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Updates to Data Zones and Intermediate Zones now published
16th December 2024 by Office of the Chief Statistician
The Scottish Government has today published updated versions of Data Zones and Intermediate Zones. Data Zones and Intermediate Zones have been updated to reflect changes to population and other geographical boundaries since they were last revised in 2014 following the 2011 Census. In particular, the proposed changes have been produced to align with new population...
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Changing the International Territorial Levels (ITLs) for Scotland – Consultation Analysis now published
11th December 2024 by Office of the Chief Statistician
The Scottish Government has published its analysis of responses to the recent consultation on Changing the International Territorial Level geography for Scotland. The Office for National Statistics are currently reviewing existing ITL boundaries for the UK. The report contains the Scottish Government’s recommendation to the Office for National Statistics for how the ITL boundaries for...
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Updating our statistical geographies – Data Zones, Intermediate Zones and ITLs
10th July 2024 by Lee Bunce
Geography plays an important role in the production of official statistics. Everything happens somewhere, and presenting our statistics geographically is crucial to ensuring that statistics can properly support citizens and policy makers to make informed decisions about communities. It is important then that we ensure the geographical boundaries we use in our statistics remain fit...
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Our plans for small area statistics – consulting on Data Zones and Intermediate Zones
26th January 2024 by Lee Bunce
The publication of statistics at a local level is important so that citizens and policy makers can make better informed decisions about their local communities. To support the production of small area statistics it is vital that we have solid statistical foundations in place. In Scotland, the statistical building blocks we use are Data Zones...
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