Service updates
Monthly maintenance
Please be advised that the SRS will be unavailable for use on Saturday 24 June between 07:00 and 12:00 for monthly maintenance.
New datasets available in the SRS
Read about the latest datasets published in the SRS.
The Family Resources Survey - UK
Published on 16 May 2023
The Family Resources Survey (FRS) is a continuous survey which collects information on the income and circumstances of individuals living in a representative sample of private households in the United Kingdom.
Deaths by Vaccination Status - England
Published on 16 May 2023
This dataset contains person-level data for individuals in England who have died between 8 Dec 2020 and 27 Feb 2023.
The Ministry of Justice Data First Civil Court - England and Wales
Published on 18 May 2023
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) Data First Civil Court dataset provides data on civil justice cases heard by the county courts in England and Wales from 2012.
The Childcare and Early Years Survey of Parents - England
Published on 18 May 2023
The Childcare and Early Years Survey of Parents (CEYSP) provides data on parents’ take-up, views and experiences of childcare. The survey population is children aged 0 to 14 living in private residential accommodation in England.
New dataset available via NISRA and ADR NI
The Educational Outcomes Linkage (EOL) 2018/19 is now available for use by accredited researchers via Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) and Administrative Data Research Northern Ireland (ADR NI).
The EOL 2018/19 is a longitudinal database of post primary schools’ data for pupils aged 14 and over in Northern Ireland. The EOL links together datasets held by the Department of Education Northern Ireland (DE): the Schools Census (including Attendance data), School Leavers Survey and Exams Database. Work is under way to include three further years of DE data, 2019/20 and 2021/22, within the EOL.
The EOL can be accessed via NISRA’s secure environment or via the ONS SRS. For further information about the EOL dataset, and how to access it, visit the EOL section of the NISRA website.
Data refresh 'arrivals board'
In April's newsletter, we introduced the data refresh 'arrivals board', which provides a monthly update on when data is being refreshed, alongside an expected date for any delayed deliveries. This has been updated and the latest version can be viewed on our website.
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Annual User Experience Survey
Thank you for your support
A huge thank you to everyone who has taken the time to tell us about their experience of using the SRS over the past 12 months, by completing the 2023 annual user experience survey. We use the results to measure trends in service satisfaction and gain insights into what’s working well, and what’s not.
We were delighted to learn that 85% of you found our SRS support teams helpful during the process of applying for Accredited Researcher status, an increase of 24% compared to last year. Satisfaction with the quality and range of data owned and managed by SRS also scored highly (81% and 79% respectively). You also told us that you want:
This year, the insights from the survey are feeding into the development of the Integrated Data Service (IDS) and are more valuable than ever before. You told us you were least satisfied with the following four areas in the SRS:
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output release policy and process
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waiting times for output releases
- waiting times for project applications
- platform performance
We’ll be sharing more information in the coming months about how we’re building the IDS to meet your needs, and how it will deliver an enhanced user experience in these four areas. Look out for updates in upcoming newsletters.
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Updates on the transition to the Integrated Data Service
We have been working hard to collate questions received from SRS Users about the IDS and the transition to the new service. Answers have now been sent to those who registered to attend April's IDS Showcase. If you did not register to attend, we will soon be adding a designated page on our website where you will be able to view answers and the most up-to-date information.
The IDS is still under development, and we are currently in a technology and user discovery phase. We will endeavour to add information as soon as it becomes available, but look out for more dedicated communications with clearer timelines and plans over the next few weeks.
Pilot projects
The transition from SRS to IDS involves all projects, users, and data. Before we start the migration of all users, we want to run some initial pilot projects, helping us to shape the IDS and ensure that it meets the needs of our users. This is a crucial stage in the development of the new service, enabling the testing of assumptions and the end-to-end project transition process. Projects using specific datasets and tools will be contacted shortly inviting them to participate. There are specific criteria for pilot projects at this stage, so please only get in touch if you are invited to take part in the pilot.
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Dataset of the month
The Workplace Employment Relations Study
The Workplace Employment Relations Study (WERS) is a national survey which aims to provide large-scale, statistically reliable evidence about a broad range of employment relations and practices in Britain. The survey collects data from employers, employee representatives and employees in a representative sample of workplaces. WERS has been undertaken six times: 1980, 1984, 1990, 1998, 2004 and 2011.
The 2011 WERS sample consisted of a panel sample containing all the workplaces that had taken part in WERS 2004 and were still in existence in 2011, and a stratified random sample of establishments drawn from the Inter-Departmental Business Register in 2010. Weights were devised to enable the panel sample to be combined with the fresh sample to form a cross-sectionally representative sample.
The 2011 study collected data from a representative sample of 2,680 workplaces:
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2,680 workplace managers responsible for employment relations or HR
- 1,002 worker representatives
- 21,981 employees
The data describes key aspects of employment relations, such as management of employment relations, training, employee representation and consultation, collective bargaining, pay determination, health and safety and worker wellbeing and job satisfaction.
