SIM 3 Wales: Maximising the use of existing administrative and survey data sets for Wales

该项目的总体目标是审查各种备选办法，以改善为研究目的而安全获取威尔士详细的行政和调查数据。实质性研究方案的第一阶段将是根据工作组掌握的现有数据审计和信息，描述威尔士境内可用的不同调查和数据的行政来源。还将与数据保管人协商确定为研究目的利用这些来源的办法。将评估当前如何处理有关数据的查询，以及如何管理围绕使用数据的应用程序的治理安排。在相关的情况下，这些安排将与英国其他地方可获得的可比数据来源的现有安排进行比较。审查的一个重要方面还将是确定可能是威尔士独有的数据来源或可以建立创新联系以开发新来源的数据来源。这将借鉴其他安置研究金的调查结果。研究方案的第二阶段将审查改进利用审计中确定的数据来源的可能好处。将咨询这些数据（或类似数据）的现有用户，了解他们对威尔士数据潜在有用性的看法。将从威尔士社会和经济研究数据和方法研究所（WISERD）设立的专题参考小组成员中或通过这些成员确定需要咨询的人。如果数据审计确定了威尔士独有的数据来源，或者可以通过数据链接开发的潜在独特的数据来源，那么将要求活跃在研究领域的研究人员考虑他们的学科是否可以从这些数据中受益。该审查将强调在哪些领域改进了对威尔士数据的获取，或者在哪些领域加强现有数据的机会可能会给研究界带来重大利益。第三阶段将确定改善获取威尔士数据的障碍。访问障碍可能仅仅是由于数据保管人对可用的数据访问机制或访问其数据可能产生的潜在好处缺乏认识。然而，与提供数据访问相关的成本也可能存在，例如构建分析数据集、开发支持性文档或支持围绕访问的复杂治理安排。这些问题将通过与不同数据集的所有者和保管人的讨论进行调查，以便详细了解所面临的限制。该研究计划的最后阶段将确定改善获取可能披露的数据的最佳途径。这些建议将寻求最大限度地利用现有ESRC资助投资（如UKDA、SDS或ADLS）所能实现的利益。在其他情况下，进入的障碍可能更大。在这里，建议将反映从英国其他地方开发的倡议中吸取的教训，以提供对高度敏感数据的研究访问。将确定并邀请这些机构的专家组成一个协商小组的基础，在制定这些建议时可以利用他们的知识。该研究方案将以一份报告告终，该报告将详细审查威尔士的数据来源。还将提供具体行动计划，概述为改善获取不同数据集所需采取的步骤。在每种情况下，将确定能够支持数据保管人实施这些措施的关键联系人和机构。除了具体的数据建议外，还将制定协议，以提供统一的数据访问策略建议方法，以便在工作组和相关机构之间实施。

The over-arching aim of the project is to review options for improving secure access to detailed administrative and survey data for Wales for research purposes. The first stage of the substantive research programme will be to describe the different surveys and administrative sources of data available within Wales building upon existing data audits and information held by the WG. The accessibility of these sources for the purposes of research will also be established in consultation with data custodians. How queries regarding the data are currently handled and how the governance arrangements surrounding applications to use the data are managed will be assessed. Where relevant, these arrangements will be compared to the arrangements that exist for comparable sources of data available elsewhere in the UK. An important aspect of the review will also be to identify sources of data that are potentially unique to Wales or where innovative links can be made to develop new sources. This will draw upon the findings of the other placement fellowships. The second stage of the research programme will examine the potential benefits of improving access to the data sources identified in the audit. Existing users of this data (or similar data) will be consulted as to their perceptions regarding the potential usefulness of Welsh data. Those to be consulted will be identified from or through the membership of Thematic Reference Groups established by the Wales Institute for Social and Economic Research Data and Methods (WISERD). If the data audit identifies a source of data that is unique to Wales or potentially unique source of data that could be developed through data linking, researchers active in the field of study will be asked to consider whether their academic discipline could benefit from such data. The review will highlight areas where improved access to Welsh data or where opportunities for enhancing existing data may be expected to lead to significant benefits to the research community. The third stage will identify the barriers to improving access to Welsh data. Barriers to access may simply be due to a lack of awareness among data custodians of the mechanisms for data access which are available or of the potential benefits that access to their data could yield. However, there may also be costs associated with providing access to data, such as the construction of analytical datasets, the development of supporting documentation or in supporting the complex governance arrangements surrounding access. These issues will be investigated through discussions with the owners and custodians of different data sets in order to provide a detailed understanding of the constraints faced.The final stage of the research programme will identify the best ways to improve access to potentially disclosive data. The recommendations will seek to maximise the benefits that can be achieved from the greater utilisation of existing ESRC funded investments, such as the UKDA, SDS or ADLS. In other cases, the barriers to access may be greater. Here, recommendations will reflect on the lessons learnt from initiatives developed elsewhere in the UK to provide research access to highly sensitive data. Experts from these bodies will be identified and invited to form the basis of a consultative group whose knowledge can be drawn upon in the development of these recommendations. The research programme will culminate in a report that provides a detailed review of Welsh data sources. Specific action plans that outline the steps that would need to be taken to improve access to different data sets will also be provided. In each case, key contacts and bodies that can support data custodians in implementing these measures will be identified. In addition to data specific recommendations, protocols will also be developed in order to provide a suggested uniform approach to data access policy that can be implemented across WG and related bodies.