, who may be interested in contributing ideas to our work. Work planned for the next reporting period We are going to contact a list of interested parties from our Social Capital steering group members in order to gain their feedback and perspectives on the proposed set of policy orientated measures put forward by the Cabinet Office and ONS and take these forward with plans for a full review of the measures. Key Issues and Risks (Summary of actual or potential problems along with risks, potential impacts and sensitivities linked to individual needs of UK nations)

- Gaining prompt feedback from stakeholders and stakeholder attendance at steering group - Previously, one of the measures received feedback citing concerns over its relevance.

There are also considerations that need to be taken into account around the wording of a question surrounding volunteering – There are many different ways that volunteering can be interpreted but it is necessary to word the question so it captures relevant details within a reasonable timeframe

Other Information (Any other relevant details) N/A

List of Annexes for Migration, Country of Birth & Citizenship Topic: A Migration and Country of Birth: List of Target Concepts

B Points of discussion regarding ONS and Home Office citizenship terminology C Discussion regarding National Statistics Harmonisation Group (NSHG) definitions

8

NSHG (16:3) 14

Annex A to Migration, Country of Birth & Citizenship Report

Dated Nov 16 Migration and Country of Birth: List of Target Concepts

ID Concept 1 Address of usual residence 2 Country of usual residence 3 Country of domicile 4 Country of birth 5 Country of birth of parents - (or Country of birth of mother) 6 Country of origin 7 Long-term international in-migrant 8 Long-term international out-migrant 9 Short-term international in-migrant

10 Short-term international out-migrant 11 Intended destination 12 Date of arrival in the UK 13 Year and month of arrival in the UK 14 Ever lived abroad 15 Migrant visitors 16 Visitor switchers 17 Migrant switchers 18 Returning migrants 19 Nationality 20 National Identity 21 Citizenship / Country of Citizenship 22 Citizenship at birth 23 Passports held 24 Length of stay / length of residence (Intended length of stay) 25 Reason for visit 26 Internal migrant 27 Cross-border migrant 28 Address one year ago 29 Asylum applicant 30 Refugee 31 Population turnover 32 Migration movement 33 Migration transitions 34 Country groupings (e.g. New Commonwealth) 35 Foreign Population 36 Third Country Nationals

9

NSHG (16:3) 14

ANNEX A: Target Concepts in Stage 3 Target Concepts Proposed Approach and Definition Address of usual residence

A usual resident at an address is someone who is a usual resident of that country and who spends the majority of their time residing at that address. Each person has only one address of usual residence. In practice, the following approaches are used for difficult cases. i) Persons who work away from home during the week and return to the permanent or family home at the weekend should have the permanent or family home recorded as their usual residence, even if the majority of their time is spent at their ‘working week’ address. ii) For armed forces, the usual residence should be the address at which they live when working at their base. This maintains consistency with population estimates. For those with a family or permanent residence, the address (i.e. usual residence) when working at the base may be the same as the family or permanent residence, but may be different. iii) Usual residence for children ‘shared’ between parents living apart should be the address at which children spend the majority of their time. The ‘tie breaker’ for children divided equally between parents is where the child is at the time the population is being measured. iv) Students' usual address is their term-time address. v) If the person has already spent or expects to spend six months or more in a communal establishment then usual residence would be that communal establishment. Otherwise usual residence would be at the home address. vi) Sentenced prisoners are treated in the same way as others in communal establishments. However, prisoners on remand (i.e. not yet sentenced) should be treated as visitors (or resident visitors if they have no other usual residence), irrespective of how long they have been in prison on remand. Thus their usual residence will normally be their family home (unless they have no other usual residence). [Source: Population Definitions Working Group: Final Statement]

Country of usual residence

An individual is a usual resident of a country if they have lived, or intend to live, within that country for at last one year. [Source: Conceptual Framework]

Country of domicile

Although this concept is used in Higher Education Statistics Agency administrative data, we have not identified a use for it in official migration and related statistical outputs. Following comments from the Working Group, we therefore propose that the concept does not require a standard definition and should be removed from the target concepts list.

