Tom Smith: Local Open Data for Better Public Services

1. Public  services  and  open  data     3  problems  where  open  data  helps   Tom  Smith   Oxford  Consultants  for  Social  Inclusion  (OCSI)    tom.smith@ocsi.co.uk     @_datasmith      www.ocsi.co.uk       Tom  Smith,  OCSI  |  www.ocsi.co.uk  |  @ocsi_uk  |  01273  810  270  
2. OCSI  who?   •  Improving  local  services  through  data  and  analysis   –  Oxford  University  ‘spin-­‐out’  2004   –  Worked  with  >200  public  and  community  sector   organisaTons   •  Tools  to  support  local  services  &  research  teams   –  Planning4care,  Local  Insight,  Social  Impact   –  First  government  open  data  catalogue  (Data4nr.net)   •  Bespoke  analysis  and  research  consultancy   –  Needs  analysis,  evaluaTon,  predicTve  modelling   •  Index  of  Mul6ple  Depriva6on  2015   •  Open  data  support  –  ODUG,  Environment  Agency     Tom  Smith,  OCSI  |  www.ocsi.co.uk  |  @ocsi_uk  |  01273  810  270  
3. local.communityinsight.org  –  localinsight@ocsi.co.uk  –  01273  810  
4. VisualisaTon  and  data  stories   www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2011/mar/29/indices-­‐mulTple-­‐deprivaTon-­‐poverty-­‐england    
5. •  Solving  a  recognised  problem  …      where  are  the  areas  with  highest  need   •  Transparent  &  trusted  methodology   –  ConsultaTons.  Open  data  and  methodology   •  >  £1  billion  per  year.       –  Openly  reusable  by  any  organisaTon   –  Local  and  naTonal  government.  ChariTes.  Housing   AssociaTons.  Football  AssociaTon.    Health  researchers.     Tom  Smith,  OCSI  |  www.ocsi.co.uk  |  @ocsi_uk  |  01273  810  270  
6. Indices  of  DeprivaTon  data  sources   Tom  Smith,  OCSI  |  www.ocsi.co.uk  |  @ocsi_uk  |  01273  810  270  
8. Tom  Smith,  OCSI  |  www.ocsi.co.uk  |  @ocsi_uk  |  01273  810  270   Useful  open  data  sources  (some  …)   Annual  Survey  of  Hours  and   Earnings   House  prices   DWP  Benefits   Pupil  Annual  School  Level   Census     Jobseekers  Allowance  claimant   count   Life  Expectancy  &   mortality  rates   Housing  Benefit/  Council   Tax  Benefit   Child  Benefit  &  child  tax   credits   Census  2011   Births  by  Country  of  Birth  (&   age)  of  Mother   NaTonal  Insurance   RegistraTons   Tax  credits   Job  vacancies   Business  staTsTcs   Recorded  crimes   PopulaTon  esTmates  
9. local.communityinsight.org  –  localinsight@ocsi.co.uk  –  01273  810   http://local.communityinsight.org
10. Tools  for  using  open  data  -­‐  Local   Insight   Tom  Smith,  OCSI  |  www.ocsi.co.uk  |  @ocsi_uk  |  01273  810  270   Up-­‐to-­‐date  open  data   Demographic,  social  &   economic  indicators   Define  and  report  on   your  areas  &  services   Visualise  Maps,   profiles  &   dashboards   Upload  &  visualise   your  own  local  data   Secure  access  for   local  partnership  users,     open  access  for  public   Zero  overhead,  up  &   running  in  minutes  
11. Open  data  provides  the  building  blocks   for  what  people  really  need   •  Users  defining  literally  thousands  of  custom  areas   –  Drawing  on  (Google)  map,  postcodes,  standard  areas   •  Some  of  the  areas  that  Local  Insight  users  have   defined   –  Service  patches  and  management  areas   –  Catchment  areas  (schools,  GPs,  libraries),  based  on  users   –  Priority  neighbourhoods,  regeneraTon  patches   –  Neighbourhood  planning  areas   –  PotenTal  development  areas   –  Benchmark  areas   –  Partner  areas  including  clinical  commissioning  group   patches,  fire  &  rescue  service  areas,  police  forces   Tom  Smith,  OCSI  |  www.ocsi.co.uk  |  @ocsi_uk  |  01273  810  270  
12. How  did  Open  Data  help?   •  Content  –  data!   •  Trusted  content  …  Can  check  and  chase  back   to  source   •  Licensing  licensing  licensing  …  Sharing  with   other  organisaTons  (partnerships)   •  Speed.  Open  licensing  &  available  data  meant   we  had  prototype  funded  by  kickstarters   running  in  2  months   Tom  Smith,  OCSI  |  www.ocsi.co.uk  |  @ocsi_uk  |  01273  810  270  
13. Half  the  money  I  spend   on  adverTsing  is   wasted     The  trouble  is  I  don't   know  which  half       Tom  Smith,  OCSI  |  www.ocsi.co.uk  |  @ocsi_uk  |  01273  810  270  
14. OCSI  cost-­‐benefit  analysis  of  Amaze  UK  impact  
15. In the public sector the impact of the money you spend is usually recorded on someone else’s database
18. JusTce  Data  Lab   Tom  Smith,  OCSI  |  www.ocsi.co.uk  |  @ocsi_uk  |  01273  810  270  
19. Recap:  3  problems  where  open  data  helps   1.  TargeTng  public  &  community  resources  to   the  right  communiTes  –  creaTng  open  data   2.  Making  sense  of  the  real  areas  we  work  in  –   using  open  data   3.  Which  of  our  programmes  work  –  open   access  (to  closed  data)   Tom  Smith,  OCSI  |  www.ocsi.co.uk  |  @ocsi_uk  |  01273  810  270  
20. Public  services  and  open  data     3  problems  where  open  data  helps   Tom  Smith   Oxford  Consultants  for  Social  Inclusion  (OCSI)    tom.smith@ocsi.co.uk     @_datasmith      www.ocsi.co.uk       Tom  Smith,  OCSI  |  www.ocsi.co.uk  |  @ocsi_uk  |  01273  810  270  
21. Image  credits   •  Neon  open  sign  photo  –  MarTn  Alvarez  Espinar  hpp://bit.ly/1hDqoVv   •  Overflowing  –  zoetnet  hpp://bit.ly/1gcomzw   •  Closed  –  Steve  Snodgrass  hpp://bit.ly/1edkGih   •  All  Access  –  Rebecca  Siegel  hpp://bit.ly/1gPg1h2   •  John  Wanamaker,  Wikipedia   hpp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wanamaker#mediaviewer/ File:John_Wanamaker.jpg     •  Icons  –  The  Noun  Project  hpp://thenounproject.com       Tom  Smith,  OCSI  |  www.ocsi.co.uk  |  @ocsi_uk  |  01273  810  270