Chris Denham

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Census 2001 and beyond Realising the Census
Access Vision

• Chris Denham
• Head of Census Output and Geography
• Office for National Statistics

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Census Access is delivering.

• A better policy of dissemination
• a boost to customer funding
• content and electronic media
• free to all for unrestricted use
• Learning from lessons 1971 - 91.

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Lessons from 1971 - 1991

• Census data are free ..but remove barriers of
  cost recovery
• save bureaucratic costs
• keep media up to date
• provide integrated, one stop, source
• improve user friendliness
• Improve and widen access

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Origins (May - October 1999)

• Strong message from 1999 consultation
• - modernised, user friendly dissemination
• opportunities for technical innovation
• use Web serve GISs
• wider Government initiatives
• going with the flow
• Invest to Save (ISB) funding available (England)
• competitive bid
• 3m boost to customer funding

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The bid

• The Census Access project
• Key objectives
• providing a boost to customer funded output
• working with public sector partners
• breaking down barriers to joint working with
  Census Information
• meeting needs of joined-up government
• ISB funding awarded (2000-03)
• new policy approach in place

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Implementation

• The Census Access project
• Delivering the results in unrestricted and
• user friendly ways
• simplifying purchase/cost recovery
• supplying needs from an integrated dataset
  (statistics geography) metadata
• choice of delivery methods, facilities to suit
  all levels of expertise, serving the less
  pro-active user.
• sharing best practice approaches
• providing a platform of better output and
  services for all
• two years to develop the service

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The bigger policy picture

• National Statistics dissemination policy
• (June 2000)
• free on the internet
• Social Exclusion (PAT18) Better Information
• (mid 2000)
• information freely available
• Treasury review of knowledge economy
• (September 2000)
• growing e-business click-use licences
• strong shift from charging to
• access, web, usefulness

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Running the project

• Funding partners ODPM, DH, LGA, ESRC
• 200k each better value for user sectors
• extended to Wales - NAW partnership
• minimum overheads - funds deployed on output
• working through
• Neighbourhood Statistics - Web
• CTPi as contractors for CD/DVD
• deliberately flexible and dynamic approach under
  Treasury venture capital guidance

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Working with Neighbourhood Statistics

• Census major source of local statistics
• same geographical building bricks
• single Web service - NS online
• sharing development
• common dissemination policy
• Synergy - much delivered through NeSS

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The Access System..
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Choice of access

• On-line
• quick results, raster maps, links
• (Key Statistics, June 03 CAS, August/Sept
  03)
• Reports - supplementary CDs
• tables with tools
• (Key Statistics, February 03.)
• in bulk
• for in-depth analysis, vector boundaries
• to intermediaries, adding value
• Full choice for every user/organisations

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Access and Terms

• NeSS is the main Web gateway to Census standard
  area statistics
• no charge for access via NeSS
• material cost recovered for free-standing output
• on acceptance of conditions, unrestricted use
  granted by ONS
• re-use and publication require one free
• click-use licence per organisation
• distribution licence for value-added supply and
  sub-licensing
• .free in effect

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The Census Access Package

• In Summary
• all standard local statistics
• the geographical framework - OA boundaries
• delivery through NeSS
• delivery through CD/DVD (friendly or bulk)
• support information and functionality
• with free licences for re-use and publication

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Output Geography
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Output Geography
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Local Statistics
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The future

• Census Access funding ends March 04
• roll out continues through NeSS
• challenge to support Census in
• future versions of NeSS
• project review for ISB, key points
• Web dissemination needs active promotion
• multi-variate statistical information must be
  wholly RE-DESIGNED for Web
• approach is a viable model for 2011 and beyond,
  but output must be more TIMELY
• one clear message..

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A simple vision

• .the investment of time and resources in a
  national census is only justified if the results
  are made accessible to users speedily and in a
  clear and useable form
• 2001 White Paper, paragraph 151