Glossary

Organisations

Locally

Middlesbrough Citizens Advice

The local Citizens Advice office providing free, independent advice (debt, benefits, housing) in Middlesbrough. read source

RCBC Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council

The unitary local authority for the Redcar and Cleveland area.

RCVDA Redcar and Cleveland Voluntary Development Agency

The local infrastructure charity supporting voluntary and community groups across Redcar & Cleveland.

Tees Valley

Citizens Advice Darlington, Redcar and Cleveland

The local Citizens Advice office providing free, independent advice across Darlington, Redcar and Cleveland. read source

CURV Cleveland Unit for the Reduction of Violence

Cleveland's Violence Reduction Unit, hosted by the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner, taking a public-health, multi-agency approach to reducing serious violence. read source

Darlington Borough Council

The unitary local authority for the Borough of Darlington in the Tees Valley. read source

Hartlepool Borough Council

The unitary local authority for the Borough of Hartlepool in the Tees Valley. read source

Middlesbrough Council

The unitary local authority for the Middlesbrough area.

Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council

The unitary local authority for the Stockton-on-Tees area, in the Tees Valley.

Sustrans

The sustainable-transport charity and custodian of the National Cycle Network; 'Sustrans' is short for 'sustainable transport'. read source

TEWV Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust

The specialist mental-health and learning-disability trust serving the Tees Valley. read source

TVCA Tees Valley Combined Authority

The sub-regional combined authority covering the five Tees Valley boroughs (Middlesbrough, Redcar & Cleveland, Stockton-on-Tees, Hartlepool and Darlington), led by the Tees Valley Mayor. read source

TVRA Tees Valley Rural Action

The rural community council for the Tees Valley, supporting rural communities and voluntary organisations.

North East

NECC North East England Chamber of Commerce

The accredited chamber of commerce representing businesses across North East England. read source

TADU North East Regional Road Safety Resource / Traffic and Accident Data Unit

The North East regional road-safety data resource and Traffic and Accident Data Unit, providing road-collision and casualty data for the region.

NECS North of England Commissioning Support

An NHS commissioning support unit providing business intelligence, analytics and data services to NHS and public-health bodies across the North East and beyond. read source

VONNE Voluntary Organisations Network North East

The regional infrastructure body representing and supporting the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector across the North East. read source

Nationally

Alzheimer's Association (United States)

The United States non-profit for Alzheimer's care, support and research. read source

Audit Commission

The former public-spending watchdog for local government and the NHS in England, abolished on 31 March 2015. read source

BAPEN British Association for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition

A multi-professional association and registered charity concerned with the recognition, prevention and treatment of malnutrition and with nutritional care. read source

BMA British Medical Association

The professional association and registered trade union for doctors in the UK. read source

Centre for Thriving Places

A not-for-profit organisation, formerly Happy City, that develops place-based wellbeing measures and supports local areas to improve wellbeing. read source

CAB Citizens Advice

A national network of independent local charities offering free, confidential and impartial advice on money, benefits, housing, employment and legal matters; known historically as the Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB). read source

College of Policing

The professional body for policing in England and Wales, setting standards, guidance and training for the police service. read source

Defra Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

The UK government department responsible for environmental protection, food and farming, and rural affairs. read source

DfT Department for Transport

The UK government department responsible for transport policy; publishes national transport, road-traffic and road-safety statistics. read source

IMLT England Illegal Money Lending Team

The national team (operating as Stop Loan Sharks) that investigates illegal money lending and supports victims of loan sharks in England. read source

EA Environment Agency

The executive non-departmental public body responsible for flood risk, water quality and environmental protection in England. read source

IPC Institute of Public Care

A specialist health and social care research, consultancy and analysis unit based at Oxford Brookes University. read source

LGA Local Government Association

The national membership body for councils in England and Wales; publishes local-area data (LG Inform) and sector policy. read source

MaPS Money and Pensions Service

An arm's-length body sponsored by the Department for Work and Pensions providing free money and pensions guidance (MoneyHelper). read source

NAVCA National Association for Voluntary and Community Action

The national membership body for local infrastructure organisations supporting the voluntary and community sector in England. read source

Natural England

The government's statutory adviser for the natural environment in England. read source

ONS Office for National Statistics

The UK's national statistical institute and largest producer of official statistics — population, the census, the economy and the labour market — operating at arm's length under the UK Statistics Authority. read source

ORR Office of Rail and Road

The independent regulator for Britain's railways and monitor of National Highways; publishes rail-usage and station-usage statistics. read source

OS Ordnance Survey

Great Britain's national mapping agency (a government-owned company). read source

PE Scholar

A physical-education teaching-resources provider. read source

Sport England

The national arm's-length body that invests public and National Lottery funding in grassroots sport and physical activity in England. read source

WHO World Health Organization

The United Nations specialised agency for international public health. read source

YJB Youth Justice Board for England and Wales

The arm's-length body that oversees the youth justice system in England and Wales and publishes youth justice statistics. read source

Terms

VCSE

CYP Children and Young People

Collective term for children and young people, commonly used in health, education and social-care services.

