Troubleshooting

JSA Sanctions data - LA level

Tue, 7 May 2013 11:12:33 GMT

I'm having trouble finding data on how many people have been sanctioned in Norwich and for how long. Many thanks in advance.

JSA rates for current wards, LSOAs etc

Thu, 28 Feb 2013 14:23:45 GMT

I'm sure this question has been asked but I can't find the answer - are there plans to start producing JSA rates for current wards and also for LSOAs/MSOAs? It's starting to be an issue that the rates available on Nomis are for 2003 CAS wards not current ones and it would also be extremely useful to have them for LSOAs as we increasingly build geographies using them as building blocks. Rates for OAs would be even better!

Also, the note on denominators says that they've been updated with 2011 estimates for LAs and above. Does that mean we're still on old denominators for the CAS wards?

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Ginny Murphy
Economic Intelligence Officer
Cumbria County Council

Work Programme volumes

Thu, 28 Feb 2013 14:10:16 GMT

Is there a way that Work Programme providers can use to Nomis to calculate future volumes of customers who are eligible? I seem to remember potential bidders being give guidance on how to use Nomis for this to get a feel for the volumes they could expect before the Work Programme was launched. Thanks very much!

Future of DWP data

Mon, 28 Jan 2013 11:59:45 GMT

How much of the data from DWP (and I am thinking about Universal Credit & other DWP benefits from 2013 onwards) will also be available to download from NOMIS?
I have played with the beta version of Stat-Xplore which DWP are planning to use and find it as useful as their awful tabtool, so to know that I can access the data from NOMIS would be a great relief!

Rebasing the Claimant Count Rates

Mon, 3 Dec 2012 09:17:45 GMT

As 2011 Mid Year Estimates have now been published on NOMIS can you tell me when Claimant Count rates for 2011 will be based on this and not the 2010 estimates.

thanks

Problems with getting county/UA level data for Employment using API

Tue, 2 Oct 2012 11:37:48 GMT

Hi,

I have problems with getting the Employment data for County/UA level using the API. As I configure the query and use manual download method (from the query wizard itself) I get the correct data, which is Employment rate for Counties + UAs.

Now when I go to the format tab and use one of the API link to download the same data, I get data for Districts+UAs instead.

The link that is generated is: http://www.nomisweb.co.uk/api/v01/dataset/NM_17_5.data.csv?geography=E06000005...S12000040&date=latest&variable=MAKE|Employment%20rate%20-%20aged%2016-64|28|22&measures=20599,21001,21002,21003&select=geography_code,variable_name,measures_name,obs_value

Thanks,
Lukasz

Public/Private in BRES

Fri, 20 Jul 2012 12:49:08 GMT

I noticed that there is a Public/Private option in the layout drop-down when using BRES. However, there is only one category ("Total"). Is there any way of getting further disaggreagation for this?

Northern Ireland data

Mon, 16 Jul 2012 11:17:54 GMT

Is there a way of generating detailed sub-regional data on Northern Ireland employment figures by sub-industry? I am using BRES/ABI data sets.

There seems to be no option for Northern Ireland on geography option?

Maps

Wed, 27 Jun 2012 16:57:16 GMT

I am having trouble creating a map - the option is not available on any data selections I make using the advanced query?

Ward codes in Age and duration claimant count

Fri, 22 Jun 2012 15:29:44 GMT

Is there a reason why the total claimant count data includes geography options for 2005 and 2009 wards and the age/duration dataset doesn't? I'm trying to specify areas using the new geography codes (e.g. E05003459 - Axminster Rural ward) and the API is returning an empty XML file. It is only the ward codes that are causing me problems - LAs, LSOAs etc work fine.

Thanks,
Mark.

DLA 5% data

Mon, 28 May 2012 11:55:34 GMT

Hi

To my previous query i got the following response from you:
Further to Peter's response, I have discussed the issues again with DWP. They weren't going to resend us the 5% data in error because of the questions over the future of Nomis (as there is work involved on their part to get the corrections off to us). But now our future in guaranteed in the near term, we will hopefully receive it at some stage (though no definite decisions or dates as yet).

However, the dataset holding the WPLS DLA data with the extended condition codes (56 of them) is close to completion and we will release it at the beginning of January (all things being well). This dataset will start with the May 2011 data with no back series (as the condition breakdown in the dates prior to May 2011 was wrong). I'll leave the old WPLS dataset in place so that people can get a time series - but with no condition breakdown.

Bearing in mind that the November 2011 data has not long been released what has happened to the condition data?

Dates in headings

Thu, 17 May 2012 15:15:26 GMT

Is there a reason why we now get the date repeated in column sub-headings where it would previously have said "number"? For example, the JSA claimant count columns are now headed April 2012 and rate rather than number and rate.

Data for fire authorities

Wed, 16 May 2012 16:08:01 GMT

Hi

Is any data available for fire authorities (e.g. Cornwall County Fire Brigade)?

Many thanks

Maxim

NOMIS APP query

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 12:07:26 GMT

I posted the following message in the Miscellaneous section a while ago. Any chance of a response please.
"A colleague of mine attended a Census meeting in London on Tuesday. While there someone mentioned, and she says showed her, a NOMIS app for his iphone/ipad. I've not heard of an app and after searching I couldn't find one myself. Is there really an app out there or did my colleague get the wrong end of the stick?"

Nomis API - can I identify updates using RSS?

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 16:53:26 GMT

Hi,

I an using Nomis to download a large number of values from a range of datasets and want an automated means of picking up any changes to values . Can you advise how I might do this (eg via RSS) without downloading all values each day and checking for changes?

Many thanks

Maxim

DLA data

Mon, 5 Mar 2012 15:47:15 GMT

I've used the Advanced Query wizard to create a URL for the API to extract total DLA claimants for GB and Devon. The XML file however doesn't contain any data - http://www.nomisweb.co.uk/api/v01/dataset/NM_115_1.generic.sdmx.xml?geography=E10000008,K03000001&date=latest&sex=5...7,10&item=2&age=0&duration=0&sex=7&condition=0&measures=20100

Looking at the XML (and the URL above) there appears to be two sex concepts which looks a bit odd, but may well be correct.

Can you throw any light on why I can't get the data? I've tried other benefits datasets and they appear to work correctly.

Many thanks,
Mark.

How to get a "Summary" version of URL?

Mon, 5 Mar 2012 13:34:18 GMT

Hi,

I have a Nomis API URL, e.g.

http://www.nomisweb.co.uk/api/v01/dataset/NM_17_5.data.csv?geography=2092957698TYPE464&time=2011-02&variable=84&measures=21001

Is there easy way to see a "summary" page for that URL, e.g. by appending

"&summary=1" ?

Thank you in advance

Maxim

Cannot download district data from NM_17_5

Fri, 2 Mar 2012 16:16:10 GMT

Hello

I am trying to download "number of unemployed people of working-age people" (16-59 for females and 16-64 for males) from Nomis API web services.

This query returns the data for Cambridge for rolling quarter ending on 2010-09, including the value itself and confidence rating:

http://www.nomisweb.co.uk/api/v01/dataset/NM_17_5.data.csv?geography=E07000008&time=2010-09&variable=84&measures=21001,21003

It returns two row, one for value (numerator), and another for confidence rating.
Note that the value (numerator) is available (1400) but "confidence" is suppressed ("Estimate and confidence interval unreliable since the group sample size is small (3-9)").