10

NSHG (16:3) 14

Country of Birth Country of birth is the country in which a person was born. Where country name has changed, current name of the country should be used. Country responses are assigned codes based on the National Statistics Country Classification. The grouping of countries within the classification is broadly regional, but takes into account the grouping of European Union (EU) countries. Countries in the EU are grouped into those that were EU members in March 2001, and those that became members (accession countries) between April 2001 and March 2011 as part of the EU enlargement process. This information is used in identifying all long-term international migrants not identified by the question 'address one year ago'. Combined with other statistics, this information is used to produce international and national migration statistics, which are then used to produce population projections. [Source: 2011 Census Variable and Classification Information - Part 3]

Country of birth of parents (i.e. Country of birth of mother)

Following comments from Working Group members, this is not thought to require a concept separate from Country of Birth.

Country of Origin We have not identified a use for it in official migration and related statistical outputs. Following comments from the Working Group, we therefore propose that the concept does not require a standard definition and should be removed from the target concepts list.

Long-term international in-migration

A long-term international in-migrant is someone who was a usual resident of a country outside the UK who becomes a usual resident of the UK (thus satisfying the 12 month threshold for country of usual residence). Source: PEU For survey based estimates this is based on declared traveller intentions.

Long-term international out-migration

A long-term international out-migrant is someone who was a usual resident of the UK who becomes a usual resident of a country outside the UK (thus satisfying the 12 month threshold for country of usual residence). Source: PEU For survey based estimates this is based on declared traveller intentions.

11

NSHG (16:3) 14

Short-term international in-migration/out-migration

There is no single harmonised definition of a short term migrant. A short-term migrant is a person who moves to a country other than that of his or her usual residence for a period of at least three months but less than a year (12 months) except in cases where the movement to that country is for purposes of recreation, holiday, visits to friends or relatives, business, medical treatment or religious pilgrimage. In practice, this is defined as a visit of 3-12 months for the purpose of work or study.

"The ONS uses 3 different definitions of a short-term international migrant:

1. The UN definition of a short-term migrant: A short-term migrant is a person who moves to a country other than that of his or her usual residence for a period of at least three months but less than a year (12 months) except in cases where the movement to that country is for purposes of recreation, holiday, visits to friends or relatives, business, medical treatment or religious pilgrimage. In practice, this is defined as a visit of 3-12 months for the purpose of work or study.

2. 3-12 month definition including all reasons for migration.

3. All reasons for migration but including stays of 1 – 12 months.

The UN definition is used to allow international comparisons, and this can also be calculated at the Local Authority level. The other definitions are incorporated in response to user demand:" from

Short-Term Migration Estimates Statistical Bulletin, May 2013

www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/short-term-migration/short-term-migration-estimates-for-england-and-wales/mid-2011-estimates/stim.html?format=print

Intended destination

A definition of this concept is not provided in this report.

Date of arrival in the UK

A definition of this concept is not provided in this report.

Year and month of arrival in the UK

The year of arrival in the UK is derived from the date that a person last (or first) arrived to live in the UK. Short visits away from the UK are not counted in determining the date that a person arrived. (In the 2011 Census year of arrival was only applicable to usual residents who were not born in the UK. It did not include usual residents born in the UK who have emigrated and since returned; these are recorded in the category 'born in the UK'.) [Source: 2011 Census Variable and Classification Information - Part 4]

12

NSHG (16:3) 14

Ever lived abroad 'Ever lived abroad' is defined as ever having a country of usual residence other than the UK. Source: PEU

Visitor For the purposes of population and migration statistics an overseas visitor is a person who, being permanently resident in a country outside the UK, visits the UK for a period of less than 12 months. UK citizens resident overseas for 12 months or more coming home on leave are included in this category. Visits abroad are visits for a period of less than 12 months by people permanently resident in the UK (who may be of foreign nationality). Sources: Travel Trends 2012: Appendix A http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/ott/travel-trends/2012/rpt-travel-trends--2012.html#tab-Appendix-A--Definitions-on-which-this-report-is-based Background Notes and Guidelines for Long-Term International Migration Estimates www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/method-quality/specific/population-and-migration/international-migration-methodology/background-notes-and-guidelines-for-long-term-international-migration-estimates.pdf

