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The ONS is keen to establish a long term, small area geography policy which will be used for Census 2011 and Neighbourhood Statistics. The aim is to support the production of coherent and useful data that can be used with confidence by all organisations.
The consultation paper is available online. This describes all policy proposals, the background to them, and a number of attendant issues. Please take the time to get involved by responding to the survey and joining in the debate around the blog posts.
Latest Posts
- The consultation has now closed .........
- Consultation period ends this Friday (16th Feb)
- Do you use Output Areas?
- Don't forget the surveys
- How important are postcodes?
- Should boundaries be tied to the real world?
- Festive messages
- Health data? Ethnicity data? Do we need bigger areas?
- Consultation document
- OAs and SOAs - Stick or Twist?
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Posted by Pam Sutherland (not verified) on 19/12/2006 - 16:27
Although I appreciate the first two comments I think they underestimate the interest in local data, whether it be related to health or other topics. Small rural areas face specific health hazards which can only be identified as local statistics are maintained. Once these have been identified specific causes may be identified and removed. Villagers who travel to either of nearest surgeries may not have such issues picked up unless data is collated and analysed appropriately.