The Neighbourhood Statistics Service (NeSS) was established in 2001 by the UK's

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(ONS) and the

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(NRU) - then part of the

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(ODPM), now

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(CLG) - to provide good quality small area data to support the Government's ''Neighbourhood Renewal'' agenda. This cross-Government initiative also involved the co-operation and partnership of data suppliers across departments, agencies and other organisations. The ONS closed the Neighbourhood Statistics website for England and Wales on the 12 May 2017. To offset this, the ONS is aiming to meet the needs of users via the ONS website, although direct postcode searches are no longer available to users. The

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continues to provide local statistics via Statistics.Gov.Scot and Census area profiles. Neighbourhood statistics for

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continue to be made available from the Northern Ireland Neighbourhood Information Service (NINIS).

Purpose

The need for Neighbourhood Statistics can be traced back to the

Social Exclusion Unit The Social Exclusion Task Force (SETF) was a part of the Cabinet Office that provided the UK Government with strategic advice and policy analysis in its drive against social exclusion. It was preceded by the Social Exclusion Unit, which was set up b ...

's 1998 report on deprived neighbourhoods. The absence of information about neighbourhoods produced a series of failings at all levels, with policy makers unaware of the scale and location of problems but when small area information is collected and made easily available, it can radically improve strategies and service delivery.

Resource

NeSS provided a powerful platform through which high quality small area data for England and Wales was disseminated to an expanding audience. It allowed users to paint a statistical pictures of communities at a local level. Neighbourhood Statistics contained datasets covering Health, Housing, Education, Deprivation, Age, Ethnicity and 2011 Census data.

References

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External links

Advice on obtaining local statistics for England and Walesstatistics.gov.scot
Data previously available on Scottish Neighbourhood Statistics and more.
www.nisra.gov.uk/ninis
Northern Ireland Neighbourhood Information Service (NINIS) Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government National statistical services Office for National Statistics Public bodies and task forces of the United Kingdom government