NISRA NICS Employment & Personnel Report Consultation Questionnaire - Section 1: Personnel Statistics in the NICS (Annual Official Statistic) - NI Direct

Section 1: Personnel Statistics in the NICS (Annual Official Statistic)

1. Do you use the Personnel Statistics in the NICS report? If no, then go to Section 2: Employment in the NICS

Yes No

2. How often would you use the Personnel Statistics in the NICS report?

Weekly or more Monthly Quarterly Less often Not at all

3. What do you use it for?

Statutory/Legislative requirement Policy making/reporting Research/analysis To aid decision-making on resource allocation To respond to information requests Ministerial briefings Media/public communications Personal Interest Other (please specify)

Other (please specify) - What do you use it for?

4. Which parts are essential to you? [tick all that apply]

All staff - Headcount Comparison with GB (Indexed) All staff - FTE Casual Staff - FTE All staff by Grade - FTE All staff by Department - FTE Proportion of Staff Working Part Time - Headcount Types of Part-Time Working - Headcount Reasons for Leaving - Headcount Leaving Rates by Reason for Leaving - Headcount Occupations of Staff - Headcount Ten-year trend information Other (specify)

Other (specify) - Which parts are essential to you?

5. If the current Personnel Statistics in the NICS report was published as an HTML report, would this meet your needs?

It would fully meet my needs It would mostly meet my needs It would partly meet my needs It would doesn’t meet my needs I don’t use this output

6. If the current Personnel Statistics in the NICS report was suspended and the data was available on the NISRA data portal only (https://data.nisra.gov.uk), would this meet your needs?

It would fully meet my needs It would mostly meet my needs It would partly meet my needs It would not meet my needs I don't use this output

7. Did you explore the Personnel statistics data on the NISRA data portal? (If No, go to 11)

Yes No

8. Please rate the usability of the NISRA data portal (if used/trialled).

What guidance or support would you need to improve the usability of the portal (e.g., short “how to” notes or webinars)?

9. Were you able to conduct bespoke analysis not previously provided in the Personnel report?

Yes No (Please tell us why)

If no, please tell us why

10. Will this bespoke analysis help meet your business needs?

Yes No (Please tell us why)

If no, please tell us why

11. What is your preferred publication route?

Other Please tell us why

12. If the Personnel Statistics in the NICS data was only published on the NISRA data portal, what would be the impact on your work?

High Medium Low

Please describe the consequences (eg specific tasks/decisions affected)

13. Do you have any other comments in the proposals in this section?

Do you have any other comments in the proposals in this section?