About the Integrated Data Service (IDS) : Our research projects
Overview
This page contains a list of live and completed research projects taking place within the Integrated Data Service (IDS).
The organisations involved in the projects are listed with the project title.
This list will be updated regularly to reference additional projects currently not included.
Privacy and the protection of data is at the heart of the IDS. We ensure that individuals cannot be identified from data held in the platform and being used by analysts and researchers.
Live projects
Supporting workplace and social integration, retention and career development of internationally recruited nurses, midwives and nursing associates
Led by: University of Oxford
Project date: 18 October 2024
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Nurses, midwives and migration – evidence from a linked registrant-census dataset
Led by: Edinburgh Napier University
Project date: 15 October 2024
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The occupational status of nurses and midwives in England and Wales
Led by: Edinburgh Napier University
Project date: 5 August 2024
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Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency IDS Pilot Project
Led by: Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency
Project date: 22 July 2024
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Exploring the relationship between police recorded crime and population movement based on O2 Motion Movements Insights data in crime analysis scenarios
Led by: Home Office
Project date: 5 July 2024
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Place-based insights for devolved areas in England
Led by: Department for Levelling Up Housing and Communities
Project date: 12 June 2024
Datasets used:
- Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (opens in a new tab)
- Business Register and Employment Survey employee counts by lower super output area (opens in a new tab)
- Claimant count by sex and age for lower super output area (opens in a new tab)
- Labour Force Survey and Annual Population Survey (opens in a new tab)
- Levelling Up Integrated Data Asset Land Registry price paid (opens in a new tab)
- O2 mobile network operator travel and location data UK (opens in a new tab)
- Population estimates for lower layer super output areas in England and Wales (opens in a new tab)
Assessing demand for skills from online job adverts
Led by: Department for Education, Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education
Project date: 10 May 2024
This project is using a bespoke commercial dataset purchased for use within the IDS.
Economic inactivity within Tees Valley
Led by: Tees Valley Combined Authority, Teesside University, and Office for National Statistics
Project date: 8 January 2024
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Producing estimates of school aged children by Local Authority and pupil characteristics, using definitions based upon the month of birth
Led by: Department for Levelling Up Housing and Communities
Project date: 30 October 2023
Datasets used:
- National Statistics Postcode Lookup (opens in a new tab)
- Census 2021 attributes with geography, England and Wales (opens in a new tab)
Substantial expenditure data project to examine spending aligned to place
Led by: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Project date: 20 September 2023
This project is using a bespoke dataset created by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities.
Exploring the health drivers of economic inactivity
Led by: Department for Levelling Up Housing and Communities
Project date: 8 September 2023
Datasets used:
- Census 2021 attributes with geography, England and Wales (opens in a new tab)
- Death registrations in England and Wales (opens in a new tab)
- Indexed Census 2011 (opens in a new tab)
- Integrated Data Asset Hospital Episode Statistics (opens in a new tab)
- Indexed Census 2011 (opens in a new tab)
- Labour Force Survey and Annual Population Survey (opens in a new tab)
- Pay As You Earn Real Time Information in the UK (opens in a new tab)
Decomposing differences in wages across the UK
Led by: HM Treasury
Project date: 23 September 2021
Datasets used:
- Annual Population Survey in the UK indexed (opens in a new tab)
- Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) (opens in a new tab)
- Labour Force Survey and Annual Population Survey (opens in a new tab)
- Standard Industrial Classification and Occupational lookup (opens in a new tab)
Enhancing approaches to night-time economy classifications
Led by: West Midlands Combined Authority, Greater Manchester Combined Authority; Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities; Office for National Statistics
Project date: 20 September 2024
Datasets used:
- Annual Business Survey in Great Britain Indexed (opens in a new tab)
- Business Structure Database in the UK (opens in a new tab)
- Labour Force Survey Indexed (opens in a new tab)
- Longitudinal Business Database in the UK (opens in a new tab)
- Standard Industrial Classification and Occupational lookup (opens in a new tab)
- UK small area gross value added estimates (opens in a new tab)
- O2 mobile network operator travel and location data UK (opens in a new tab)
- Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings Indexed (opens in a new tab)
Completed projects
Evaluating place based programmes and their impact on economic outcomes
Led by: Office for National Statistics and Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Project date: 16 October 2023
Datasets used:
- Street-level crime for England, Wales and Northern Ireland (opens in a new tab)
- UK small area gross value added estimates (opens in a new tab)
- Business Register Employment Survey indexed to business index (opens in a new tab)
- Claimant count by sex and age for lower super output area (opens in a new tab)
- Job Seekers Allowance counts by lower layer super output area (opens in a new tab)
- Population estimates for lower layer super output areas in England and Wales (opens in a new tab)
Differences between Census 2021 and Office for National Statistics household surveys in relation to the estimates of Welsh Language ability
Led by: Welsh Government and Office for National Statistics
Project date: 21 July 2023
This project is using a bespoke dataset created for the Welsh Government.
Residents classed by sex, age, ethnic group and deprivation for a range of geographical areas in England
Led by: Department of Health and Social Care
Project date: 20 July 2023
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Exploring the relationship between protected characteristics groups and the labour market
Led by: HM Revenue and Customs
Project date: 31 January 2023
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Exploring the difference in reporting of Welsh speaking ability
Led by: Welsh Government
Project date: 13 December 2022
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Case study: First research report published using the Integrated Data Service
Exploring Census 2021 data to inform the Administrative Data Agri-Research Collection Project
Led by: Welsh Government
Project date: 13 December 2022
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Exploring capability and capacity of local authorities
Led by: 10 Downing Street
Project date: 13 December 2022
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Exploring the relationship between health and self-assessed health status
Led by: Department for Health and Social Care and Welsh Government
Project date: 12 December 2022
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Does participating in periodical longitudinal surveys affect individuals’ outcomes?
Led by: Institute for Fiscal Studies
Project date: 27 March 2024
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Exploring economic inactivity due to long term sickness in Newcastle
Led by: Newcastle Upon Tyne City Council and Newcastle University
Project date: 27 March 2024
Datasets used:
- Annual Population Survey in the UK indexed (opens in a new tab)
- Labour Force Survey and Annual Population Survey (opens in a new tab)
Home Office population movement data discovery
Led by: Home Office
Project date: 10 June 2024
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