Further to the answer to question S1W-18842 by Jackie Baillie on 1 November 2001, how much money has been allocated to administer a central…

The answer to question S1W-18842on 1 November 2001, refers to the research into the feasibility of combining existingdatasets such as the Scottish Household Survey and the Family Resources Survey toprovide a base of Scottish information on income. Following the conclusion of thisresearch, it was determined that this was not a robust solution to produce smallarea income estimates.
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Following the Income StatisticsSeminar, held by the Scottish Executive for users in September 2003, it was concluded that resourceswould be better targeted elsewhere, for example at obtaining small area data onbenefits and tax credits from the Department for Work and Pensions and the InlandRevenue. The work on obtaining small area benefits data is being taken forward throughthe Scottish Neighbourhood Statistics project.