Minutes and Meetings

Meeting agendas, papers and minutes

To ensure NSDEC maintains its commitment to transparency, where there has been ethical consideration of a proposal outside of NSDEC’s quarterly meetings, a summary of comments will be reviewed and published following the NSDEC’s next meeting. The Secretariat will work with researchers after meetings to support the integration of NSDEC comments and advice in updated project applications.

All meeting minutes can be found on the UK Statistics Authority website.

 

List of projects considered by NSDEC

A record of all projects considered is recorded below:

2023

NSDEC meeting dateTitleLink to the meeting minutes
25/01/2023Public awareness and acceptability of linked data assets in the ONSNSDEC January-23
25/01/2023How ONS are keeping linked data assets safe and secure?NSDEC January-23
25/01/2023What ONS are doing to ensure statistics have impact with policy makers and other stakeholders?NSDEC January-23
25/01/2023Evidence to support the National Statistician’s recommendation to government in 2023 on the future of population and social statisticsNSDEC January-23
25/01/2023Request to extend Education and Child Health Insights from Linked Data (ECHILD) DatasetNSDEC January-23
03/04/2023Review of ONS data ethics policy and audit reviewNSDEC April-23
03/04/2023Update on engagement plans for 2023 recommendation on the future of population and social statistics
NSDEC April-23
03/04/2023Update on estimating ethnicity via admin dataNSDEC April-23
03/04/2023How is ONS managing access to linked data assets to ensure public good aggregate outputs are produced in ethically appropriate ways from them?NSDEC April-23
05/07/2023Asking sensitive crime questions online for children and adultsNSDEC July-23
05/07/2023 Quality of Census 2021 gender identity dataNSDEC July-23
05/07/2023International data ethics workNSDEC July-23
17/08/2023Investigating the bidirectional relationship between employment and health conditions, treatments and service useNSDEC August-23 Correspondence

2022

NSDEC meeting dateTitleLink to the meeting minutes
01/02/2022Resolving conflicting ethnicities within administrative data when producing admin-based ethnicity statistics.NSDEC February-22
01/02/2022Disability Experiences Survey- capturing data on the lived experiences of disabled people.NSDEC February-22
27/04/20222021 Census Cohort Study: Proof of Concept.NSDEC April-22
27/04/2022Shared Outcomes Fund project: Understanding the Long-Term Health and Employment Outcomes Due to COVID-19 on Disproportionately Impacted Groups.NSDEC April-22
27/04/2022An investigation into the most appropriate weighting approach for “Prefer not to say” and “Don’t Know” answers to the Sex question on the National Survey for Wales (NSW).NSDEC April-22
05/07/2022The ONS Longitudinal Study (LS).NSDEC July-22
05/07/2022The 2023 Recommendation.NSDEC July-22
05/07/20222021 Census Data Asset: Proof of Concept.NSDEC July-22
05/07/2022The ONS Survey StrategyNSDEC July-22
05/07/2022Qualitative research related to redesigning the Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) for mixed mode and longitudinal collection – Screener and Victimisation modules.NSDEC July-22
18/10/2022Qualitative research on the lived experiences of domestic abuse survivors in temporary ‘safe’ accommodation in EnglandNSDEC October-22
18/10/2022Qualitative research into the lived experiences of asylum-seeking, refugee and migrant young people in the UKNSDEC October-22
18/10/2022Experiences of non-household populations (NHPs) who access Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) services – beginning with the experiences of prisoners who access IAPTNSDEC October-22
18/10/2022Risk factors associated with self-harm and suicide in adults and childrenNSDEC October-22
18/10/2022Future plans for the ONS Public Health Data Asset and Longitudinal linkage and analysis of Census dataNSDEC October-22
CorrespondenceAddendum (4) to previous paper: To determine the population-level relative risk of hospitalisation or death that COVID-19 presents to people with different socio-demographic characteristics and co-morbidities. NSDEC March Correspondence-22
CorrespondenceResearch to support the development of survey questions on gang-related crime and gang membership for the Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW).NSDEC July Correspondence-22
CorrespondenceCognitive Testing of Survey Questions to Estimate the Prevalence of Abuse Experienced as a Child in the Adult Population.NSDEC July Correspondence-22
CorrespondenceCOVID-19 research programme: NHS winter pressures extensionNSDEC November Correspondence-22
CorrespondenceDevelopment of a child abuse prevalence questionnaire and safeguarding procedureNSDEC November Correspondence-22

