Annex A: ABPEs data inputs

NHS Personal Demographics Service (PDS) (NHS England) – the national electronic database of NHS patient demographic data, such as name, address date of birth and NHS number in England, Wales, the Isle of Man, or UK defence medical services. (SPD v4.1, v4.0) (LTIM and internal migration)

English School Census (ESC) (Department for Education) and Welsh School Census (WSC) (Welsh Government) – statutory data collected on all pupils attending state-funded schools in England and Wales. (SPD v4.1, v4.0)

Individualised Learner Record (ILR) (Education and Skills Funding Agency) – data collected by learning producers in the Further Education (FE) and Skills sector in England. (SPD v4.1, SPD v4.0)

Higher Education Student Record (HESA) data (Jisc) – data collected about students enrolled at publicly funded Higher Education providers, including international students residing in England and Wales. (SPD v4.1, SPD v4.0) (LTIM – EU nationals and internal migration)

NHS Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) (NHS England) – records details of all attendances, appointments and admissions to NHS hospitals in England. (SPD v4.1, SPD v4.0)

Emergency Care Datasets (ECDS) (NHS England) – national dataset for urgency and emergency care provided by all hospitals with A&E departments in England. (SPD v4.1, SPD v4.0)

Death registrations (General Register Office) – according to the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953, a death should be registered within five days unless it is referred to a coroner for investigation. (SPD v4.1, SPD v4.0)

ONS Census Address frame (Office for National Statistics) – list of residential addresses in England and Wales used for Census 2021 collection. (SPD v4.1)

Birth registrations (General Register Office) – under the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1874, it is a legal requirement for parents to register the birth within 42 days in England and Wales.

Census 2021 England and Wales data (Office for National Statistics) –providing data of all people and households in England and Wales. (Stock measure for 2021 and coverage adjustment for SPD)

Benefit and Income Datasets (BIDs) (Department for Work and Pensions and HM Revenue and Customs) – captures information on anyone in the UK in receipt of a benefit, tax credit or state pension, as well as individuals who pay tax through the Pay As You Earn Real Time Information (PAYE RTI) system. Consists of seven different datasets; Universal Credit (UC), Single Housing Benefit Extract (SHBE), Personal Independence Payments (PIP), National Benefits Database (NBD), P14 (derived from PAY RTI), Tax Credits (TC) and Child Benefit (CB). (SPD v4.0)

Customer Information System (CIS) (Department for Work and Pensions) – contains demographic information on everyone who has a National Insurance number (NINo) in the UK. (SPD v4.0)

Home Office Borders and Immigration data (HOBI) (Home Office) – used to produce migration estimates of non-EU nationals (excluding British nationals). (LTIM)

Registration and Population Interaction Database (RAPID) (Department for Work and Pensions) – used to produce migration estimates of EU nationals. (LTIM)

International Passenger Survey (IPS) (Office for National Statistics) – used to produce migration estimates of British nationals. (LTIM).