Visitor switchers A visitor switcher to the UK is someone who: i) Had a country of usual residence other than the UK; ii) Entered the UK with the intention of not living here for 12 months or more (thus not satisfying the criteria for a usual resident of the UK); iii) Stays in the UK for 12 months or more (thus satisfying the criteria for a usual resident of the UK). Conversely, a visitor switcher from the UK is someone who: i) Was a usual resident of the UK; ii) Entered another country with the intention of not living there for 12 months or more; iii) Stays in that country for 12 months or more. [Source: PEU]

13

NSHG (16:3) 14

Migrant switchers

A migrant switcher to the UK is someone who: i) Had a country of usual residence other than the UK; ii) Entered the UK with the intention of living here for 12 months or more (thus satisfying the criteria for a usual resident of the UK); iii) Leaves the UK before the 12 months are completed, without the intention of making the UK their country of usual residence. Conversely, a migrant switcher from the UK is someone who: i) Was a usual resident of the UK; ii) Entered another country with the intention of living there for 12 months or more; iii) Returns to the UK before the 12 months are completed, without the intention of making the other country their country of usual residence. [Source: PEU]

Returning Migrants

A returning migrant to the UK is an international migrant arriving in the UK having been a usual resident outside of the UK but who had in the past been a usual resident of the UK. Source: PEU

Citizenship / Country of citizenship

When measured at the point of migration to/from UK, country of citizenship is normally measured based on the country for which a migrant is a passport holder. This refers specifically to the passport being used to enter / leave the UK. There may be exceptions for example where individuals are dual nationals or where individuals are using alternative documentation for travel purposes. Individuals can obtain UK citizenship via a range of routes. Details are provided in the User Guide to Home Office Immigration Statistics. "This is the term used in the International Passenger Survey (IPS) to define the country for which a migrant is a passport holder. This refers specifically to the passport being used to enter / leave the UK at the time of interview. It does not refer to any other passport(s) which migrants of multiple citizenship may hold.

More generally a British citizen is someone with citizenship usually through a connection with the UK: birth, adoption, descent, registration, or naturalisation. British citizens have the right of abode in the UK." From Migration Statistics Quarterly Report, May 2013 www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/migration1/migration-statistics-quarterly-report/may-2013/msqr-may13.html#tab-6--Glossary.

Citizenship at An individual is almost certain to acquire a British citizenship at birth status

14

NSHG (16:3) 14

birth if they were born before 1st January 1983 in the UK or a qualifying territory. (most British Overseas territories before 1st January 1983). For those born after 1st January 1983, citizenship at birth is acquired if at the time of their birth one of the parents is either a British citizen or is legally settled in the UK (Indefinite Leave to Remain). Individuals can obtain UK citizenship via a range of routes. Details are provided in the User Guide to Home Office Immigration Statistics Source: Home Office.

Passports held Passports held classifies whether a person helds a passport(s) regardless of the issuing country. People are asked to indicate whether they held no passport, a UK passport, an Irish passport or a passport from another country. If, from another country they are asked to write in the name of the passport issuing country. In the 2011 Census people are classified by passport held, those who hold a United Kingdom and/or Irish passport, and any other type of passport, will appear in each applicable category. [Source: 2011 Census Variable and Classification Information - Part 3]

Length of stay / length of Residence (intended length of stay)

Length of stay for UK residents covers the time spent in a destination country, including the journey outside the UK, whilst for overseas residents it refers to the time spent within the UK. This information is than used in deriving the Medium stay (3-6 months), Long stay (6 but under 12 months) and Migrants (over 12 months).

