About Data4nr.net
The Data for Neighbourhoods and Regeneration site identifies and signposts datasets available for targeting, monitoring, priority setting and performance management at a neighbourhood level.
The emphasis on evidence-based delivery and decision making means that there is an increased need for detailed information on neighbourhood renewal issues. The Neighbourhood Renewal Analysis Division at the Department for Communities and Local Government commissioned this "Data for Neighbourhoods and Regeneration" project to identify and signpost datasets and resources to help local partnerships target and monitor local programmes. This resource is likely to be used by those preparing the Local Area Agreements, LSP coordinators, those working at a neighbourhood level: indeed anyone seeking to get a robust understanding of patterns below the district level. The data and resources highlighted here are therefore aimed at people working on a variety of questions such as:
- Where can I find information to help me target specific programmes at the right areas and communities?
- Where can I find information about the National Indicator Set?
- Are we meeting our Floor Targets?
- Are our priority neighbourhood areas closing the gap?
- What evidence supports our funding proposals?
- Are our priorities right - is our strategy helping the most deprived areas and groups?
- What is the most recent /most detailed data available on X?
- How can we evaluate and performance manage our programmes and services
- Where can we find information to develop baseline area profiles for Local Area Agreements /Local Enterprise Growth Initiative and/or other programmes?
- What communities are proving harder to reach?
Note that this website does not hold the actual datasets, instead linking to other websites from which the data is available. All of the datasets and resources signposted from this project cover England, although many of the datasets may also cover Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. For example the Census 2001 highlighted covers only England and Wales (Scotland and Northern Ireland Census data is available from other sources), while the DfES Pupil residence-based education datasets cover only England.
Oxford Consultants for Social Inclusion (OCSI) were commissioned to carry out the study. Outputs from the project include this searchable website of all the datasets, an Excel spreadsheet, and a report summarising the key datasets.
Your feedback and comments
The datasets are updated every fortnight (you can register for an email alert on new and update datasets). We welcome your feedback on the datasets and website, including additional datasets you would like to see highlighted. Please contact us with any comments.
The project co-ordinator at the Department for Communities and Local Government is Tajbee Ahmed, who can be contacted directly on Tajbee.Ahmed@communities.gsi.gov.uk, 020 7944 4555. Tom Smith at OCSI can be contacted directly on tom.smith@ocsi.co.uk, 01273 201 345.
