The 2002 annual report of the Registrar General of Northern Ireland was published. The report contained eight subject chapters: population; births; deaths; stillbirths and infant deaths; causes of death; marriages; divorces; and adoptions and re-registrations.
Source: The Annual Report of the Registrar General 2002, Registrar General of Northern Ireland, TSO (0870 600 5522)
Links: Report | Press release
Date: 2003-Dec
A report made a number of recommendations to improve the quality and availability of regional data, to satisfy the growing demand for regional economic data over the medium term.
Source: Christopher Allsopp, Review of Statistics for Economic Policymaking: First report, HM Treasury (020 7270 4558)
Links: Report | HMT press release
Date: 2003-Dec
The 2003 edition was published of an official report designed to give a 'balanced picture' of all the statistical information relevant to regional competitiveness and the state of the regions. It included data on household disposable income per head, income deprivation, unemployment, and land and infrastructure use.
Source: Nollaig Griffin, Philip White and Darren Stillwell, Regional Competitiveness & State of the Regions, Department of Trade and Industry (0870 150 2500)
Links: Report (pdf) | DTI press release
Date: 2003-Oct
A research report examined the quality of official data on government spending (both domestic and European) in the English regions. It highlighted various difficulties with departments' methods of apportioning spending between regions, and estimated that these difficulties affected some 12 per cent of departments returns underlying the statistics published in 2002. The report made eleven recommendations aimed at improving the recording of regional spending data. Arable farmers in the east of England, rather than poorer regions, were found to benefit most from European Union farming subsidies.
Source: Identifying the Flow of Domestic and European Expenditure into the English Regions, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (0870 1226 236)
Links: Report (pdf) | Report | Summary (pdf) | Guardian report
Date: 2003-Sep
Between mid-2001 and mid-2002 the south west had the largest net gain of internal migrants, out of all regions in England and Wales. The local authorities with the highest net gains were mainly in the south west, east midlands, east and south east regions. The biggest net outflows were from London boroughs and other large urban areas such as Birmingham, Manchester and Bradford.
Source: 'Internal migration estimates for local and former health authorities in England and Wales, 2002', Population Trends 113, Autumn 2003, Office for National Statistics, TSO (0870 600 5522)
Links: Article (pdf) | ONS press release (pdf)
Date: 2003-Sep
A report summarised the results of the 2001-02 Scottish Household Survey. Two-thirds of households contained only one or two people. Owner-occupation accounted for 63 per cent of households' tenure; 29 per cent of households rented from a social landlord; and 6 per cent rented from a private landlord. 52 per cent of all adults were in some type of paid employment. Just over a quarter of adults said that they had given up time in the previous 12 months to do voluntary work.
Source: Steven Hope, Chris Martin and Anna Dudleston, Scotland's People Volume 7: Results from the 2001/2002 Scottish Household Survey, Scottish Executive, TSO (0870 606 5566)
Links: Report (pdf) | Report | Technical report | SE press release
Date: 2003-Aug
A report described the key socio-economic differences and similarities between urban, small town and rural Scotland, based upon an analysis of data collected by the 1999-2000 Scottish Household Survey. It was based around five themes - general household and individual characteristics, economic activity and employment, income and poverty, health and access to health services, and neighbourhood/community.
Source: Living in Scotland: Urban-rural analysis of the Scottish Household Survey, Scottish Executive (0131 556 8400)
Links: Report (pdf) | Report | Summary
Date: 2003-Aug
The recommendations were published of the Nolan Review, which was commissioned to look at the production of regional accounts following the withdrawal of regional gross value added data for 1989-99. The Office for National Statistics responded by accepting all of the review recommendations, and published new and revised data covering the period 1989-2001.
Source: Frank Nolan, Report on the Review of Regional Accounts, Office for National Statistics (0845 601 3034) | ONS Response to the Nolan Review, Office for National Statistics | Ian Cope, David Vincent, John Marais and Paul Lucas, Regional Gross Value Added, Office for National Statistics
Links: Report (pdf) | ONS response (pdf) | ONS press release (1) (pdf) | 1989-2001 data (pdf) | Regional GVA homepage | ONS press release (2) (pdf) | ONS press release (3) (pdf)
Date: 2003-Aug
Headline indicators of sustainable development were published for each English region in 2002, covering health, jobs, crime, air quality, traffic, housing, educational achievement, wildlife and economic prosperity. Every region had shown improvement in a number of areas during the previous decade. On poverty and social exclusion, the south east and east fared best, while the north east and London fared worst.
Source: Regional Quality of Life Counts - 2002, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (08459 556000)
Links: Report (pdf) | Report | Defra press release (1) | Defra press release (2) | Guardian report
Date: 2003-Jul
A new report amalgamated two separate regional publications: the Regional Competitiveness Indicators and the Regional Development Agency (RDA) State of the Region Core Indicators. A total of 11 core indicators were used for monitoring regional development agencies, including unemployment rate, percentage of adults with no qualifications, and percentage of residents within families dependent on income support benefits.
Source: Philip White, Adam Douglas and Darren Stillwell, Regional Competitiveness & State of the Regions, Department of Trade and Industry (0870 150 2500)
Links: Report | Tables (Excel file)
Date: 2003-Jan