I only need the value(numerator) itself and NOT the confidence rating. If I remove the confidence rating from the query:

http://www.nomisweb.co.uk/api/v01/dataset/NM_17_5.data.csv?geography=E07000008&time=2010-09&variable=84&measures=21001

then the value (numerator) disappears and is no longer available ("These figures are suppressed as statistically unreliable").

This is the case for many other districts. We cannot automatically download district data from NM_17_5 because of this issue.

We could modify our program to filter out "confidence" rows.

But it would be better to find a way to create a query which returns district-level data (e.g. number of unemployed people in Cambridge) WITHOUT "confidence"-related rows.

Could you please help me to find a way to download ONLY the value ("number of unemployed people of working-age people" (16-59 for females and 16-64 for males)) from the NOMIS API web services, without adding the confidence interval rows in the results?

Many thanks

Maxim

Porism Limited

Reference unique cell in API

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:22:57 GMT

The API lets me link to a unique cell e.g. http://www.nomisweb.co.uk/api/v01/datastore/Nm-115d1d32181e0d1941962901d7d0d0d0d0d2d20100.generic.sdmx.xml. Is it possible to link to more than one cell in a single URL in a similar way to specifying multiple codes per concept?

Ideally I'd like to return Disability Living Allowance, Pension Credit, Job Seekers Allowance and Income Support totals in one go. Currently they are in separate tables which means four data requests.

Thanks,
Mark

Nomis API - query does not work (NM_90_1 - all occupations)

Tue, 7 Feb 2012 13:00:29 GMT

Hi,

I have generated the following query using the advanced query tool:

https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/api/v01/dataset/NM_90_1.data.csv?geography=E06000005&date=latest&item=2&occupation=589824&duration=0&measures=20100

I want to download total data (all occupations), without any breakdown by occupation.

It is possible to download such data from the web site. But the query above (generated by the web site)
does not work. I think it is because Nomis API does not recognise "occupation=589824" code.
It does not recognise MAKE command either (e.g. occupation=MAKE|Total|589824;589825 etc)

Could you please help me to resolve this issue?

The query is saved in my account (dn95944). Its name is "MT 513 - Values checked".

Maxim

Error Vacancies Notified

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:21:05 GMT

Hi

I work for Northumberland, Tyne & Wear District. The district comprises of 24 offices.

If you run a query asking for the number of job vacancies notified for Dec 11 using the geographical area of Jobcentre Plus Districts as of April 2011 you get a figure of 7,493

If you select via geographical area jobcentre plus offices some and select Northumbria you get 4,841 vacancies if you then redo the query selecting South Tyne & Wear Valley and select the 6 offices that are now part of Northumberland, Tyne & Wear District these offices being Sunderland, Washington, Houghton le Spring, South Shields, Jarrow,Southwick you get 2,402 combined total 7,243. As you can see there is a discrepency of 250.

Is the headline figure for vacancies niotified 7,93 or 7,243?

Could you explain what offices are included in the Northumberland, Tyne & WEar District query and how the discrepency occurs?

Thank you in anticipation

Thank you in anticipation.

Mike

Mike

Retirement and training rates?

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:01:47 GMT

I'm conducting non-commercial research and seeking estimates of both retirement and training rates of skilled trades. Is there a survey or proxy in a survey that covers this? All I've identified so far are total occupation figures.

Specifically I'm looking for the annual rate of retirement and training of gas and electricity meter installers in London. Apologies in advance if this has been covered in a previous topic, and thank you for any assistance.

DLA 5% data

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 11:29:13 GMT

Is there any news on whether the DWP are going to be providing you with the 5% DLA data to include Condition.

I know it is available via their tab tool, but to be perfectly honest I hate the tab tool!

Thanks

Claimant Count Age 25+ Under 6 months

Fri, 23 Sep 2011 15:27:09 GMT

Hi

I am trying to capture claimant counts for JCP offices in Northumberland, Tyne & Wear District for customers age 25+ Under 6 months and 25+ Over 6 months. NOMIS only appears to show claimants 25+ over 1 year so therefore figures for claimant counts for individual jobcentres are not as detailed as 18 - 24 which show 1week, under 26 weeks, under 52 weeks.

Can you help resolve this matter.

Thank you in anticipation.

Mike

SIC 2003 and 2007

Thu, 22 Sep 2011 17:04:13 GMT

Has anyone developed a way of linking the 2003 and 2007 SIC series so that we can rework the SIC 2003 ABI data to provide (say) 10 years of data.

JSA Onflows: Cohort Survival Rate Analysis

Mon, 19 Sep 2011 14:09:54 GMT

Does anybody have any suggestions of how to derive on-flows, cohort based, survival rates form the data on NOMIS accurately? (by age and gender & time series if possible)

So far, I have tried reverse engineering form CC and Off-flow durations, but it is not as accurate as I would have wanteo assign. From the duration bands, it is not always possible to asign with perfect confidence to the correct monthly on-flow cohort.

Any ideas? Thanks.

Carl

DWP Benefits data - proxy for worklessness?

Thu, 15 Sep 2011 11:47:39 GMT

Hello

I've been looking at the new DWP benefits dataset at SOA level. I've noticed that there is a "total claimants" variable within the "benefit claimants - working age clients for small areas" dataset. Is it acceptible to use this as a proxy for worklessness? Which benefits make up the dataset? Thanks.

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MSOA Data Sets

Wed, 31 Aug 2011 16:31:22 GMT

Hi,

I usually access Nomis employment, jsa etc data on a ward basis however owing to organisational restructuring I'm attempting to build up such a profile on an MSOA basis. Are there any tools / facilities built in to Nomis that could facilitate this or is it a case of putting together the data sets manually. Any assistance / ideas would be much appreciated.

Query on office stock figures

Thu, 25 Aug 2011 15:08:00 GMT

Hi

I've just downloaded the Jul-11 Claimant Count figures for Surrey and Sussex and Bexhill is showing an increase of almost 30% in it's stock from last month. This does not tie in with any local MI we have and wondered if anyone was able to have a look at the raw data and see if there had been a mistake in the mapping?

Many Thanks

Job Centre Plus Notified Vacancies

Mon, 22 Aug 2011 15:26:57 GMT

Can somebody please advise me, in layman's terms, as to what the notified vacancies figures in Job Centre Plus data represent?
Are the monthly notified vacancies figures in effect the 'stock' of vacancies, or do they represent the number of 'new' vacancies, i.e. vacancies that did not exist in the previous month?
Put simply, am I looking at the correct figures if I want to know how many vacancies JCP had 'on their books', as it were?
I'm afraid I'm fairly new to this data and am finding many of the definitions I have found on here somewhat unhelpful and contradictory.
Thanks.

Jobcentre Plus Vacancies Notified Query

Wed, 27 Jul 2011 12:25:13 GMT

I have some queries around the figures published on NOMIS in relation to JCP vacancies notified

The vacancies notified for the month of June 2011 differ from those that appear on the DWP Labour Market System (LMS) for the same month.

Could someone provide clarity around how NOMIS compile the Monthly vacancies notified figures.

The vacancies for June do these include the following:

Vacancies notified during the period 1 June - 30th June 2011 only?

Unfilled live vacancies from previous months April May etc....?

Unfilled suspended vacancies for period 1 June - 30th June 2011 only?

Unfilled suspended vacancies from previous months April May etc....?

We are trying to compile supply and demand data analysis and want to ensure that the information provided is accurate.

