1. Management Information and Data Jon Carling Head of NERIP Michael Johnson Research Fellow IPPR North

2. Purpose of this session  To present readily available data from trusted sources  To discuss how useful this is in the region for regional and strategic purposes  To identify alternative sources of data  To consider means to share data

3. The NINO dataset is produced quarterly by DWP:  Advantages –updated every quarter –easy to access –breaks down by nationality and Local Authority District –trend data back several years –comprehensive, operational data rather than a survey  Disadvantages –doesn’t take de-registrations into account –very limited demographic data –focus is on employment issues

4. Number of economic migrants in the North East

5. The Workers’ Registration Scheme is operated by the Employment Service  Advantages –updated every quarter –breaks down by nationality and Local Authority District –trend data back several years –covers a useful range of variables – age, industry, occupational level, dependents, length of stay, hours worked per week, gender – as well as nationality and location  Disadvantages –limited to A2 and A8 countries –only accessible with a.gov.uk e-mail address –limited to employees of those companies which have registered for WRS - a voluntary process

6. Number of WRS registrations, Q4 2008

7. HESA publishes data about numbers of students in the region  Advantages –updated annually –data published by University and by subject of study –data also shows disability (by category) and level of qualification  Disadvantages –limited range of demographic variables

8. Numbers of students at NE Universities 2005-06

9. NHS publishes data about numbers of people registered with individual GPs  Advantages –regularly updated –easy to access –comprehensive, operational data rather than a survey –‘Flag 4’ shows whether the registrant is a UK national or not  Disadvantages –very limited data about demographics or ethnicity

10. Number of Flag 4 by district, 2006

11. ONS publishes data showing the components of population changes

12. Population has a number of operational uses - these are a small sub-set  Local authority resource allocation  Planning and monitoring service provision e.g. education and health services  Grossing up survey results e.g. Labour Force Survey  Research by academics  Denominators in the derivation of rates e.g. GDP, unemployment rates, mortality & fertility rates

13. ONS recognise deficiencies in the data and have put in place a migration statistics improvement programme  Coordinated by ONS, with the following Government Departments: DWP, HO, DCSF, CLG, DH, DIUS, Bank of England, Devolved administrations, LGA  Five work streams Entry/Exit data Alternative Sources Local population estimates Migration Reporting Analysis and Indicators

14. Management Information and Data Jon Carling Head of NERIP Michael Johnson Research Fellow IPPR North