Geographic Coverage: Northern Ireland
Care Not At Home Statistics – Northern Ireland (CNAH)
To report official statistics on adult social care services that are delivered outside people’s own homes in Northern Ireland, principally residential and nursing care, day care, and related activity, using routine administrative returns from Health and Social Care (HSC) Trusts.
Children’s Social Care Statistics for Northern Ireland (CSCS-NI)
This annual bulletin brings together official statistics on statutory children’s social care activity in Northern Ireland, collated from the five Health and Social Care (HSC) Trusts. It reports snapshots and annual flows for key service areas: children in need, the Child Protection Register, children in care (looked after), children’s residential homes, day‑care provision, foster carers, and young people subject to the Leaving Care Act. This informs service planning, performance monitoring and public accountability.
Clinical & Social Care Negligence Cases in Northern Ireland (CSCNC)
Note: the publication series was discontinued after 2022/23. To provide an annual statistical picture of clinical and social care negligence cases in Northern Ireland, covering how many cases were open, settled or closed in the year, the specialty or nature of the alleged incident, and the damages and legal costs paid. The series is produced to inform patient‑safety monitoring, transparency and service improvement.
Quarterly direct payments statistics – Northern Ireland (QDPS)
Presents quarterly information collected from health and social care (HSC) trusts on the number of and the amount paid by direct payments, broken down by HSC trust and client group. The direct payments information return is provided quarterly by the strategic planning and performance group (SPPG).
Quarterly carers’ statistics for Northern Ireland – QCSNI
Tables are regularly published which present findings from the latest survey of carers’ statistics for Northern Ireland. Figures are presented regionally and by health and social care trust in respect of completed and declined carers’ assessments, reassessments, completed reviews and reasons why offers to be assessed were declined. As the final two HSC Trusts went live with Encompass on 8th May 2025, no future updates for this publication will be available until full quality assurance on the new data source has been completed. CIB are striving to ensure this is completed as timely and thoroughly as possible.
The Social Care Council Register for in Northern Ireland (SCCR)
Aims to provide an up‑to‑date picture of the social work and social care workforce registered in Northern Ireland. It draws on data submitted during registration and ongoing updates to the public facing register. The purpose is to show workforce demographics, employment locations, and areas of care in which registrants work, and to identify trends as people join, leave, or move within the workforce.
Northern Ireland health and social care (HSC) workforce statistics (NIHSC)
This dataset provideS a regular picture of staffing levels across Northern Ireland’s Health and Social Care (HSC) system. It details the number of staff in post, their organisational distribution, staff groups, and long-term workforce trends. The data supports workforce planning, informs policy decisions, and enables transparency around recruitment activity and capacity within Nothern Ireland's HSC sector.
Northern Irish Census (NIC)
To produce a comprehensive count of all people and households in Northern Ireland. Taken once every 10 years, so that government, health, education and other services can plan funding and provision. Participation is a legal requirement and the 2021 exercise was delivered as a predominantly online census to maximise response.
British Household Panel Survey (BHPS)
The British Household Panel Survey began in 1991 and was a multi-purpose study whose unique value resided in the fact that it followed the same representative sample of individuals over a period of years. Sampling was by household and every adult member within each sampled household was interviewed. The main objective of the BHPS was to further the understanding of social and economic change at the individual and household level in Britain. It was discontinued in 2007 though some sample members were recruited to become sample members in the UK Household Longitudinal Survey (Understanding Society).
Labour Force Survey (LFS)
The Labour Force Survey (LFS) is a study of the employment circumstances of the UK population. It is the largest household study in the UK and provides the official measures of employment and unemployment. This provides evidence for policy- and decision-making, and for directing resources to where they are needed most.
Northern Ireland Longitudinal Study of Ageing (NICOLA)
As the first large scale longitudinal study of ageing in Northern Ireland, NICOLA aims to help gain a better understanding of the factors that affect social and health outcomes in the older Northern Ireland population. Over time, it will inform new prevention strategies, new interventions, new models of health and social care delivery, and ultimately contribute to how society should change to ensure a better quality of life for all.
Family Resources Survey (FRS)
The FRS is an annual report that provides facts and figures about the incomes and living circumstances of households and families in the UK. It is a continuous household survey which collects information on a representative sample of private households in the United Kingdom. The primary purpose of the FRS is to provide the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) with data to inform the development, monitoring and evaluation of social welfare policy. FRS annual publications provide statistics and commentary on information such as income from all sources; housing tenure; caring needs and responsibilities; disability; pension participation; and savings and investments.
UK Census (UKCen)
The UK census is undertaken by the Office for National Statistics every 10 years and gives us a picture of all the people and households in England and Wales. The census asks questions about individuals, their household and home. In doing so, it helps to build a detailed snapshot of the society. Information from the census helps the government and local authorities to plan and fund local services, such as transportation, education and healthcare.
Millennium Cohort Study (MCS)
The Millennium Cohort Study (MCS) is a national longitudinal birth cohort study following the lives of around 19,000 young people born in the United Kingdom in 2000-01. This multidisciplinary survey aims to capture the influence of early family context on child development and outcomes. Children from minority ethnic backgrounds and children in Scotland, Wales & Northern Ireland are oversampled to help capture the diversity of backgrounds into which children are born in the beginning of the 21st century.
Understanding Society – UK Household Longitudinal Survey (UKHLS)
Understanding Society is a largescale longitudinal survey of approximately 40,000 households across the United Kingdom. As a multi-topic household survey, the purpose of Understanding Society is to understand social and economic change in Britain at the household and individual levels by capturing important information about the social and economic circumstances, attitudes and behaviours and health of people living in thousands of households. The Understanding Society study is a successor to the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS), with the BHPS sample forming part of Understanding Society from Wave 2 onwards.