Any advice is appreciated.

Thank you in anticipation.

Mike

Jobcentre Plus Vacancies - Claimant Count Query

Wed, 27 Jul 2011 12:07:24 GMT

When the claimant count figure is calculatred do NOMIS look at the SOC codes on the JSAG. If so do they look at all 3 soc codes on the JSAG or just the first entry which is normally the individuals preferred occupation.

I am trying to do an analysis of supply and demand for individual JCP offices within the JCP Distirct and what to ensure accuracy and that there is no discrepancies between the DWP Labour Market System (LMS).

Could someone clearly explain how the claimant count is arrived at on a monthly basis by NOMIS.

Thank you in anticipation.

Mike

Why can I no longer use forward and back arrows in NOMIS

Wed, 22 Jun 2011 09:02:35 GMT

I used to be able to go back from my final output tables in NOMIS to the previous pages including back to the query so that I could amend it, using the forward and back arrow buttons. I no longer seem to be able to do this. Every time I move through a NOMIS query (using advanced query) I get a window with no back and forward arrows and I can only move to the next window by completing the appropriate stage of the query. Once I have my results, I can only close the window rather than go back and amend the query, so if I need to make a minor correction, like for example adding data for an extra year, I have to start the query all over again.

Why have I lost the facility to go back?

Jennifer Boag
Senior Research Officer
Falkirk Council

DWP 5% Data - DLA Condition

Fri, 20 May 2011 11:06:06 GMT

Can you tell me where the DLA payments by condition option has gone when using the DWP 5% data.

Thank you

New JCP District Claimant Count figures discrepancy

Thu, 19 May 2011 09:24:46 GMT

I've just downloaded Claimant Count data for April 2011 and noticed that the option to view figures under the new JCP District/Group structure is available alongside the existing pre 2011 District structure. However when you run the two reports some of the districts that have not changed are reporting two different figures. Surrey and Sussex is showing a count of 38,221 under the old measure and 39,235 under the new structure. Can anyone explain why this may be? Has there been some re-mapping of local offices?

Wages data???

Fri, 6 May 2011 09:01:04 GMT

I'm trying to get some data on wages by regions to do some analysis around the minimum wage.

I thought that some data on wages was collected in the Labour Force Survey but i can't see it.

I was looking at the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings but it doesn't come with enough other variables really, also it would be better if the data had more of a breakdown of the number of people earning below specific amounts (e.g. the minimum wage)

Can anybody help me with this???

Where's the UK Labour Force survey figures gone?

Thu, 5 May 2011 18:01:17 GMT

Your changes are consistent with the ONS published figures, while you can't generate the ONS quarterly changes from what they publish - rounding errors.

Claimant Count Duration Methods

Wed, 30 Mar 2011 16:12:50 GMT

Hi,

I work with benefit data including the Northern Ireland claimant count datasets and like to cross check my work with NOMIS. I would like to know a bit about how the claim durations are calculated on NOMIS as I usually use a function in SAS that works out the duration in months and it gives different answers. Do you guys work out the durations or is it ONS?

Thanks,

Alan

Definition of public sector using SIC2003

Fri, 14 Jan 2011 10:05:22 GMT

ONS recently published district level data for 2003-2008 for the public and private sectors. Does anyone know what SIC2003 categories are included? A publication by the Work Foundation suggests various 3-digit codes, but this overstates the figures in the ONS publication.

What exactly does Manufacturing (SIC D) include?

Fri, 17 Dec 2010 11:37:54 GMT

I am a bit of a novice RE : Nomis etc however I am trying to do some research and am in a quandary as to exactly what is included within the broad spectrum of Manufacturing (SIC D)?? This is given as an option when looking at data from the annual business enquiry employee analysis under broad industrial groups. Apologies if the answer to this is straightforward and I am being thick.

On Flows/Off Flows

Wed, 1 Dec 2010 23:44:47 GMT

Hi,

I had a questions about the stock claims data and on/off flows data. In theory, the stock claims data in time t+1 should be equal to stock claims data in time t minus off flows claims in time t+1 plus on flows claims in time t+1. But if you do this exercise, it doesn't add up. Do you know why this is? Is it data attrition?

Thanks

Claimant Count Occupation

Tue, 30 Nov 2010 18:30:49 GMT

Is the "sought occupation" data updated monthly? Or is the initial reported occupation carried through time until the claimant leaves? That is, does the worker update where he is searching month to month?

Labour Market Participation Rates

Mon, 8 Nov 2010 16:34:33 GMT

where would one find information on Labour Market Participation rates?

APS Data

Thu, 14 Oct 2010 15:08:05 GMT

Hi,

Can't find a full description of what the APS '% with taught adult learning - 16 to 69' refers to (i.e. is it within the last x months prior to interveiw). Does anyone know?

:???:

Qualifications stats for over 64s

Mon, 11 Oct 2010 13:26:13 GMT

I am trying to match up national data with survey data for qualifications but our last age category is over 60 years but for NOMIS data it is up to 64 years Is it possible to have all the data a by smaller age groups so that I can compare the groups
Thanks

Benefits data and working age definition

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 13:17:18 GMT

I noticed whilst downloading the newly released benefits data that the client option for Incapacity Benefit data uses the 16 to 59/64 definition for working age. Can you confirm that this is the definition of working age for this benefit.

Employment Levels in Local Government

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 15:52:56 GMT

I am trying to assess the number of employees in our area who work for local government. Any idea how I can split this off from the other public sector workers as in the ABI and APS they are put into the one group.

Tracy Brennan
Economic Intelligence Officer
Sefton MBC

Small area carers allowance stats

Fri, 25 Jun 2010 15:50:34 GMT

Are carers allowance figures available for ward/LSOA level? I know you can get the carers stat group from the working age benefits data set but that may be excluding some claimants due to the hierarchical methodology of creating these stat groups. Please don't tell me to go straight to the DWP website or the tab tool it is either impossible to find anything, links to webpages are more often than not broken and no one ever seems to be able to work out who exactly you need to speak to on the phone!

Retail?

Fri, 18 Jun 2010 08:45:44 GMT

On the employe jobs by industry, what catergory does retail fall into?

Workplace Destinations

Mon, 14 Jun 2010 16:55:57 GMT

How do I work out the relative proportions of travel to workplace destinations from a Ward?

Gap in vacancies series

Sat, 24 Apr 2010 14:52:52 GMT

Bentley (2005) (https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/articles/ref/vacs/LMT%20200506-363.pdf) states that Vacancy notifications were suspended in May 2001 due to distortions in the series caused by changes in vacancy notification methodology. The author then goes on to state that the series was resumed in May 2002, with back data from the same date available from NOMIS. The paper presents continuous vacany statistics, yet there is no possibility of constructing a continuous series using the information available on NOMIS. The historic series ends in April 2001. Is there any way of obtaining the missing information? I am looking for this information at the TTWA and LAUA level of aggregation, with TTWA being a priority.

Regards

Philip Ball
PhD
Room B51
School of Economics
University of Nottingham
+44 (0)115915972

Out of work benefits

Wed, 14 Apr 2010 10:54:34 GMT

Hi,
I'm just trying to find a definition of what is included in the 'out of work benefits' statistical group in the DWP working age client group data.
I'd be grateful for any info / links.
Thanks
Elise

'Other Qualifications'

Wed, 7 Apr 2010 15:02:35 GMT

Hello

I am trying to locate the definition for what makes up 'other qualifications'. Are these all qualifications which were received outside of the UK or are they qualifications, which are not recognised in the UK?

