https://sil2.e-infinitum.com/ en https://sil2.e-infinitum.com/statistics-devolution <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">The Statistics of Devolution</span> <div class="field field--name-field-author-or-creator field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Primary Author or Creator</div> <div class="field__item">David Byne</div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span lang="" about="/user/18" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Stephen Richard</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden">Sun, 09/26/2021 - 12:39</span> <div class="field field--name-field-additional-author-s-creato field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Additional Author(s) / Creators</div> <div class="field__item">Add additional Authors and/or Publisher</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-alternative-published-date field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Alternative Published Date</div> <div class="field__item">2019</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-category field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Category</div> <div class='field__items'> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/74" hreflang="en">Scottish government</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-type field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Type of Resource</div> <div class="field__item">Book</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-length field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Length (Pages, words, minutes etc...)</div> <div class="field__item">10pp</div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Fast Facts</div> <div class="field__item"><p>Statistical collection and analysis needs to be improved in a devolved UK.  Greater detail of local and regional analysis is required for both Scotland and England.</p></div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-precis field--type-text-long field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">More details</div> <div class="field__item"><p> </p> <p>pp 133- 142 in: Data in Society: Challenging Statistics in an Age of Globalisation</p> <p>edited by Evans, Jeff, Ruane, Sally</p></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-resource-url field--type-link field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Resource Address (URL)</div> <div class='field__items'> <div class="field__item"><a href="https://books.google.co.uk/books?hl=en&amp;lr=&amp;id=rXimDwAAQBAJ&amp;oi=fnd&amp;pg=PA133&amp;dq=Does%20Scotland%20have%20a%20deficit%3F&amp;ots=Mms_XbaB-y&amp;sig=7MFUY95gIOhdswoynctupclC2M4&amp;redir_esc=y#v=onepage&amp;q=Does%20Scotland%20have%20a%20deficit%3F&amp;f=false">https://books.google.co.uk/books?hl=en&amp;lr=&amp;id=rXimDwAAQBAJ&amp;oi=fnd&amp;pg=PA133&amp;dq=D…</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-keywords field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Keywords</div> <div class='field__items'> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/443" hreflang="en">Scottish statistics</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/733" hreflang="en">statistics collection</a></div> </div> </div> <div id="field-language-display"> <fieldset class="js-form-item js-form-type-item form-type-item js-form-item- form-item- form-group"> <label>Language</label> English </fieldset> </div> Sun, 26 Sep 2021 11:39:06 +0000 Stephen Richard 362 at https://sil2.e-infinitum.com https://sil2.e-infinitum.com/open-government-note-transparency-public-finance-role-good-data <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Open Government Note: Transparency in Public Finance – the role of good data</span> <div class="field field--name-field-author-or-creator field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Primary Author or Creator</div> <div class="field__item">Common Weal</div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span lang="" about="/user/18" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Stephen Richard</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden">Mon, 09/06/2021 - 17:53</span> <div class="field field--name-field-date-published field--type-datetime field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Date Published</div> <div class="field__item"><time datetime="2017-10-20T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">Fri, 10/20/2017 - 12:00</time> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-category field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Category</div> <div class='field__items'> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/74" hreflang="en">Scottish government</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Fast Facts</div> <div class="field__item"><p>This Common Weal note examines how an Open Government approach to Public Finance data can improve its usability and transparency for citizens.</p></div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-precis field--type-text-long field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">More details</div> <div class="field__item"><p>― There are two primary issues with data for the public and for transparency – trust and usability. The former of these is crucial.</p> <p>― Making numbers have meaning for people should be the primary public-facing aim of public data. But this should also carry an additional element – regular work should be done to systematically identify what information the public wants from public data.</p> <p>― As a substantial user of public data, Common Weal regularly comes across the issue of comprehensiveness and consistency. Put very simply, often Scotland lacks crucial data because it is collected from across government rather than being coordinated by a central body.</p> <p>― There should be a single portal for Scottish public sector data. This would clearly be aided by a single statistics agency. However, there is very widely varying practice out there on the presentation of data to the public – and clearly for openness the better and easier the presentation the more likely people are to feel data is useable.</p> <p>― Almost everyone involved with public data will have had some experience of ‘obstructionism’ in gaining access to public data. Whether it is failure to publish, denial of Freedom of Information requests, use of ‘commercial confidentiality’ clauses, refusal to disaggregate date or provide methodologies or claims that ‘personal data’ can be inferred from larger data sources, there has simply been far too much ‘that’s for us to know and you to not know’ practice.