National Statistics Methodology Advisory Committee
Tenth meeting, 4 May 2006

The following work in progress papers were considered.

Paper 1: Sampling and estimation strategies for the Wealth and Assets Survey (Paper not available)

The Wealth and Assets Survey is a major new household-based survey beginning in July 2006. The survey will collect information on financial and non-financial assets of households and will gather detailed information on wealth components such as savings, pensions, investments, mortgages and debt. This paper details the sample design and estimation strategy.

Committee Conclusions (to follow).

Paper 2: Role of the UK Census Design and Methodology Committee

The UK Census Design and Methodology Advisory Committee has been established to review a range of methodological issues relating to the 2001 Census, both statistical and operational, with the aim to achieving high quality, consistent and comparable UK-wide outputs for the proposed 2011 census. This paper describes the areas for methodological review and the review timetable.

Committee Conclusions (to follow).

Paper 3: Small Area Estimation of Unemployment for Parliamentary Constituencies

The ONS, in collaboration with the University of Southampton, have developed a methodology to produce model based estimates of unemployment levels and rates at local authority level. As unemployment is a key indicator of social and economic health there is considerable Parliamentary interest in deriving estimates at constituency level. This paper presents initial work in this area and identifies issues that arise in estimating at this level.

Committee Conclusions (to follow).

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