West Lothian Community Information Sharing Partnership - External Sources & Links
Scottish Executive Statistics:
The aim of the statistical service in the Scottish Executive is to provide relevant and reliable statistical information, analysis and advice that meets the needs of government, business and the people of Scotland. The main site has links to other statistical sites e.g. at ISD (Health Information & Statistics Division), & GRO (The General Register Office in Scotland).
Scottish Executive Statistics
ISD: Health Information & Statistics
GRO: General Register Office - Census & Population Statistics
Scottish Neighbourhood Statistics Service
Scottish Neighbourhood Statistics is the Scottish Executive's on-going programme to improve the availability, consistency and accessibility of small area statistics in Scotland. Information is being made available to inform the Scottish Executive's approach to improving the quality of life for people living in Scotland especially in the most disadvantaged areas. The information is invaluable to Community Planning Partnerships and public sector agencies where the availability of up-to-date high quality information is crucial to the way in which services are developed and delivered and issues of local concern are addressed. It will also help local people and community groups bring together information to support funding and grant applications.
The Internet site is the main way in which the Scottish Executive will disseminate the range of small area statistics. It provides information on health, education, poverty, unemployment, housing, population, crime and social / community issues at the data zone level and above.
Neighbourhood Statistics
Improvement Service Single Outcome Agreement Website
The creation of a Single Outcome Agreement (SOA) between each Council and the Scottish Government is based on the 15 national outcomes. The national outcomes reflect the Scottish Government's National Performance Framework but they also reflect established corporate and community plan commitments across Scotland's Councils and Community Planning Partnerships. As importantly, progress on the mutually agreed outcomes for Scotland as a whole (the ‘national' outcomes) cannot in most cases happen unless progress is made at local level. Through the Concordat, Councils are committed to supporting progress at national level through improvement in outcomes at local level. The Improvement Service has been contributing to the work of the High Level Steering Group, which comprises Audit Scotland, COSLA, the Scottish Government , Improvement Service and SOLACE to enable the development of Single Outcome Agreements. This site contains links to the guidance on SOA's & the indicator sources etc.
Improvement Service Website
Scotland Performs Website
This website gives you the latest information on how Scotland is performing on a range of topics affecting all aspects of Scottish life. We want to live in a successful Scotland: a healthy, safe, well-educated country, with a vibrant economy and opportunities for all. Over time, Scotland Performs will tell us just how Scotland is doing in our pursuit of these aims. It describes the outcomes we want to achieve and how well Scotland is progressing in key areas: health and wellbeing; justice and communities; the environment; the economy; and education and skills.
Scotland Performs
Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation
The latest Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD)2006 identifies the most deprived areas across Scotland. It is now based on 37 indicators in the seven individual domains of Current Income, Employment, Housing, Health, Education Skills and Training and Geographic Access to Services and Crime.
Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation
The Scottish Census
The Census in Scotland is the responsibility of the General Register Office for Scotland and there is information about the background to the last Census, which took place on April 29th 2001, on their web pages. They also have an interactive website known as SCROL (Scotland's Census Results OnLine). The aim of which is to enable users to:
- Identify and retrieve any of the pre-defined tables from the Area Statistics;
- Use an interactive map/gazetteer to define areas of interest, group specific geographical units etc;
- View thematic maps for pre-defined topics;
- View commentary and text which helps the user understand the tables and geography; and
- Download the tables for use locally.
Data Sources for Social Research in Scotland
A report carried out by the National Centre for Social Research in 2001, on behalf of the Scottish Executive Central Research Unit. The study had three main aims. Firstly, to review the data sources available to research users both within and outwith the Scottish Executive; secondly, to explore the Executive's needs for longitudinal research and thirdly, to assess the extent to which these research needs could be met by existing data. The scoping study involved the following components:
- 1 : A review of existing survey data sources;
- 2 : A review of existing administrative data sources;
- 3 : In-depth interviews with int/ext research users.
A Guide to Datasets for Scotland by ESDS Government Economic & Social Data Service (ESDS).
The documents published in 2006 list sources relating to each of five themes:
- Theme 1: Employment and the Labour Market
- Theme 2: Health
- Theme 3: Crime
- Theme 4: Identity and Social Capital
- Theme 5: Demography
English Neighbourhood Renewal
The English National Strategy for Neighbourhood Renewal is designed to improve standards of health, education, housing and the environment, to reduce crime and worklessness, and to close the gap between the worst-off neighbourhoods and the rest of the country. Detailed source of work undertaken by the Social Exclusion Unit to address the huge gaps that separate the country?s most deprived neighbourhoods and the rest.
Neighbourhood renewal in England
The Data for Renewal Website (Contains links to a wide range of useful sources which are also applicable in Scotland.)
Publications
Assessing Neighbourhood-Level Data for Target Setting
Practical Guides for Using Neighbourhood-Level DataThe Information and Statistics Division of the NHS in Scotland
ISD is Scotland's national organisation for health information, statistics and IT services. Few other countries have information which combines high quality data, consistency, national coverage and the ability to link data to allow patient based analysis and follow up.
The Internet site is the main way in which the Scottish Executive will disseminate the range of small area statistics. It provides information on health, education, poverty, unemployment, housing, population, crime and social / community issues at the data zone level and above.
Equalities Database held by the Scottish Government
The Executive has developed a searchable health inequalities database in order to support work on equalities, including equality impact assessment which is one of the requirements placed on the NHS and other public sector organisations in Scotland by race legislation and the new public sector duties on gender and disability.
This searchable database of information on statistics, economics and research provides a breakdown of information on age, gender, disability, ethnicity, sexual orientation, transgender, and religion/ belief from a range of organisations across Scotland including the Scottish Government, Information Services Division (ISD), academic institutions, Health Protection Scotland, Health Boards and others.
It provides web links to published documents, information on work in progress and the details of who to contact for more information.
The Scottish Public Health Observatory
The Scottish Public Health Obsservatory - ScotPHO (formerly Public Health Scotland), which previously produced community health profiles, including one for West Lothian), holds a wide range of Health data.