Thanks

Area definitions pre-2009 and pre-1996.

Wed, 31 Mar 2010 15:46:50 GMT

I am aware that the area definitions for UK counties/Scottish regions have changed from the pre-1996 definitions to the pre-2009 definitions. Is there anywhere I can find a list of these defintions? I am looking to aggregate VAT data from unitary to county data for 1994-2008, as well as aggregate CoE and AES employment data from the pre-1996 definitions to the pre-2009 definitions so that the data matches.

Sought occupation by age and 4 digit SOC code

Wed, 31 Mar 2010 09:56:23 GMT

Is it possible to download sought occupation by age and 4 digit SOC code? My atttempts only allow me to view 3 digit codes :?

Employee jobs by industry in Labour Market Profile

Fri, 5 Mar 2010 22:52:28 GMT

It appears the employee jobs by industry reported in the labour market profiles are using SIC 2003 definitions. If so, is there a reason why they do not use the new SOC 2007 definitions?

APS Employment and Unemployment denominators

Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:27:19 GMT

The denominators for working-age employment and unemployment rates from APS don't seem to match e.g.

date Jul 2008-Jun 2009

Area Employment rate - working age
number denominator percent
Blackburn with Darwen 55,400 86,000 64.4

Area Unemployment rate - working age
number denominator percent
Blackburn with Darwen 5,300 60,700 8.8

Livelink http://www.nomisweb.co.uk/livelinks/5118.xls

From IB to ESA

Mon, 8 Feb 2010 14:33:22 GMT

Hi

I was hoping that you could answer another question for me. Have the data sets in off-flow destinations from JSA been amended to reflect the change from IB to ESA? i.e. the off flows to Incapacity Benefit are now off-flows to ESA, and the data sets have been amended to reflect this? If not, then are these still JSA off-flows into IB?

Thanks, look forward to your response.

Regards,

Brett Jackson
Scottish Economic Impact Team
Jobcentre Plus
Scotland

APS Employment and Unemployment denominators

Fri, 5 Feb 2010 14:08:39 GMT

Call/Contact Centre Data

Tue, 22 Dec 2009 12:13:41 GMT

I am trying to get data on the above. I know that SOC 4 digits has Call centre agents/operators at 7211 but can't seem to access any data at this level. Help please.

Vacancy Flow Data

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:07:54 GMT

Could someone explain why the sum flow and change between summed periods analyses are available for the vacancies by occupation variable but not the industry one?

ASHE data download

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:33:02 GMT

I have just downloaded regional workplace and residential earnings timeseries for GORs and found that when you have the geographies as rows they download in a different order - workplace comes out with the GOR codes in alphabetical order, resident data comes out with GOR names in alphabetical order. Why?

Saved query housekeeping

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:22:02 GMT

Over time we've built up a number of saved queries which I'd like to organise into folders. I've tried dragging & dropping them into new folders but that doesn't work.
Is there a quick way of doing this other than loading & re-saving?

Claimant count flows

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:15:48 GMT

I've been looking at the claimant count stocks and flows figures. I had assumed that the 'stock' plus the on flows minus the off flows would equal the next month's 'stock' but this doesn't seem to be the case. Is there a reason for this?

Introduction of Analysis type description on multiple table reports.

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:28:27 GMT

I’ve noticed that after the last claimant count update changes have been implemented to the report descriptions on multi tabled reports and now include an analysis description row on all tables bar the first.

I use the Livelink facility to automatically update my own custom reports which rely (due partly to my own natural laziness) on the report table layouts remaining unchanged. Is this going to be the standard layout for the foreseeable future? If so, will the initial table in each report also include the analysis type description row in future as well?

LAA National Indicators on Qualifications

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:59:51 GMT

Where can I get information concerning the new LAA National Indicators 163, 164 and 165 relating to the proportion of 19-59/64 year olds qualified to Level 2+, Level 3+ and Level 4+?

Claimant Count Denominators

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 09:51:27 GMT

Can you tell me why the claimant count is still using 2007 and not 2008 population estimates for it's resident working age denominator.

Thanks

working tax credit and child benefit data

Thu, 1 Oct 2009 17:37:31 GMT

Do Nomis collect this info? And if so is it possible to break it down into ward level data for local authorities? Thanks

Latest data in livelinks

Fri, 14 Aug 2009 11:54:08 GMT

It is really useful to be able to select the latest data for saving queries and live links, but it would also be useful to have the option of being able to select the latest month and use that in a query or live link without it automatically changing as soon as the next month's data is published. When you select a date in a query or live link which happens to be the latest date - it will automatically change the following month.

For example - last month I saved a live link to the June 2009 claimant data within a document which got saved online. Now the document, which refers to June 2009 claimants, links to July 2009 data (latest data) meaning I need to go back and save a new live link, correct the document, and re-upload it to the website.

Is there an easier solution?

Perhaps a future development could be to add in the option of selecting the "latest data" in addition to selecting specific months? For example having "July 2009" AND "Latest data (July 2009)". The former would remain July 2009 and the latter would automatically update.

Any advice would be most appreciated!

Updating queries

Mon, 27 Jul 2009 16:41:19 GMT

Hi,

I'm having a problem updating queries after I view data. No matter what I do, when I try to view data after modifying a query, it only returns what I had on my original query. Is there any way to fix this?

Cheers,
James

Derivation of summary Ethnicity categories in Annual Population Survey

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:38:37 GMT

Can I check how ethnicity is defined in Nomis' APS outputs?

Does 'white' include Other White, as well as White British? Or is Other White included in 'ethnic minority'?

Thanks,

Andy

Age breakdowns of benefits data

Tue, 9 Jun 2009 16:01:07 GMT

I have been aasked to look at the age breakdown of benefits claimants for both our council area and for a group of Scottish datazones. While there were fewer age groups (as I woudl expect because of disclosure control) for JSA and IB/SDA, I was able to aggregate the coucnil age groups for comparative purposes. However, for working age client groups I don't seem to be able to do that. The datazones have 16-24, 25-49 and 50+ as their age breakdown but the council area has: < 25, 25-34, 35-44, 45-54, 55-59 and 60-64. I assume I can equate 16-24 with <25, but I can't get at 25-49 as the grouping for the council area is 45-54.

Would it not be possible to use age groups for the council data which can be aggregated for comparison for the working age benefit claimants?

Jennifer Boag
Senior Research Officer
Falkirk Council

Notified vacancies from Nomis compared to Jobcentre Plus Business Information system

Fri, 15 May 2009 13:57:48 GMT

When I compare vacancies notified figures on Nomis to vacancies notified I pull from our internal systems the figures are often miles apart. For example, Nomis shows 6047 vacancies notified in Highlands & Islands in July 08, whereas our internal Business Info System (BIS) shows 3681 - a difference of 2366.

Defining engineering in terms of SICs

Wed, 6 May 2009 12:28:02 GMT

May seem rather trivial but cannot find a definitive definition of engineering sector in terms of 2 digit manufacturing SICs.

SIC29-33 should be included and probably SIC34-35. Cannot get a definitive view on whether SIC28 should be included, or whether this is better aligned with SIC27.

Views appreciated.

Hierarchical geography in tables

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 15:51:21 GMT

Is there a way of ensuring that NOMIS output presents statistics according to a geography hierarchy - so for example I get ward data, followed by LA data, regional data and national data?

