The use and misuse of regional data : insights from across the UK

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Davidson, Sharada and Connolly, Kevin and Black, James and Spowage, Mairi (2025) The use and misuse of regional data : insights from across the UK. Regions eZine (21).

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Abstract

High-quality regional data is crucial for improving public service delivery, allocating funding and developing evidence-based policies that tackle regional inequalities. Our paper*, published in Regional Studies: Policy Debates, analyses the challenges faced when constructing regional statistics and using these statistics in policy debates. The paper draws on extensive engagement and semi-structured interviews with analysts from the UK’s Office for National Statistics (ONS), devolved administrations (DAs) in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales and other regional data stakeholders.

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Davidson, Sharada ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6964-3627, Connolly, Kevin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2333-2211, Black, James ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7796-0910 and Spowage, Mairi;
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