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NINIS About Us

NINIS is a project that collates robust statistics for small areas across Northern Ireland, and makes the information readily available through a dedicated Internet site www.ninis.nisra.gov.uk. The project is operated by the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA), an Executive Agency within the Government Department of Finance and Personnel.

NISRA released a pilot website in 2001 to test the concept of mapping small area statistics. NINIS follows on from this and was launched in July 2003, the website now has an average of 19,000 unique visits a month.

NINIS has been funded by the Department of Health Social Services and Public Safety, all the Health and Social Services Boards and the Department for Social Development to monitor progress against the Investing for Health and Neighbourhood Renewal Strategies.

Within NISRA, the Neighbourhood Statistics team is responsible for NINIS. We make data available from a wide range of sources on the NINIS website and provide a customer service function, answering any queries Monday-Friday. We also provide both monthly seminars which incorporate PC-based training in McAuley House (Belfast city centre) and ad-hoc commissioned seminars region-wide.

Neighbourhood Statistics in England & Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland (Regional Trends, Number 40, 2008)



Regional Trends is a comprehensive regular source of official statistics for the Statistical Regions of the UK (Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Government Office Regions within England). It includes a wide range of demographic, social, industrial and economic statistics, covering aspects of life in the regions. The 2008 edition contains an article that describes the latest developments and future challenges facing Neighbourhood Statistics websites across the UK and how they have been used to influence local policy making.

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