Jayne Mills
Research and Statistics Specialist

JSA claimants - discrepancies between ONS and DWP counts in profile

Wed, 15 Apr 2009 12:07:48 GMT

What is the reason for the discrepancy between the total JSA claimants and the working age key benefit claimants (always fewer) on page 4 of the Nomis Labour Market Profile for local authorities, referring both series back to August 2008 and before?
David (not Neil, who would know)

How do I find age/ gender/ length of claim for Lone Parents claiming Income Support?

Wed, 8 Apr 2009 10:45:43 GMT

We are trying to understand the profile of our 'workless' residents at small area level and although we are able to use DWP Benefit data on Nomis to find gender and age distribution for JSA and IB claimants, I can't see a way of doing this for the Lone Parent cohort which is included within the Income Support data set.

Can anyone advise a way to do this or point me in the direction of an alternate source?

Thanks

1991 online census

Tue, 7 Apr 2009 13:25:16 GMT

Why are some datasets only a 10% sample?

Households Below average income

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 12:11:43 GMT

I am trying to find some graphs that demonstrate the proportion of people below the low income thresholds after deducting housing costs.

I have seen these graphs presented in some older documents and am trying to find some up to date statistics.

Any help will be appreciated with this.

Is there an up to date definitive list of wards(codes and names), LSOAs & postcodes for Lincolnshire

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 16:00:52 GMT

UALAD versus LAUA

Fri, 13 Feb 2009 18:39:01 GMT

Is anyone aware if the UALAD (Unitary Authority - Local Authority Districts) and theLAUA (Local Authority- Unitary Authority) sub-regional classifications are the same?

Philip Ball
Research Assistant
Room B51
School of Economics
University of Nottingham

Office codes and claimant count

Tue, 27 Jan 2009 16:14:57 GMT

Hi,

When NOMIS returns claimant counts by Jobcentre it does so by 5 digit office codes i.e. 08-783 for Guisborough Jobcentre. I am addressing a potential anomally and to help me with this I'd like to confirm a couple of (very simple!) things.

1) Am I right in thinking that the JSAPs office code registered for any given customer is the key to where they are counted (i.e. not where they sign, or their LMS record or some such)

2) Am I also correct in assuming that a mismatched office code would therefore result in a miss-count for the customer or rather miss-allocation of the customer to some other office's claimant count (the only fix being to ensure the records are correctly transferred?).

3) Are you aware, in general, of the extent of such anomalies?

Thanks very much for any feedback - I can clarify anything if neccesary,

Gavin.

Annual Population Survey - sample sizes

Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:36:10 GMT

I am looking for the sample sizes for the latest APS release (year ending June 2008). The spreadsheet attached to your news release still shows year ending March 2008 as the last release for which sample size is given. With the removal of the APS boost, we are carefully tracking sample size in the borough - can you please advise on the sample size for July07-June08.
Many thanks
Di

Di Bromley
Policy and Partnerships (Research and Information)
Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council

ABI employee analysis

Fri, 12 Dec 2008 11:30:36 GMT

Is it possible to disclose confidential data for SIC broad categories by aggregating 3+ confidential results eg. Paisley

Unemploymen Rates by Government Region

Tue, 9 Dec 2008 12:41:02 GMT

Hi I used this site a couple of weeks ago and managed to get unemployment rates by region age etc to the recent dates but I can't find this anymore - has the site changed at all? can anyone help please?
Thanks
Nia

ASHE - Percentage Change from Previous Year

Thu, 4 Dec 2008 14:01:55 GMT

I have downloaded workplace and residence based gross median annual pay data for South West local authorities from NOMIS. However the median annual percentage change column is blank in both cases. Is there a reason for this? The figures are included in spreadsheets accessible from www.statistics.gov.uk/ashe.

Also, the residence based data for "England" differ between the two sources, although figures for all other geographies tally - I think that there was a correction made after the relase.

Thanks

Eddie

Livelinks

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 09:17:26 GMT

Can you tell me whether it is possible to edit livelinks. I produce a benefits data bulletin each quarter and have been asked to include England & Wales rather than GB figures. As far as I can see this is going to mean that I'm going to have to reconstruct my livelinks all over again.

How are Claimant count - occupation figures calculated?

Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:25:07 GMT

Hi there!

Could you clarify how the Claimant count - occupation figures are calculated? Do they use the first choice of SOC from the customer JSAG on JSAPS, or all three SOCs, or a combination?

Thanks.

Annual Business Inquiry - Labour Market Summary and timeseries

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:43:27 GMT

Only a minor point - but looking at the ABI in the Labour Market summary, the broad industry group I am looking at is entitled "Finance, IT and Other Business Activities" which I interpret as SIC J and K. The timeseries data on the other hand, accessed from the Summary, entitles this group as "Banking, finance and insurance" which implies solely sector J (financial intermediation). Could you confirm if this is deliberate and which broad sector(s) are included in the Summary and Timeseries and if there is any reason for the change in title?
Many thanks for your help

Di Bromley
Policy and Partnerships (Research and Information)
Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council

Preserving layouts

Wed, 1 Oct 2008 12:04:08 GMT

I download data on a regular basis and in particular prepare a monthly bulletin on local authority unemployment within our county. I have created livelinks so that the download can still take place if I am not in the office (holidays, sickness etc). I've also created my own queries for regularly downloaded data.

Why is it that despite specifying the layout that I want (i.e. the row and column layout) this is never preserved? This is very annoying and makes it very hard for others to take over the work if necessary.

Thanks

Jeanette

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Ward Level Deprivation Data

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 13:13:25 GMT

Hi

Does anyone know where or how I can access Ward Level deprivation data. I've found and used the LSOA and LA data sets but could really do with something at ward level!

Thanks for any help anyone can give.

Chris

Unemployed Claimant proportions at ward level

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:10:56 GMT

Proportions for wards are calculated using the mid-2001 resident working age population. Why not use the ONS Small Area Population Estimates at ward and LSOA level?

Jayne Mills
Research and Statistics Specialist

SIC2007

Mon, 1 Sep 2008 12:34:26 GMT

Will the new SIC 2007 be used for the next ABI release in December and will historical data be re-worked.

Confidential Data!

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:19:49 GMT

The statistics available in ABI appear to have a confidentiality warning attached. Does this mean that these stats are for my eyes only and if so what use are they to me if i cant use them.

Economic Activity of those with health problems

Mon, 7 Jul 2008 11:12:33 GMT

I have pulled of some figures and need to check them as they seem a little strange. Whereas for the UK about 43.4% of people with leg, arms etc problems are in employment and there is 2.9% unemployed. I also get
54% of people with skin problems and progressive conditions are unemployed and 4.3% are unemployed. Are these the right figures?
Thanks for your help.
Heather

Claimant Count Workplace-based Denominators

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 09:27:18 GMT

I have tried to download the Workplace-based population estimates, however these are all missing. Is there anyway that I can acquire this data?

Philip Ball

Database - Tab separated values (.tsv)

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:57:05 GMT

When outputting tsv files form various datasets, the item codes used within the data files are not unique, so cant be matched to the item codes in the values code files (which also aren’t unique)

ABI - Changes in Data

Wed, 21 May 2008 14:56:09 GMT

I am just doing some updating of annual figures and have noticed that the original figures issued for Sefton for 2003, for unit numbers, have been substantially changed. I downloaded data in January 2005 which showed over 12,000 units in Sefton, the figures dowloaded today show just over 8,000.
Can you please let me know the correct figures. If the new figures are correct can you please let me know why they have changed so dramatically.
Has anyone else experienced drastic changes in the ABI data in their local area.

