Production of Official Statistics on Woodlands in England

Overview

This research aims to improve the development of woodland statistics for England by exploring improvements to the process of producing statistics.

This goes from the beginning of the process by looking at improvements to existing data sources and suitability of new data sources, through to improving the dissemination of statistics for all audiences.

This also involves optimising the production of Official Statistics to streamline the process and enable reproducibility, as well as creating documentation to help users understand the statistics we produce.

This project is part of the Nature for Climate Fund.

Research objectives

This project aims to

Investigate improvements to the quality of existing data
Identify and assess the suitability of new data sources
Improve documentation to help users understand the strengths and limitations of the data
Improve the dissemination of statistics to suit a range of audiences
Streamline processes for the production of Official Statistics

Latest updates

So far, the project has:

• Produced a Quality Assurance of Administrative Data (QAAD) report
• Streamlined the process of producing statistics when publishing Provisional Woodland Statistics 2024 through using a RAP
• Produced the most recent biennial Public Opinion of Forestry survey. This was run in March 2023 (with over 11,000 respondents in the UK), with results released in summer 2024.

Downloads

Public Opinion of Forestry Report 2023

PDF, 2.29 MB

Quality Assurance of Administrative Data (QAAD) report

PDF, 0.15 MB

Funding & partners

This project has been funded through the Government's ‘ Nature for Climate Fund’
DEFRA

Authors

Sheila Ward

Statistician

Themes

Measuring / modelling / forecasting