Data Sources¶

The pipeline draws from eight data sources. Three are APIs that the pipeline connects to automatically each month. The remaining five are static publications that are loaded manually when a new edition is released.

NOMIS¶

NOMIS is the ONS labour market statistics service. It provides access to large national surveys, filtered down to Yorkshire LAD level.

Dataset	What we pull	Update frequency
Annual Population Survey (APS)	Employment rate, unemployment rate, self-employment rate, economic inactivity rate, RQF4+ qualifications, no qualifications	Annual (December reference period)
Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE)	Median gross weekly earnings by workplace	Annual
Jobs Density	Total filled jobs as a ratio of working-age population	Annual

The pipeline connects to NOMIS via a public API. An API key is optional for public endpoints but removes rate limits.

DWP Stat-Xplore¶

DWP Stat-Xplore is the Department for Work and Pensions open data API for benefit claimant statistics.

Dataset	What we pull	Update frequency
Children in Low Income Families	Count of children in households below the poverty threshold	Annual
Personal Independence Payment (PIP)	Count of PIP claimants	Monthly

An API key is required. Request one from the Stat-Xplore portal.

NHS Fingertips¶

NHS Fingertips (fingertips.phe.org.uk) is the UKHSA Public Health Profiles API. It publishes hundreds of health indicators at LAD and sub-LAD geographies.

Dataset	What we pull	Update frequency
Life expectancy at birth	Estimated life expectancy, male and female separately	Annual
Healthy life expectancy at birth	Years expected to live in good health, male and female separately	Annual
Under-75 preventable mortality	Preventable deaths per 100,000 population under 75	Annual

No API key is needed - Fingertips is a public API.

ONS¶

ONS publishes static data releases (spreadsheets and bulk downloads) rather than a queryable API. Data from these sources is loaded manually from CSV files when a new edition is published.

Dataset	What we pull	Update frequency
Business Demography	Business births, deaths, and survival rates by LAD	Annual
Regional Accounts (GVA)	Gross Value Added by LAD	Annual
Housing Tenure	Owner-occupied, rented, and social housing proportions	Census (every ~10 years)
Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD)	Deprivation scores and deciles by LSOA	Every 4–5 years
Inter-Departmental Business Register (IDBR)	Employee counts by SIC code at LSOA level (preprocessed by YHODA)	Annual

Sport England¶

Sport England publishes the Active Lives survey - a biannual study of physical activity participation rates across England at LAD level.

Dataset	What we pull	Update frequency
Active Lives	Proportion of adults meeting activity guidelines	Biannual

Data is loaded manually from the preprocessed CSV when a new edition is released. There is no automated API connection.

Ofcom¶

Ofcom's Connected Nations report provides annual broadband availability and speed statistics at LAD level.

Dataset	What we pull	Update frequency
Connected Nations	Full-fibre and superfast broadband coverage; average download speeds	Annual

Data is loaded manually from the published CSV.

DEFRA¶

DEFRA's Automatic Urban and Rural Network (AURN) monitors air quality at fixed stations across England.

Dataset	What we pull	Update frequency
AURN	Annual mean concentrations of PM2.5, PM10, NO2, and O3	Annual

Data is loaded manually. DEFRA also publishes a public API, which could be used to automate this in future.

BEIS / DESNZ¶

The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (formerly BEIS) publishes sub-national energy consumption statistics annually.

Dataset	What we pull	Update frequency
Sub-national energy consumption	Total electricity and gas consumption by LAD	Annual

Data is loaded manually from the GOV.UK open data release.