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Data for policy makers
Stories from building and using the
Index of Multiple Deprivation
Tom Smith
Oxford Consultants for Social Inclusion (OCSI)
@_datasmith
www.ocsi.co.uk
Tom Smith, OCSI | www.ocsi.co.uk | @ocsi_uk | 01273 810 270
OCSI who?
• Improving local services through data and analysis
– Oxford University ‘spin-out’ 2004
– Worked with >200 public and community sector organisations
• Index of Multiple Deprivation 2015
• Tools to support local services & research teams
– Data Packs – Hampshire, Trafford & systems for >50 LAs
– Local Insight, Planning4care, Social Impact
– First government open data catalogue (Data4nr.net)
• Analysis and research projects
• Open data support – ODUG, Environment Agency
Tom Smith, OCSI | www.ocsi.co.uk | @ocsi_uk | 01273 810 270
Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD)
Visualisation and data stories
www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2011/mar/29/indices-multiple-deprivation-poverty-england
• Solving a recognised problem …
where are the areas with highest need
• Transparent & trusted methodology
– Consultations. Open data and methodology
• > £1 billion per year.
– Openly reusable by any organisation
– Local and national government. Charities. Housing
Associations. Football Association. Health researchers.
Tom Smith, OCSI | www.ocsi.co.uk | @ocsi_uk | 01273 810 270
The data you need
is not always under the street light
Indices of Deprivation data sources
Tom Smith, OCSI | www.ocsi.co.uk | @ocsi_uk | 01273 810 270
Estimating mental health ‘need’
• No single indicator of mental health need captured the
issues we wanted to cover
Tom Smith, OCSI | www.ocsi.co.uk | @ocsi_uk | 01273 810 270
Hospital
admissions
GP
prescribing
DWP
benefitsSuicides
Mental health indicator
Estimating mental health ‘need’
• No single indicator of mental health need captured the
issues we wanted to cover
• Basket of indicators was used
– Combination of data sources > sum of the parts
• Mixture of open data & data from closed sources
– Not all valuable data is going to be open, eg sensitive benefits
and health statistics
• Finding the right data = detective work and sometimes
data licensing
– Search out (or construct) data that’s not under a street light
Tom Smith, OCSI | www.ocsi.co.uk | @ocsi_uk | 01273 810 270
Engaging and helping users
to reuse your data
Maximising reuse / impact of the IMD
• Consultations with (potential) users – online &
workshops
• Technical report – how the data was constructed,
design choices etc
• Research report – examples of analysis, and
examples of how data used
• Guidance on how-to use, FAQs for users
• National Statistic – publication date announced one
month in advance
Tom Smith, OCSI | www.ocsi.co.uk | @ocsi_uk | 01273 810 270
BBC news 30th September 2015
Tom Smith, OCSI | www.ocsi.co.uk | @ocsi_uk | 01273 810 270
National and local media …
Tom Smith, OCSI | www.ocsi.co.uk | @ocsi_uk | 01273 810 270
Local authorities and services reusing …
Tom Smith, OCSI | www.ocsi.co.uk | @ocsi_uk | 01273 810 270
Research & analysis
Tom Smith, OCSI | www.ocsi.co.uk | @ocsi_uk | 01273 810 270
Resource targeting & funding
Tom Smith, OCSI | www.ocsi.co.uk | @ocsi_uk | 01273 810 270
So what was the impact?
• Most visits to govt statistic page – 36,000 in Oct 2015
• National & local media picking up headline messages
– #1 story on BBC media when launched
• Local authorities and services quickly reusing
• Researchers picking up messages for policy makers
• Resource targeting and funding
• Perhaps >£1 billion per year focused using the IMD
• http://indicesofdeprivation.co.uk/ and @indices2015
Tom Smith, OCSI | www.ocsi.co.uk | @ocsi_uk | 01273 810 270
Data for policy makers
Stories from building and using the
Index of Multiple Deprivation
Tom Smith
Oxford Consultants for Social Inclusion (OCSI)
@_datasmith
www.ocsi.co.uk
Tom Smith, OCSI | www.ocsi.co.uk | @ocsi_uk | 01273 810 270
Image credits
• Neon open sign photo – Martin Alvarez Espinar http://bit.ly/1hDqoVv
• Overflowing – zoetnet http://bit.ly/1gcomzw
• Closed – Steve Snodgrass http://bit.ly/1edkGih
• All Access – Rebecca Siegel http://bit.ly/1gPg1h2
• John Wanamaker, Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wanamaker#mediaviewer/File:John
_Wanamaker.jpg
• Icons – The Noun Project http://thenounproject.com
Tom Smith, OCSI | www.ocsi.co.uk | @ocsi_uk | 01273 810 270