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Statistics & the CHMA Charles Brown Assistant Statistician Tel: 0131 244 0870 Mailbox: chma@scotland.gsi.gov.uk. Overview. Short biography Key statistical functions of the Centre Statistics training programme Guidance and advice on statistics
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Statistics & the CHMA Charles Brown Assistant Statistician Tel: 0131 244 0870 Mailbox: chma@scotland.gsi.gov.uk
Overview • Short biography • Key statistical functions of the Centre • Statistics training programme • Guidance and advice on statistics • Statistics on the Centre’s new website • How to contact the Centre • Questions from me & you
A Bit About Me! Quick Biography • Graduated from Edinburgh University 1999 - Psychology (25% applied statistics) • Joined Scottish Government (SG) in 1999 • Held posts Health, Justice, OCEA and OCS • Joined CHMA in August 2008 – new to housing! Government Statistical Service (GSS) • Also belong to the Government Statistics Service (GSS) • 100+ statisticians in SG, with 1,000+ statistics collections • I can tap into this pool of statistics expertise to help you.
Why have a Statistician in the CHMA? • Housing Need & Demand Assessments (HNDAs) need a robust evidence-base • The HNDA Guidance encourages local authorities to collect and analyse statistics – quite technical in parts! • Local authorities have differing levels of analytical resource available – some more that others • The Centre will provide local authorities with additional statistical expertise and resource if needed
Function 1: Guidance & Advice • Provide statistics training and share best practice on the HNDA Guidance • Improve access to relevant national data via a dedicated ‘statistics portal’ • Advise on methodologies and techniques to help maximise the quality of HNDAs • Provide market context material eg research on housing, regeneration, equalities etc to complement HNDAs
Function 2: Our Formal Role • Responsible for “considering” if the PROCESS used to produce HNDAs is robust and credible • My role - to see if the process by which HNDA statistics are produced is robust and credible - not the numbers per se • A quality assurance process - balancing local authorities need to avoid enquiries with the need to be flexible (recognising the importance of local information and different scenarios) • About partnership working, in the spirit of the new Concordat to achieve the best HNDAs we can • Ongoing guidance and advice = robust and credible HNDAs
Training Programme 2008-2009 • Program in place for statistics training including; • - housing and planning data collections • - HNDA Guidance (2008) step-by-step application • - equality statistics • Training backed up by web-based materials eg presentations, information packs, etc • Regional where possible • Think about what statistics training you need – and let us know
Guidance & Advice • We can provide statistical guidance on; - application of the HNDA Guidance (2008) - methodology eg sampling, confidence intervals etc - sourcing secondary data & selecting the best data - commissioning primary data eg local surveys - analysing and report statistics - so please get in touch! • CHMA website will list Q&As – a problem shared is a problem halved
Statistics on CHMA Website • CHMA website is under construction • Expected to go live this week http://www.scotland.gov.uk/chma • ‘Statistics Portal’ with links to relevant HNDA statistics • An area to share examples of ‘best practice’ in gathering local data and ‘one-off’ pieces of your work • And much more…..training materials, guidance, market context materials, details of the Steering group… • This is your resource so tell us what you think?
Contacting Us • Preferred route is through local HID teams • Can contact the Centre directly • A single response from the Centre and HID together • On receipt of queries will agree timescales for response • Ways to make contact: Mailbox:chma@scotland.gsi.gov.uk Tel: 0131 244 0870 • If statistics queries are HNDA-related, contact the Centre first and we will forward to the relevant statistician
So in Summary……. • The Centre is your resource – so please use us! • We’re about partnership working to help achieve the best HNDAs possible – based on sound evidence • Keep in touch as you progress your HNDAs and lets progress gradually to ‘robust’ and ‘credible’ • We want to learn from you the local experts – tell us about examples of best practice, any difficulties with HNDA Guidance and lets share our knowledge
Questions for You? • To help us help you: - what statistics training would you like? - what statistics guidance is needed? - what would you like on the website? - how should we contact & feedback to you?
Thank You ANY QUESTIONS?