2021

NSDEC meeting dateTitleLink to the meeting minutes
17/02/2021Longitudinal cohort study for refugees. NSDEC February-21
17/02/2021Trauma, Social Harm and Health in Criminal Justice Involved Women: The Women's Risk Needs Assessment (WRNA) Validation Research Study. NSDEC February-21
13/04/2021EU Settled Status Scheme (EUSS) Data Linkage Project.NSDEC April-21
13/04/2021Shaping, testing and demonstrating the value of the Growing up in England wave 1 dataset: Roma, Gypsy and Traveller children case study.NSDEC April-21
13/04/2021Telematching DataNSDEC April-21
30/06/2021Integrated Data Programme (IDP)NSDEC June-21
30/06/2021County Lines ProjectNSDEC June-21
30/06/2021Qualitative Research for a UK Child Abuse Prevalence Survey Feasibility StudyNSDEC June-21
30/06/2021Welsh Government’s post implementation review of the Children (Abolition of the Defence of Reasonable Punishment) (Wales) Act 2020NSDEC June-21
15/10/2021School Covid Infection Survey 2 (SIS2)NSDEC October-21
15/10/2021Research to support the redevelopment of survey questions to estimate the prevalence of domestic abuse.NSDEC October-21
15/10/2021Overview of data stewardship model for the Integrated Data ServiceNSDEC October-21
CorrespondenceStudy to assess the algorithmic feasibility of COVID-19 specific vocal biomarker detection.NSDEC January Correspondence-21
CorrespondenceAddendum (2) to previous paper: To determine the population-level relative risk of hospitalisation or death that COVID-19 presents to people with different socio-demographic characteristics and co-morbidities.NSDEC February Correspondence-21
CorrespondenceAn update on phase one of the project ‘Investigating the risk factors and inequalities associated with infant mortality’NSDEC June Correspondence-21
CorrespondenceUpdate regarding: Study to assess the algorithmic feasibility of COVID-19 specific vocal biomarker detection.NSDEC June Correspondence-21
CorrespondenceAddendum (3) to previous paper: To determine the population-level relative risk of hospitalisation or death that COVID-19 presents to people with different socio-demographic characteristics and co-morbidities. NSDEC September Correspondence-21
CorrespondenceGypsy and Traveller lived experiences project.NSDEC November Correspondence-21
CorrespondenceChildren with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) school experiences project.NSDEC November Correspondence-21
CorrespondenceDisabled adults’ experiences with activities, goods and services project.NSDEC November Correspondence-21

2020

NSDEC meeting dateTitleLink to the meeting minutes
04/02/2020Developing ONS’ Household Financial Statistics through the linkage of administrative data to household financial survey dataNSDEC Feb-20
04/02/2020Pilot record linkage study: Vulnerable Persons and Vulnerable Children’s Resettlement Scheme dataNSDEC Feb-20
04/02/2020Social Factors Impacting Offending and Resettlement in Northern Ireland- Mortality within the Offending PopulationNSDEC Feb-20
01/04/2020Investigating vulnerabilities linked to serious youth violence using linked DfE and MoJ dataNSDEC Apr-20(1)
NSDEC Jul-20
01/04/2020Parental separation and educational inequality: Any evidence for growing disadvantage or ‘diverging destinies’ across three recent cohorts? NSDEC Apr-20(1)
01/04/2020ONS Sustainable Development Goals and Facebook CollaborationNSDEC Apr-20(1)
01/04/2020Update on the gender identity questions in the crime surveyNSDEC April-20(1)
21/04/2020Incidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection and prevalence of immunity to SARS-CoV-2 in the UK general population as assessed through repeated cross-sectional household surveys with additional serial sampling and longitudinal follow-upNSDEC Apr-20(2)
NSDEC Jul-20
02/07/2020NSDEC Briefing on COVID-19 Surveillance StudiesNSDEC Jul-20
02/07/2020Data Science Campus Rapid Ethical Review Process for COVID-19 Projects NSDEC Jul-20
02/07/2020Ethical application of funneling methodology for prosecution of refusals in the 2021 CensusNSDEC Jul-20
02/07/2020ESRC Early Life Cohort Pilot Study-proposed sampling and participant recruitment plan NSDEC Jul-20
30/09/2020Schools COVID-19 Infection Survey NSDEC Sep-20
30/09/2020Health and Work Support Pilot and Fair Start Scotland evaluation data linkage project NSDEC Sep-20
30/09/2020Update and findings from the qualitative research exploring the ethics of asking selected questions on the Crime Survey for England and Wales by online data collection modeNSDEC Sep-20
CorrespondenceCOVID-19 Crime Survey telephone operationNSDEC Correspondence-20
CorrespondenceTo determine the population-level relative risk of hospitalisation or death
that COVID-19 presents to people with different socio-demographic
characteristics and co-morbidities
NSDEC Correspondence-20
CorrespondenceMental Health of Children and Young People in England, 2020NSDEC Correspondence-20
CorrespondenceAddendum to previous paper: To determine the population-level relative risk of hospitalisation or death that COVID-19 presents to people with different socio-demographic characteristics and co-morbidities.NSDEC Correspondence-20
CorrespondenceCensus 2021, England and Wales: Recommendation on approach to guidance for variations of sex characteristics (VSC)/intersex.NSDEC Correspondence-20