This definition is that included in the IPS Interviewer Instructions (p41) Source: IPS Interviewer Instructions www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/method-quality/specific/travel-and-transport-methodology/international-passenger-survey-methodology/international-passenger-survey-interviewer-instructions-part-2---questionnaire.pdf

Reason for visit This is the main reason given by someone for their journey to a country. Derived from IPS Interviewer Instructions (p47) www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/method-quality/specific/travel-and-transport-methodology/international-passenger-survey-methodology/international-passenger-survey-interviewer-instructions-part-2---questionnaire.pdf

15

NSHG (16:3) 14

Internal migration

An internal migrant is someone who has an address of usual residence in the UK who changes their usual residence to another address within the UK. Source: PEU

Cross-border migrant

A cross-border migrant is someone who makes a migration movement from one country in the UK to another country in the UK. [Source: PEU]

Address one year ago

For most people, the address one year ago will be the permanent or family home that they were living in one year ago. However, if an individual did not have a usual address one year ago, for example those sleeping rough, then the name of the town in which they were staying should be recorded. For babies/children under one year ago the; the information is not collected. The address one year ago information is also used in identifying both internal and international migration. [Source: 2011 Census Variable and Classification Information - Part 3]

Asylum applicant An asylum applicant is a person who either: (a) makes a request to be recognised as a refugee under the Geneva Convention on the basis that it would be contrary to the UK's obligations under the Geneva Convention for him to be removed from or required to leave the UK, or (b) otherwise makes a request for international protection. Source: Home Office: User Guide to Home Office Immigration Statistics

Refugee A refugee is defined, by the 1951 United Nations Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and 1967 Protocol (the ‘Refugee Convention’), as being a person who, owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion, is outside the country of their nationality (or habitual residence, where stateless) and who is unable or, owing to such a fear, is unwilling to avail themselves of the protection of that country. Recognition of refugee status is a pre-requisite to the grant of refugee leave in the UK. Source: Home Office: User Guide to Home Office Immigration Statistics

16

NSHG (16:3) 14

Population turnover

Population turnover over a period t1->t2 is defined as (c+d)/e where c is the internal migration flow from the area to elsewhere in the UK, and d is the internal migration flow to the area from elsewhere in the UK; and e is the usually resident population at t2. [This is the definition used in the MSOA Population Turnover Rates, and is described as the turnover rate at time t2. A similar approach to b) is used in the Migration Indicators, except that rates are quoted for both internal migration flows and international migration flows, and that the rate is described as the turnover rate for t1+1/2 -> t2+1/2. ] [Source: PEU]

Migration movement

A migration movement between two areas is defined as the event of a usual resident of an area A changes their usual residence to area B. [Source: PEU]

Migration transitions

A migration transition between two areas is defined as where a usual resident of an area A at time t1 is a usual resident of area B at time t2. Illustration of difference between migration movement and migration transition. A lives in Portsmouth in June 2011 and moves to Southampton in January 2012, staying there till July 2012.-> 1 movement; 1 transition B lives in Portsmouth in June 2011 and moves to Southampton in January 2012, before emigrating in March 2012->1 movement to Southampton+1 movement overseas; 1 transition (Portsmouth-Overseas). C is born in September 2011 and is usually resident in Portsmouth; before moving to Southampton in January 2012 and remaining there till July 2012 -> 1 movement, 0 transitions [Source: PEU]

Country groupings (e.g. New Commonwealth)

This work has been taken forward separately by Migration Reporting Working Group and the Migration Statistics Unit, ONS. More information will be available shortly.

Foreign Population

We have not identified a use for this concept in official migration and related statistical outputs. Following comments from the Working Group, we therefore propose that the concept does not require a standard definition and should be removed from the target concepts list.

Third Country Nationals

We have not identified a use for this concept in official migration and related statistical outputs. Following comments from the Working Group, we therefore propose that the concept does not require a standard definition and should be removed from the target concepts list.

17

NSHG (16:3) 14

Annex B to Migration, Country of Birth & Citizenship Report

Dated Nov 16

Points of discussion regarding ONS and Home Office citizenship terminology

• “EU15” (ONS) or “EU14” (Home Office) • “Middle East and Central Asia” (ONS) or distinct “Middle East” and “Central Asia” (Home

Office) • “Palestine” (ONS) or “Occupied Palestinian Territories” (Home Office) • St Barthelemy not on Home Office list of nationalities. Can this be added? • Home Office split island of St Martin into St Maarten (Dutch) and St Martin (French).

Suggest ONS do the same as they are separate countries and not part of any other island country.

