Annual Report 2022/23 - Data Updates and Analysis

The Shetland Partnership monitors a number of ‘outcome indicators’ – facts, figures and evidence that tells us something about what life is like for people in Shetland. These indicators and their baseline level are included in Shetland’s Partnership Plan (Appendix 2, pages 16-20 in the plan) and the Shetland Partnership website. Most of the indicators are updated once a year or every two years; these changes are shared in the Annual Report and the website.

Analysis April 2022- March 2023

The last twelve months have continued to be extremely challenging for us all, with the cost of living crisis following on from the pandemic and UK Exit from the European Union. Having monitored the indicators for over five years, medium-term trends are emerging for some, whilst in others the measures do not fully reflect the local situation. There are challenges with certain indicators, either due to: sources showing no updates, the method of data capture changing, or changes in definition outwith the Partnership’s control. Knowledge and experience of partners has been crucial to inform our interpretation of the data and provide context.  Ongoing work on a new Delivery Plan may recommend some indicators be supplemented, or removed, and new ones added.

Updates on all the indicators available for 2022-23 are described in full in the following pages. For quick reference see our 'at a glance' infographics below.

*Scottish Household Statistics for Local Authorities in 2021 are published as experimental statistics. Typically, SHS respondents are interviewed face-to-face, in their homes. However, in March 2020 the fieldwork approach was altered in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. This resulted in the majority of the 2020 survey fieldwork, and all of the 2021 survey fieldwork, being carried out using telephone interviewing. The 2022 survey returned to face-to-face interviewing.

Data Sources: UK Government Department for Work and Pensions - Children in low income families: local area statistics 2014-2022; Skills Development Scotland 2022; Local Authority county - Business Register and Employment Survey, Office for National Statistics (ONS) (2021); National Records Scotland (NRS) Population estimates 2021; CACI Paycheck data (2021), Highlands and Islands Enterprise - Minimum Income Standard 2016, Family Resources Survey 2021; Shetland Islands Council 2022; Scottish Household Survey (SHS) 2021; Public Health Scotland 2021; Scotland's Labour Market: People, Places and Regions - Statistics from the Annual Population Survey 2020-21.