This document provides an agenda and details for a Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) statistics user engagement day. It will include an introduction by the Head of Profession for Statistics at DCLG, a keynote speech, and several parallel sessions on topics such as social housing, local government finance, indices of deprivation, homelessness, fire services, planning and land use, and the English Housing Survey. The event aims to engage users of DCLG statistics and obtain feedback to improve access to and use of their statistical outputs. Over 50 statisticians and 51 statistical releases will be represented at the event attended by various local government, charity, academic, and other professionals.

1. DCLG statistics user
engagement day
David Fry
Head of Profession for statistics
25 November 2013

2. Welcome to….
Audit Commission
Aylesbury Vale District Council
Barnet Homes
Birkbeck, University of London
Borough Council of Wellingborough
Borough of Broxbourne
Bournemouth Borough Council
Brighton and Hove City Council
Bristol City Council
British Heart Foundation
Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes Fire Authority
Building Cost Information Service (Part of RICS)
Academic
Central Government
Charity
Consultancy
Fire Authority
Housing Association
Local Government
Professional Body
Canterbury City Council
Charnwood council
Chelmsford City Council
Cheshire East Council
Child Poverty Unit
CIPFA
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Coventry City Council

3. DCLG statistics:
range and context
POLICY
RESEARCH & ANALYSIS
Local Govt Finance
- Council Tax
- Business Rates
- Expenditure/ Receipts
- Finance
Fire & Rescue
Services
- Fire incidents & response
times
- Operational statistics
Deprivation
Statistics
Planning Performance
& Land Use
- Planning application
statistics
- Land use change
- Indices of Multiple
Deprivation
Housing &
Homelessness
- House building
- Housing market
- Affordable housing
- English Housing Survey
- Social housing (CORE)
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4. Some key facts about us…
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51
21
Statisticians
Releases
Surveys
25
26
National
Statistics
Official
Statistics
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5. Its your day!
09:45 – 10:00
Arrive
10:00 - 10:45
Introduction by David Fry (DCLG’s Head of Profession for Statistics)
Key note speaker – Will Moy, Full Fact
Space for Place
10:45 – 11:00
Tea/ Coffee
11:00 – 12:30
Parallel Session 1
1.1 Social housing supply, lettings
and sales
Space for Place
12:30 – 13:15
1.3 Dissemination
approaches
GD/GE
2.2 Indices of Deprivation
Space for Place 1,2&3
2.3 Homelessness
Space for Place 4
3.2 Fire
This session will only run
until 16.00
DG5/6
3.3 English Housing Survey
Space for Place
Session will start in the
Atrium
Lunch break
13:15 – 14:45
1.2 Local Government
Finance
GA/GB
Parallel Session 2
2.1 House building and supply
GD/GE
14:45 – 15:00
Comfort break
15:00 – 16:30
Parallel Session 3
3.1 Planning and Land Use
GD/GE
16:30 – 16:45
Wrap up Space for Place
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6. Its your day!
09:45 – 10:00
Arrive
10:00 - 10:45
Introduction by David Fry (DCLG’s Head of Profession for Statistics)
Key note speaker – Will Moy, Full Fact
Space for Place
10:45 – 11:00
Tea/ Coffee
11:00 – 12:30
Parallel Session 1
1.1 Social housing supply, lettings
and sales
Space for Place
12:30 – 13:15
1.3 Dissemination
approaches
GD/GE
2.2 Indices of Deprivation
Space for Place 1,2&3
2.3 Homelessness
Space for Place 4
3.2 Fire
This session will only run
until 16.00
DG5/6
3.3 English Housing Survey
Space for Place
Session will start in the
Atrium
Lunch break
13:15 – 14:45
1.2 Local Government
Finance
GA/GB
Parallel Session 2
2.1 House building and supply
GD/GE
14:45 – 15:00
Comfort break
15:00 – 16:30
Parallel Session 3
3.1 Planning and Land Use
GD/GE
16:30 – 16:45
Wrap up Space for Place
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