• British territories are counted as “British” by ONS and are part of various geographical regions by Home Office (see below)

Citizenship/Nationality ONS classification

Home Office classification

Anguilla British Americas Other Bermuda British Americas Other British Indian Ocean Territory British Not listed British Overseas British Other British Virgin Islands British Americas Other Cayman Islands British Americas Other Falkland Islands British Americas Other Montserrat British Americas Other Pitcairn Island British Oceania Other South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands

British Americas Other

St Helena/Ascension/Tristan da Cunha

British Africa Other

Turks and Caicos Islands British Americas Other

18

NSHG (16:3) 14

Annex C to Migration, Country of Birth & Citizenship Report

Dated Nov 16 Discussion regarding National Statistics Harmonisation Group (NSHG) definitions 1. Penni informed the group she had taken over as topic lead of Citizenship, Country of Birth

and Migration within the NSHG and as the work has laid dormant since 2013 (with the exception of the 2014 consultation on new country groupings) she wants to push forward finalising the extensive work Pete Large did previously on agreeing a list of definitions for 35 variables across government.

2. Chris Kershaw of the Home Office commented that ‘refugee’ should be added as it is more pertinent now and is distinctive from ‘asylum seeker’ and Penni agreed to find an appropriate definition to add for approval. Penni also agreed to invite comment again from the MRWG, with the view to having this finalised by the next NSHG meeting in November

ACTION: Penni McClure to find a suitable definition for ‘refugee’ and send this out for approval. Complete ACTION: Penni McClure to again invite comment from the MRWG regarding list of definitions. Complete

3. Penni then went through a list of differences between Home Office and MSU citizenship

definitions to discuss.

• “EU15” (MSU and Eurostat - because it is not a country in itself) vs “EU14” (LMD and HO). It was suggested there could be an extra line in the consultation to discuss it, as it seems sensible to use EU14 in principle but there may be practical implications. Dean Jathoonia of MSU pointed out that other countries too use EU15 which may lead to confusion when conducting international comparisons. Angie Osborn of the IPS team added that any decision on this or the other points would need to include the IPS team as they need to be harmonised too.

• “Middle East and Central Asia” (ONS) vs “Middle East” and “Central Asia” (HO). The former is based on a sample survey so the small numbers from Central Asia mean separation would jeopardise robustness. The latter is categorisation is due to them being completely different areas geographically and politically. To be kept as they are.

• “Palestine” (ONS) vs “Occupied Palestine Territories” (HO) – check what other organisations call these.

• St Barthelemy to be added to Home Office User Guide and any other documents it may be missing from.

19

NSHG (16:3) 14

• “St Martin” (ONS) vs “St Martin” - France and “St Maarten” – Dutch (HO). ONS to adopt the two country definition.

• ONS classifications of 12 citizenships for British Overseas Territories as “British” vs Home Office classifications such as “Americas Other”, “Not listed” etc. Home Office to check User Guide as they should all just be “Other” and are listed as such in tables.

ACTION: Nicola White (MSU) to add extra line to the consultation to discuss EU15 vs EU14. definitions. ACTION: Penni McClure to check what other organisations refer to Palestine as. Complete: State of Palestine or Palestine ACTION: Home Office to add St Barthelemy to any documentation/tables. Complete: Home Office feels workload outweighs benefit due to lack of migrants from this territory. ACTION: Penni McClure (MSU) and Angie Osborn (IPS) to coordinate to change St Martin to St Martin and St Maarten. Complete: IPS codes for the two are provided but are not within MSU. Cost in terms of manpower outweighs benefits as no migrants have been recorded to or from St Maarten. Would be in the same higher level grouping (South & Central America). However, will reassess January 1st and if decide not to add it within MSU, will only add if any migrants come from there as they will generate an error code. ACTION: Amy Everton (Home Office) to check Home Office User Guide and other publications for definitions of citizenships for certain British Overseas Territories. Complete: All are listed as ‘Other’ rather than ‘Americas other’. Still different to ‘British’.

20

national statistics harmonisation group meeting agenda · update on iess framework nshg (16:3) 12...

Documents