Case study of the month
Controlling the spread of Covid-19 in vulnerable settings
Dr Becky Arnold from the University of Keele has developed a flexible simulation code to model the spread of Covid-19 within vulnerable settings. This data-led model has been used to inform the decision making of policy departments by providing evidence and advice about the likely outcomes of potential testing strategies within these settings.
Read more about this project, which was conducted for the UK Health Security Agency, on the ADR UK website.
Dr Becky Arnold also presented this research during this month's fascinating ONS Research Excellence Series talk. Email srs.engagement.team@ons.gov.uk to request a copy of the recording.
Thematic Research Overview: Education
Over the past year, the IDS Analytical Impact Team have explored how data owned or managed by the ONS has been used for education-themed research between December 2011 and March 2022. This work was in close collaboration with the Department for Education and other teams across the ONS SRS. They also collaborated with organisations - Fischer Family Trust Education Datalab, Education Policy Institute, National Foundation for Educational Research, and Manchester Institute of Education – to produce four in-depth case studies on their research projects.
The thematic report consolidates the outcomes and impact of data analysis in the broader field of education and evidences the value of data services to research for the public good.
Read their Thematic Research Overview: Education to find out more.
News from our partners
ADR UK
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Now live: ADR UK Data Catalogue
ADR UK has published a new data catalogue for researchers and analysts to discover the growing collection of administrative datasets available across ADR UK’s four national partnerships.
Building on the work of existing catalogues, the ADR UK Data Catalogue makes it even easier to find and access data. The platform development has been a cross-partnership endeavour, led by the Office for National Statistics.
Funding opportunity
ADR UK Research Fellowships using ADR England flagship data
Don't forget that the call for applications for the ADR UK Research Fellowships using ADR England flagship datasets will open on Wednesday 5 July. Grants will be available for projects up to a value of £175,000 (full economic cost). These Research Fellowships will be funded for up to 18 months in duration. You can find out more by registering now for an applicant webinar.
Data Insight
How common is low pay in Britain and is it declining?
This Data Insight examines the incidence of low pay in Britain. It uses data developed as part of the Wage and Employment Dynamics project, funded by ADR England. A summary can be found on ADR UK's website.
ADR UK Conference 2023
 We are delighted to announce our keynote speakers for this year’s ADR UK Conference 2023, organised in partnership with the ONS. Each speaker will be presenting on one of our conference sub-themes, discussing the leading developments and emerging issues in their areas of expertise:
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Professor Rohini Mathur – ‘Research to support renewal, recovery and resilience’
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Ed Humpherson – ‘Public engagement and involvement in population data research’
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Dr Marion Oswald – ‘Ethics, law and social implications’
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Professor Peter Mackie – ‘Data linkage, methods, systems and technology: methodological developments’
We are also pleased to confirm this year's official conference sponsors:
 The successful presenters showcasing their work have been notified and the conference programme will be released shortly. Tickets will also be available soon. Don’t miss out and keep up to date by following us on Twitter @ADRUK2023 and check out the conference website.
Events
ADR UK Researcher Symposium: Health and wellbeing
Tuesday 18 July, 14:00 to 16:00
Join researchers from across the ADR UK partnership to hear findings from their health and wellbeing research. Speakers will share their insights into how health interacts with other parts of our lives, from education to the way we travel to work.
This free, online event is open to all researchers – whether you’re familiar with administrative data or not – as well as policymakers, practitioners and professionals working with insights on health and wellbeing.
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Blog
A shared approach to tracking research impact: working with data from the Office for National Statistics
In this blog Louise Corti, Head of Impact at the ONS SRS, speaks about how those funding, promoting or leading research using ONS-managed data can work with the ONS to track and showcase impact.
Have you listened to the latest podcast episode?
New Data: Transforming how we count the population
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In the latest episode of Statistically Speaking, we discuss how the ONS has been working to transform the way we count the population, using new datasets to give more accurate, timely, and detailed measurements.
Regular maintenance to the SRS – Researcher update
Following some recent enquiries, this is an update on the weekly and monthly timetable of scheduled maintenance, which is carried out to keep the SRS running smoothly for researchers.
To allow your code to run effectively and without interruption, please avoid running your analysis during these times.
Weekly maintenance
All servers are rebooted between 07:00 and 07:30 every Monday morning and the SRS will not be accessible during these times
Monthly maintenance
Updates are applied on the final Saturday of every month between 07:00 and 11:00. The SRS will not be accessible for the duration of this maintenance.
Dates for monthly maintenance 2023
- Saturday 24 June - between 07:00 and 12:00
- Saturday 29 July
- Saturday 26 August
- Saturday 30 September
- Saturday 28 October
- Saturday 25 November
- Saturday 30 December
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