Tracy Brennan
Economic Intelligence Officer
Sefton MBC

ASHE time series by residence and by workplace

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:20:06 GMT

I am looking at the timeseries for ASHE data that sits behind the labour market profiles and note that earnings by residence dates from 2002, whereas earnings by workplace date from 1998 and wondering why the start dates for each time series are different. Was it to do with the New Earnings Survey that preceded ASHE being only workplace based?
Secondly, given the caveats that ONS specify about continuity and comparability between certain years (especially 04,05,06 and 07), may we still use the NOMIS timeseries as it stands. Would you recommend using it to perhaps look at general overall trends rather than assessing the degree of change in detail between particular years?

Di Bromley
Policy and Partnerships (Research and Information)
Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council

Ward Level Travel Flows (Census)

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 16:34:22 GMT

I am wanting to try to calculate the number of people travelling from a certain number of wards within our Authority to the whole of another authority.

I thought I could do this through the Travel Flows dataset but it says it is only for local authorities and that ward data will be released in "early 2008".

I was just wondering if you know when this is likely to be so I know whether to go with figures for the whole authority, or hang on a bit if it is likely to be this month.

Thanks

Paul Wright

State Pension

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 17:00:19 GMT

What do the categories under the 'Benefit' option mean?
Can't seem to find anywhere.

Jayne Mills
Research and Statistics Specialist

IB and IS loads by JCP office

Fri, 7 Mar 2008 16:19:24 GMT

Can you advise if it is possible to obtain claimant counts for IB and IS - for each Jobcentre Plus office from NOMIS (this info can be obtained for JSA customers) - I can only obtain this info for LA level.

APS qualifications data

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 17:45:28 GMT

We've noticed a difference between Nomis and published 2006 APS data on qualification levels among the working age population of County Durham.

2006 data published by DfES suggests that 67.1% of Co Durham's working age adults were qualified to at least NVQ Level 2
(http://www.dfes.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/STA/t000747/index.shtml).

2006 data accessed via Nomis suggests that 64.1 per cent of Co Durham's working age adults were qualified to at least NVQ Level 2.

We hadn't previously noticed this difference (possibly because we weren't looking). Has APS data been re-calculated recently? (re-weighted, maybe?). Or is there another reason for the difference?

Which Ethnic origin variable is used in the APS?

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 09:10:56 GMT

Hi,

I've been looking at the APS Ethnicity by Economic Activity section and the categories for ethnic origin don't include 'Chinese'. Is this because its been amalgamated into another category. I've been looking for documentation around the definitions and anything I've found has 'Chinese' as a seperate category. Can some one please help me by pointing me in the right direction or confirming hoe the categories are derived?
Thanks
Heather

Transfered Queries

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 10:21:16 GMT

Thanks for the response Peter

Can you tell me, if I can't transfer a query to another user, why do I have a "My transferred queries" folder in with my saved queries?

Thanks

Thanks

Transfer Queries

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 11:25:41 GMT

Can I share a query with another user?
I have set up several queries that I use to update timeseries that we use. Is there a way that I can share these queries, as I can user defined geographies, with a colleague who also has NOMISWEB access so that downloads can still take place when I'm not in the office?

LSOA level for population history

Tue, 19 Feb 2008 17:06:11 GMT

Hello, I'm a french studient, working on population evolution in UK.
I search data about population before the cencus of 2001, but I don't find them on LSOA levels.
It is possible to find that on Nomis ?

Finding out about the ethnicity/gender profile of Barristers and solicitors

Thu, 7 Feb 2008 15:47:48 GMT

Dear All,
I wish to investigate stratification within the legal profession. In particular, I am interested in data that allow me to separate barristers from solicitors and then allow me to break this down by ethnicity, gender, age and income. Does anyone know whether this information is available from the NOMIS website? Thanks a million for your help! :-)
Ta, Anna

UBO lookup tables

Tue, 5 Feb 2008 20:39:00 GMT

Does anyone know how to get hold of lookup tables for the geographical location of unemployment benefit offices, given the UBO codes in hand? This information would be helpful for matching UBO codes to postcodes/local authority areas/travel to work areas, etc.

regards
Philip Ball
Research Assistant/PhD
Room B51
School of Economics
University of Nottingham
+44 (0)115915972

Comparing with other areas

Tue, 5 Feb 2008 09:23:58 GMT

When I look at Summary Statistics, I'd like to be able to compare my District (West Oxfordshire) not only with the UK and South East figures but also with the four other Districts in the County. Is this possible or will I have to refresh several times, changing the areas for comparison each time?

Any advice would be welcomed - I'm a very new user and am only just finding my way!

Number of dependant children

Fri, 11 Jan 2008 13:06:48 GMT

I am trying to obtain numbers of benefit customers with dependant children. I have obtained info on customers with 1, 2, 3 and 4 or more children - including numbers who have no child dependants - for each individual benefit. However nomis also gives unknown totals - and numbers are high. I do not understand why there are such high numbers of 'unknown'. Does anyone know why this is ie what does 'unknown' mean.

DWP JSA for small geographies vs Claimant count

Fri, 7 Dec 2007 15:05:50 GMT

These 2 datasets give different results at ward level (and Bristol as a whole).
Is there an explanation and if so is one dataset better than another?

Jayne Mills
Research and Statistics Specialist

JSA Duration

Wed, 28 Nov 2007 16:22:17 GMT

How can I obtain duration of claim for individual age groups (eg aged 17, 18 etc) - without the system counting all customers claiming benefits regardless of age (ie all age groups)?

DWP Benefit Rates

Thu, 22 Nov 2007 15:45:15 GMT

DWP Benefits Data

A mandatory indicator for certain local authorities in their Local Area Agreements refers to

“A reduction by May 2008 of at least 1.6% points in the difference between the overall benefits claimant rate for England and the overall rate for the local authority wards with the worst labour market position”

So far so good.

DWP publishes quarterly data on benefit claimant numbers. No problem here.

The problem relates to the claimant rate calculation.

Via NOMIS there is a rate automatically provided in the Benefit Claimants Working Age Client Group dataset.

However I note that, each quarter, the rate provided for earlier quarters can change from that provided previously. As the number of claimants for the quarters in question remains constant it is obvious that the denominator must have changed, apparently arbitrarily. This is giving us big problems in trying to asses where we are - basically we don’t even know for sure where we were!

For example the rate for England in Feb 2007 as reported in July was 14.2%.
The Feb rate reported in November 2007 was 14%.

Why do we have this change? And how can we discover what the denominators actually are/were? This is critical if we are to calculate a ward rate (as per the LAA) using consistent denominators and monitor its movement in relation to national rates.

This is an issue for all the NRF authorities.

Hope this is clear – it's been a struggle!

Derek

Qualifications (NVQ) v Qualifications (GCSE)

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 11:21:49 GMT

I've tended to use Qualifications by NVQ definition, but how are the GCSE table definitions derived? I recently used this in a study and got caught out on not knowing how it relates to the NVQ based table! I've searched on-line for a definition, but haven't found one.

Calculation of unemployment rates

Wed, 7 Nov 2007 16:27:58 GMT

The newly available modelled unemployment rates are calculated by dividing the number unemployed aged 16+ by the number economically active of working age. This is different to how unemployment rates are presented in the APS where they are either the unemployment rate for those aged 16+ or for those of working age.