</p></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-resource-url field--type-link field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Resource Address (URL)</div> <div class='field__items'> <div class="field__item"><a href="https://commonweal.scot/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Open-Government-Note-Transparency-in-Public-Finance-the-role-of-good-data.pdf">https://commonweal.scot/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Open-Government-Note-Transpa…</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-keywords field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Keywords</div> <div class='field__items'> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/721" hreflang="en">Open government</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/594" hreflang="en">Public finance</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/543" hreflang="en">Government transparency</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/733" hreflang="en">statistics collection</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/558" hreflang="en">Public data</a></div> </div> </div> <div id="field-language-display"> <fieldset class="js-form-item js-form-type-item form-type-item js-form-item- form-item- form-group"> <label>Language</label> English </fieldset> </div> Mon, 06 Sep 2021 16:53:26 +0000 Stephen Richard 106 at https://sil2.e-infinitum.com https://sil2.e-infinitum.com/common-weal-submission-economic-data-consultation <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Common Weal submission to economic data consultation</span> <div class="field field--name-field-author-or-creator field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Primary Author or Creator</div> <div class="field__item">Common Weal</div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span lang="" about="/user/18" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Stephen Richard</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden">Mon, 09/06/2021 - 17:23</span> <div class="field field--name-field-alternative-published-date field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Alternative Published Date</div> <div class="field__item">February 2018</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-category field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Category</div> <div class='field__items'> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/72" hreflang="en">Economy</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Fast Facts</div> <div class="field__item"><p>The progress of devolution has led to the Scottish Government assuming more direct control over economic policymaking in Scotland and recognition has grown that Scotland’s economy is in many ways distinct from the economies of other parts of the UK. Modern economies as a whole have grown more complex and more interconnected and ever more data driven.</p> <p>Data has become an increasingly valuable resource and it is one which demands more attention, more scrutiny and more investment. Scotland therefore would greatly benefit from the creation of a single, dedicated Scottish Statistics Agency.</p> <p>This consultation response to the Scottish Parliament’s Economic Data Committee outlines the case for such an agency and the key principles that it should be built upon.</p></div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-precis field--type-text-long field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">More details</div> <div class="field__item"><p>― International examples of data provision have shown that there are benefits to both a highly centralised model for a statistics agency but also benefits to a decentralised model whereby various departments gather deep but very specific data. Which model best suits Scotland is therefore open to discussion.</p> <p>― Across Scotland, the quality of data provision is decidedly mixed. Often, the data can only be obtained via subsets of UK data which can mean that data sample sizes become smaller than may be appropriate for rigorous policy-making.</p> <p>― However in other areas, particularly areas directly initiated by Scottish statisticians, the detail of data can exceed that which is found elsewhere in the UK.</p> <p>― In many cases, the increased costs of data provision will be offset either directly via better tax collection (especially in the case of customs and borders) or indirectly by more efficient allocation of resources.</p> <p>― There is scope for measuring metrics outwith “traditional” metrics such as GDP. Examples like measuring equality and life satisfaction could help drive development of a Wellbeing Economy.</p></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-resource-url field--type-link field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Resource Address (URL)</div> <div class='field__items'> <div class="field__item"><a href="https://commonweal.scot/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Common-Weal-submission-to-economic-data-consultation.pdf">https://commonweal.scot/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Common-Weal-submission-to-ec…</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-keywords field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Keywords</div> <div class='field__items'> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/671" hreflang="en">Growth Commission</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/733" hreflang="en">statistics collection</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/558" hreflang="en">Public data</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/529" hreflang="en">Wellbeing economy</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-related-questions field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Related Questions</div> <div class='field__items'> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/17" hreflang="en">Can Scotland afford to be independent?</a></div> </div> </div> <div id="field-language-display"> <fieldset class="js-form-item js-form-type-item form-type-item js-form-item- form-item- form-group"> <label>Language</label> English </fieldset> </div> Mon, 06 Sep 2021 16:23:19 +0000 Stephen Richard 216 at https://sil2.e-infinitum.com