2019

NSDEC meeting date Title Link to the meeting minutes
08/02/2019Qualitative research to inform a feasibility study of whether a child abuse prevalence survey could be effective NSDEC Feb-19
08/02/2019Extending the Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) to include a new module of questions on the online behaviour of children aged 10-15 years NSDEC Feb-19
08/02/2019Using linked administrative datasets to understand international migrants’ interactions with the health sector NSDEC Feb-19
08/02/2019Linking Welsh Cancer Data to the ONS Longitudinal Study NSDEC Feb-19
08/02/2019Data for children: assessing the impact of family background on the outcomes of children in England NSDEC Feb-19
07/05/2019Investigating the health outcomes of hospital patients from rural and urban areasNSDEC May-19
07/05/2019Urban redevelopment baselining for urban redevelopment projectsNSDEC May-19
02/07/2019Pay As You Earn Real Time Information: Improved Pre-Processing and its Utility for Labour Market AnalysisNSDEC Jul-19
02/07/2019Focus groups with children to explore what matters to their well-beingNSDEC Jul-19
02/07/2019Environmental and Socio-Economic Impact Assessment for Siting of Geological Disposal FacilitiesNSDEC Jul-19
29/10/2019Management and Expectations Survey (MES) feedback and trialNSDEC Oct-19
29/10/2019Qualitative research exploring the ethics of asking selected questions on the Crime Survey for England and Wales by online data collection modeNSDEC Oct-19
29/10/2019Research on homeless mortality among St Mungo’s clientsNSDEC Oct-19

2018

NSDEC meeting date Title Link to the meeting minutes
16/01/2018Ethical review of the Crime Survey for England and Wales NSDEC Jan-18
16/01/2018Linking mortality and prescription data NSDEC Jan-18
16/01/2018Students’ suicide statistics NSDEC Jan-18
16/01/2018An Exploratory study for estimating the
outflow of Welsh Speakers from Wales to
England from the 2011 Census and the
Patient Register
NSDEC Jan-18
16/01/2018ADRN: Identifying household and family risk
factors for hospital admissions in children
NSDEC Jan-18
16/01/2018ADRN: Social and Economic Predictors of
the severe mental disorders
NSDEC Jan-18
16/01/2018MRP: Transport Model Development for West
Berkshire Council
NSDEC Jan-18
24/04/2018Investigating suicide risk among high risk occupations using coroners’ inquest records in EnglandNSDEC Apr-18
24/04/2018MRP: Measurement of Vulnerability of Children and Young People in EnglandNSDEC Apr-18
24/04/2018MRP: Understanding the split between NHS and non-NHS income for community pharmacies NSDEC Apr-18
24/07/2018Social media analysis of public perceptions to inform question development NSDEC Jul-18
24/07/2018Investigating Mental Health Analysis Programme- Phase 1NSDEC Jul-18
30/10/2018Improving administrative based population and migration estimates using Hospital Episodes Statistics dataNSDEC Oct-18
30/10/2018Feasibility study to model health state prevalence estimates for use in the derivation of health state life expectancies in EnglandNSDEC Oct-18
30/10/2018Census–Refugee Matching: Feasibility, 2009 cohort (CRM:2009)NSDEC Oct-18
30/10/2018Informing GLA’s local development planning responsibilities under the New London PlanNSDEC Oct-18
30/10/2018Estimation of price elasticities of demand for alcohol and tobacco products in the United KingdomNSDEC Oct-18

2017

NSDEC meeting date Title Link to the meeting minutes
04/07/2017​Heritage Economic Impact Indicators 2017 NSDEC Jul-17
04/07/2017​Design skills for innovation and productivity NSDEC Jul-17
04/07/2017Impact evaluation of the Apprentice Rate increase NSDEC Jul-17
04/07/2017Estimating Income from administrative data NSDEC Jul-17
10/10/2017A study of European citizens living in the UK NSDEC Oct-17
24/01/2017Study on the effects of migrant workers on London’s economy NSDEC Jan-17
24/01/2017Quantifying the extent and variety of incidents involving suicide on England’s strategic road network NSDEC Jan-17
24/01/2017Data analysis to inform research on the size, scope, dynamics and geographic clusters of digital tech industry activity in the UK NSDEC Jan-17
28/04/2017The societal impacts of sewage odour NSDEC Apr-17
28/04/2017Impact evaluation (Phase I and II) of the Innovate UK Technology and Innovation Centre network (Catapults) NSDEC Apr-17
28/04/2017​Study of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) in the UK as part of the European Commission’s SME Performance Review 2016/17 NSDEC Apr-17
28/04/2017
Veterans in Great Britain: Linking administrative data from the Veterans Leavers Database with Census 2011 NSDEC Apr-17

2016

NSDEC meeting date Title Link to the meeting minutes
11/10/2016Exploring differences in the reporting of Welsh Language ability: Anexploratory study linking survey and Census data NSDEC Oct-16
19/04/2016Using paradata to select participants for follow-up research NSDEC Apr-16
19/04/2016​Scottish Government - Education Identifiers- Read Through NSDEC Apr-16
27/01/2016A national survey of mother and infant health NSDEC Jan-16
27/01/2016Paediatric National Survey of Bereaved People (VOICES) NSDEC Jan-16