Have I got this right?
Do you recommend calculating a rate in line with the modelled unemployment rates for comparison with higher geographies?

Jayne Mills
Research and Statistics Specialist

Where can I find definitions & explanations used in area profiles?

Mon, 22 Oct 2007 15:11:30 GMT

When I hover my mouse over each dataset - brief 'information' text appears in the left hand column. Does this exist as a static link anywhere on the site?

Also the definitions in the area profiles are really useful. Can I also access them on their own anywhere?

It's to give background information to colleagues who requeest information but may be less familiar with the datasets themselves.

APS - ILO Unemployment rate by NVQ level

Mon, 1 Oct 2007 11:46:24 GMT

I am trying to update a table showing characteristics of the workless (original was using LFS Spring 2001 data for UK) and the one part I am unable to populate is ILO unemployment rate by Qualification level (no qualif / NVQ1 / 2 / 3 / 4+).
I have found Econ Activity rate and Employment rate for these qualifications but cannot find the unemployment rate - am I missing something?

Also in the original table it had NVQ5 but cannot find this in the APS now, just NVQ4+. Any ideas?

Cheers

What geogrpahy hierarchy does the APS use?

Thu, 13 Sep 2007 11:19:38 GMT

I would like to use the Met county,Greater Manchester to get some data. With the Census I use the 2003 Admin geog what would I have to use for a similar area on the APS?

Time periods on LFS

Tue, 28 Aug 2007 13:52:19 GMT

Hi, I'm a bit confused about the time periods when downloading data from the LFS (specifically the labour force survey - quarterly: four quarter averages). When selecting the dates options are given for each quarter (and the year preceeding), but if you select say oct-nov-dec, when the data is downloaded it is labelled as being for december to november, not january to december, as would appear to be the case from the selection.

Thanks.

Student unemployed

Thu, 9 Aug 2007 10:42:43 GMT

Is anyone aware of an increase in the number of students looking for term time work having an effect on the ILO unemployment rate for those aged 18-24?
Is there anway of inferring this from the APS results...

Availability of Jan-Dec 2006 APS dataset

Tue, 7 Aug 2007 11:50:02 GMT

Does anybody know when the Jan-Dec 2006 APS dataset will be available?

Thanks

David

Sharing saved queries with a colleague

Thu, 2 Aug 2007 10:28:37 GMT

Hello,

I have a number of saved queries which I am trying to share with a colleague who is also a NOMIS user. I have added the user as a registered user with myself as the main contact but the other user cannot see my queries when they log in. Is it possible to share saved queries with other NOMIS users and are there any instructions on how to do this?

Many thanks

DLA clamant geography

Tue, 24 Jul 2007 09:53:33 GMT

Wondered why DLA only available for LSOA and wards and not higher geographies?

Have been to DWP web site to get higher geographies but have a choice of people entitled and people actually claiming. Which should I use to ensure comparable with NOMIS LSOA data?

Jayne Mills
Statistics and Research Officer

What geographies can be mapped?

Tue, 17 Jul 2007 18:17:35 GMT

I am trying to advise colleagues how to use maps to visualise data in NOMIS by choosing the "map" output option. In the "How to" section of the Forum there is mention of "supported areas" that can be mapped when mapping .

Is there a definitive list of these areas and advice as to how they should be chosen? When I have used the "select areas within" option in the advanced wizard to choose a geography I have been unable to map the output.

I'd appreciate some advice.

Reason for inactivity

Mon, 2 Jul 2007 16:26:49 GMT

Is it possible to get figures on economic inactivty by reason - particularly inactivity due to long-term sickness - from the APS at LA level?

Employment Rates by qualification Level for the South East

Mon, 11 Jun 2007 11:15:11 GMT

Anybody know how I can get the employment rates for the economically active by qualification level - for the South East region. I assume that the APS is the best source but am having trouble getting the data.

Thanks
David

Qualifications by ethnicity

Thu, 10 May 2007 12:06:51 GMT

Is it possible to get some level of information on qualifications by ethnicity from the APS? I thought I could just create a variable but the numerator and denominator I want are in different tables! I'd appreciate any advice.
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Displaying ward names on the local authority district map outputs

Tue, 1 May 2007 14:16:50 GMT

I have produced a map for our local authority showing job seeker allowance claim rates by ward. Is there a way I can display the names of each ward on the map together with their associated percentages? Or am I restricted to just the ONS map underlay?

Average hours

Thu, 26 Apr 2007 10:09:24 GMT

Is there any way to find out the average hours worked per person per week? I'm sure the data exists in some form but I cant seem to find it!

Thanks

defining voluntary sector employment

Tue, 17 Apr 2007 15:13:15 GMT

I have received a request for the numbe of BMEs working in voluntary sector/organisations. I can use a commissioned table for the Census 2001 to get ethnicity by industry for detailed industrial groups. My problem is I do not know which SIC codes form the voluntary sector?

NVQ3+ Qualifications on APS

Mon, 19 Mar 2007 15:10:12 GMT

Hi

Could you tell me what comprises 'NVQ3+ - working age' on the APS (as a unique category in Qualifications by Age, NVQ)? The figure differs from simply adding NVQ3 and NVQ4+ working age but I can't see what else could be being included.

Thanks
Nessa

New Jobcentre Offices missing

Fri, 15 Dec 2006 14:02:41 GMT

The jobcentres under City & East London Jobcentre Plus District are wrong. We have opened new Jobcentre Plus offices and closed old ones but these changes doesn't show on the list. Is there anyway of getting these updated?

APS sample sizes

Fri, 3 Nov 2006 18:10:29 GMT

Does anyone know where i can find the achieved sample sizes for the APS - i know that the sample is supposed to provide a minimum of 500 at LA level, but would like to know the actual sample achieved for Warwickshire - thanks...

Public Sector Employment - LAD level

Tue, 3 Oct 2006 14:11:02 GMT

Where can I find information on the split of public/private sector employment for small areas e.g county or district. Is it possible to use SIC codes in the ABI or is the LFS/APS the most reliable source?

VAT Registrations

Fri, 15 Sep 2006 11:36:18 GMT

Is it possible to request a special tabulation for VAT Registrations. We desperately need the data down to PC level. Would this be possible.

Tracy Brennan
Economic Intelligence Officer
Sefton MBC

Economically Inactive - want a job??

Thu, 7 Sep 2006 16:51:25 GMT

I have noticed that as part of the Annual Population key variables on NOMIS is the variable % of working age economically inactive - want a job. By defintion Economically Inactive population excludes those unemployed but actively seeking work (as these are classed as Economically Active). Can you provide more guidance as to how EI but wanting job is derived from the APS.

Team leaders

Mon, 4 Sep 2006 18:15:30 GMT

I need to do a vacancy search for team leaders in Staffordshire. I can't find this title under occupation.

job density by SIC

Mon, 21 Aug 2006 13:00:08 GMT

are there any dataset available that looks at the average job density of different industries eg the number of jobs per hectare in distribution or in manufacturing etc etc. TY

Employment by occupation major groups

Wed, 2 Aug 2006 14:21:08 GMT

Is it common for the employment by occupation major groups percentage’s variable not to add to 100 for all types? For Blaby Local Authority District in Leicestershire each occupational group figure is statistically reliable but the percentages add to 103.8

Local Area Labour Force Survey

Fri, 21 Jul 2006 09:08:57 GMT

Has this been discontinued? I have seen reference to the 2004 figures on the basic ONS web-site but haven't been able to find any data later than 2003.

