ADRC-S Legacy Projects from phase 1 (2013-18)

行政数据（即主要为行政目的收集的信息）长期以来一直为中央政府的统计数据做出贡献。在过去的15-20年里，数据科学的技术进步使得中央和地方政府以及英国各地的专业机构能够拥有非常大的数据库。这一资源，再加上现在可用的巨大计算能力和强大的数据保护框架，为开发社会科学研究的核心资源提供了可能性。将这些行政数据集（以匿名形式，并在安全环境中进行分析）联系起来，可以对各种问题提供新的见解，例如，无家可归对健康的影响、国家为儿童提供的照料类型、贫困对儿童发展的影响。行政数据研究的目标是帮助政府和其他机构在充分了解问题的基础上做出更明智的决策。这一系列将得到支持的项目是在第一阶段资助（ADRN）中启动的，该阶段建立了一个英国范围内的数据中心网络。这些项目未能在规定的时间内完成，部分原因是工作的开创性以及与数据控制者达成数据共享协议所需的时间（可以理解）。例如，一些将得到支持的项目利用人口普查数据，而数据共享的原则（在苏格兰）刚刚达成一致。其他项目已经与白厅进行了多年的谈判（例如DWP），数据将在DEA之后交付。ESRC认识到这一研究领域的价值，但也需要与政府合作伙伴更密切地合作，以创建研究准备数据库和统一的治理和许可流程。因此，第二阶段的资金的授予，以及第一阶段所做的工作（例如谈判数据访问，获得研究特定许可）的实现，如果可能的话，应该继续支持。

Administrative data (that is information collected primarily for administrative purposes) has long contributed to central government statistics. During the last 15-20 years, technological advances in data science have allowed very large databases to be held by central and local government and by specialist agencies across the UK. This resource, coupled with the enormous computational power now available, and a robust data protection framework, opens up the possibility of developing a core resource for social science research. Linking such administrative data sets (in an anonymous form, and analysed in a secure environment) provides new insights into a diverse set of issues, e.g., the impact of homelessness on health, the type of care given to children looked after by the state, the impact of poverty on child development. The ambition of administrative data research is to help government and others make better-informed decisions based on a robust understanding of the issues.The set of projects to be supported were initiated in the first phase of funding (ADRN) that established a UK-wide network of data centres. These projects were not able to be completed within the time-frame, in part because of the pioneering nature of the work and the (understandable) length of time taken to agree data sharing agreements with data controllers. For example, some of the projects that will be supported utilise Census data, where the principles of data sharing (in Scotland) have only just been agreed. Other projects have been in negotiation with Whitehall over many years (e.g. DWP) and data will now be delivered in the wake of the DEA.ESRC recognised the value of this area of research, but also the need to work more closely in collaboration with government partners, with the ambition of creating research-ready data holdings and a unified process of governance and permissions. Hence the award of the second phase of funding, and the realisation that the work done in the first phase (e.g. negotiating access to data, obtaining research-specific permissions) should if at all possible be continued to supported.