Working Age Population Data APS/LFS

Mon, 3 Jul 2006 12:48:51 GMT

Why are the figures for the Working Age population at LA level so different between the LFS and APS? I thought that both datasets were derived from the same survey. Which is more accurate?

ASHE Data

Mon, 19 Jun 2006 15:14:58 GMT

I was wondering if the ASHE data is avaiable at Learning and Skills level. If not, is there a way of caculating the median average earnings for a subregional areas using local authority districts?

How reliable is the SOA data

Thu, 25 May 2006 09:30:41 GMT

Data is available for SOAs, but in some cases not for the new wards (eg 2004 wards). So I thought I would do a consistency check.

For claimants I ran the claimant counts for:

1: 2004 wards
2: All the SOAs in Leeds
3: User-defined 2004 wards based on best fit SOAs

For wards where there are no SOA boundary problems, I expected to find similar numbers of claimants. This was not the case: eg. (in one ward the 2004ward count was 841, whereas the SOA-based count was 740). Since there were only 16 SOAs in this ward, the difference cannot be explained by random adjustments to retain confidentiality.

Has anyone experienced similar problems.

NHSCR Migrations what is this dataset?

Fri, 7 Apr 2006 14:37:27 GMT

Is it possible to access the metadata for the NHSCR Migrations dataset or to have some definition of what the data is (i assume it is data on population mobility taken from NHS registers?)

Population data - I seem to have lost six people!

Tue, 21 Feb 2006 14:26:29 GMT

I've lost six people...In one table showing ages I have S001:1 (All People : All People - Total) 3,781 while in another showing ethnicity I have S101:1 (All People : All People) 3,787. These are both for the same ward, is there a reason?

Changes to the csv file format

Tue, 14 Feb 2006 12:20:16 GMT

I've noticed that the format of the csv files when downloading claimant data has changed. Are these formats going to remain consistent for the time being? The reason I ask is that we developed some software to produce claimant proportions (in order to develop a consistent time-series for monitoring amongst local authorities), and it requires the csv file downloads to be in the same format month on month. If we're going to revamp the programme, we need to be sure that the format is not going to change in the next couple of months. Thanks!

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Occupation per Ward?

Tue, 14 Feb 2006 11:34:03 GMT

Does anybody know if it is possible to extract the type of occupation within a ward? im looking to find wards with a high percentage of a certain occupation. Eg, amount of retail within the ward.

Is it possible to get earnings data at ward level?

Thu, 9 Feb 2006 14:21:23 GMT

In the past I have obtained data on earnings to ward level from the New Earnings Survey. Now that the NES has been replaced by the ASHE it seems that this info is no longer available. Is this correct?

How do I find data on Socio-Economic Groupings?

Fri, 6 Jan 2006 16:57:11 GMT

I have been requested to look at the changes in the socio-economic groupings of residents at LA/District level over time for the West Midlands. I initially thought that this data would be available via the APS/LFS but having looked on NOMIS it does not appear to be the case. In the Census there is data available on the NS-SEC of residents e.g. higher professional occupations - is this the only source of data on socio-economic classifications?

Parking/Security Services

Fri, 23 Dec 2005 11:19:31 GMT

I work for Legion Group plc which is a company which provides both Security and Parking Attendant services. I am attempting to ascertain gender and ethnicity levels within this particular industry in order to support our Equal Opportunities Policy and to provide comparative data. I am struggling to gain the specific information I require. Can anyone help? All of the tables that I have discovered using Nomis have been too vague - I wouldn't know which industry to put us in!

Thanks

Life's not a struggle, it's a wiggle!

Educational Attainment - university degrees

Tue, 13 Dec 2005 12:24:24 GMT

Is it possible to find out the number of people with bachelor degrees for a given region?

Where can I find the detailed information on the 2003 SIC?

Thu, 8 Dec 2005 12:57:17 GMT

I am looking for info on the 2003 Standard Industrial Classification and what activities are included in each category, do you have a guide to these?

ASHE dataset

Fri, 25 Nov 2005 10:14:58 GMT

Hello

This may not be an error as such, but it's a bit of a strange quirk. I've set up a user-defined geography of Merseyside (which contains the five Merseyside authorities), and extracted the ASHE dataset for Merseyside and the individual districts.

Consistently, throughout the dataset, the district of Sefton has exactly the same values as Merseyside as a whole. Given that Sefton frequently has the highest pay levels, it appears that the average Merseyside rate is being over-inflated.

Are there any explanations for this? Thanks!

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disability in the APS

Mon, 7 Nov 2005 16:01:05 GMT

In the APS users can download data related to disability. How is disability defined and how is it captured in the survey? (e.g. Is it simply a question of 'Are you disabled?')

2nd jobs

Mon, 7 Nov 2005 15:43:13 GMT

How do I get data on those with more than one job?

Does anyone know of an effective Labour Market Information workshop for 14 -18 year olds?

Tue, 25 Oct 2005 17:31:04 GMT

Sue Doyle

APS and Vacancies updates

Mon, 17 Oct 2005 16:13:30 GMT

I'm slightly confused by the latest APS and Vacancy data. The release dates page indicates that the two datasets have been recently updatedm but I cannot find any new data in the APS and Vacancy sections. Does anyone have any ideas, please?

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Accessing Nomis2 instead of the web-based system

Wed, 5 Oct 2005 13:17:35 GMT

For complex data runs I use Nomis2 rather than the web-based system

We have just introduced new computer systems so I have lost the settings for accessing the parameter based Nomis2.

Could you tel me what settings are needed for accessing Nomis2 through Telnet using WindowsXP. Also, what is the telephone number I need to dial to access your computers.

Comparing population figures from the LFS/APS and population estimates

Fri, 16 Sep 2005 10:23:03 GMT

Why is the working population figure I get from the LFS so different to that I get from the population estimates data set? I though that LFS data was grossed up using population estimates so the two figures should match.

APS and Qualifications

Thu, 15 Sep 2005 09:51:56 GMT

No qualifications data on the APS?
Where should I go to get qualifications data?

Jayne Mills
Statistics and Research Officer

APS: why do employees + self-employed not add up to the in employment figure?

Thu, 1 Sep 2005 13:11:02 GMT

In the APS the numbers in employment can be split into employees and self-employed. However, when I add together the number of employees and self-employed, the total is always less than the in employment figure. Is there a reason for this?

Why can't I get access to the latest ABI data?

Thu, 25 Aug 2005 18:15:23 GMT

When I go into Nomis and try to download ABI data it tells me that the latest date is 2002 but I know that more recent data are available. How do I access the latest figures?

Can I pass on ABI data to people not named on my Notice?

Thu, 25 Aug 2005 18:12:39 GMT

I want to pass on ABI data which I have obtained from Nomis to people outside my organisation. Am I allowed to do this?

Claimant count age by duration table

Tue, 23 Aug 2005 14:58:52 GMT

If I select all the individual age and duration bands, I simply get data for each age and each duration band. What I want is a table which gives a full cross-tabulation of all the age bands against all duration bands. Can I get this from Nomis?

How do I find out which Local Authority my town is in?

Tue, 23 Aug 2005 14:37:13 GMT

I need to find out which Local Authority my town is in - can I do this on your web site?