CAT Community Asset Transfer

The transfer of land or buildings from public ownership (usually a local authority) to a community or voluntary organisation, at less than market value, to secure community benefit. read source

ESG Environmental, Social and Governance

A framework of environmental, social and governance criteria used to assess an organisation's wider impact and responsible practice.

LIO Local Infrastructure Organisation

A body that supports, develops and represents the local voluntary and community sector (for example a council for voluntary service); RCVDA is the LIO for Redcar & Cleveland.

SMARTER Specific, Meaningful, Achievable, Relevant, Time-bound, Evaluate, Re-adjust

A goal-setting mnemonic extending the SMART objectives framework with 'Evaluate' and 'Re-adjust' stages.

THRIVE Timely, Helpful, Respectful, Innovative, Values-based and Efficient

A values mnemonic describing how services aim to work. Distinct from the local Thrive Partnership.

VCS Voluntary and Community Sector

Charities, community groups and other not-for-profit organisations; the narrower predecessor term to VCSE (which also includes social enterprise).

VCFSE Voluntary, Community, Faith and Social Enterprise

Voluntary, Community, Faith and Social Enterprise — the collective term for charities, community groups, faith organisations and social enterprises.

Local Authorities

DPH Director of Public Health

The senior officer each local authority must appoint (jointly with the Secretary of State) to lead its public health functions. read source

JSNA Joint Strategic Needs Assessment

The statutory assessment of the current and future health and care needs of a local population, prepared for each area by the responsible local authority and its partner integrated care board — discharged locally through the Health and Wellbeing Board. read source

RSL Registered Social Landlord

A non-profit provider of social housing (typically a housing association) registered with, and regulated by, the social housing regulator. read source

RSAP Rough Sleeping Accommodation Programme

A Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government capital programme funding move-on accommodation for people who sleep rough or are at risk of doing so; a predecessor to later rough-sleeping programmes. read source

SWEP Severe Weather Emergency Protocol

Local arrangements to provide emergency accommodation for people sleeping rough during severe weather; a discretionary, non-statutory response prompted by cold-weather and other severe-weather thresholds.

TATI Team around the individual

A coordinated, person-centred approach bringing the relevant workers around one individual to plan and deliver joined-up support.

TCM Town Centre Management

The coordinated management of a town centre's environment, economy and activity, usually as a partnership between the local authority, businesses and other stakeholders.

Criminal Justice

VAWG Violence Against Women and Girls

An umbrella term for a range of abuses disproportionately affecting women and girls, including domestic abuse, sexual violence, stalking and so-called honour-based abuse. read source

DWP

IPS Individual Placement and Support

An employment model in which specialists are embedded in mental-health teams; the strongest-evidenced employment intervention for adults with severe mental illness.

JCP District Jobcentre Plus District

A geographical management area of Jobcentre Plus, the part of the Department for Work and Pensions that delivers working-age benefits and employment support.

LCWRA Limited Capability for Work and Work-Related Activity

A Universal Credit determination that a claimant's health condition or disability so limits them that they are not expected to work or prepare for work, attracting an additional UC element. read source

PIP Personal Independence Payment

A non-means-tested benefit that helps with the extra costs of a long-term health condition or disability; it replaced Disability Living Allowance for working-age adults. read source

SEQF Supported Employment Quality Framework

A quality standard for supported-employment services helping disabled people and those with health conditions into work.

UC Universal Credit

The single means-tested working-age benefit that replaces six legacy benefits including Housing Benefit, Income Support and tax credits. read source

NHS & Public Health

CPA Care Programme Approach

The framework used to assess, plan and coordinate care for people with more complex mental-health needs; now largely superseded by the Community Mental Health Framework.

CAMHS Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services

NHS services that assess and treat children and young people with emotional, behavioural or mental-health difficulties.

CYP IAPT Children and Young People’s Improving Access to Psychological Therapies programme

An NHS England programme to transform children and young people's mental-health services by embedding evidence-based psychological therapies and outcome monitoring.

CCG Clinical Commissioning Group

The NHS bodies that commissioned most local health services from 2013; abolished in July 2022 and replaced by Integrated Care Boards (ICBs). read source

CPN Community Psychiatric Nurse

A registered mental-health nurse who supports people with mental-health needs in the community; now more often titled community mental-health nurse.

DNA Did Not Attend

An administrative code recording that a patient missed a booked appointment without notice; increasingly reframed as 'was not brought' for children.

HWB Health and Wellbeing Board

A statutory local-authority committee bringing together the NHS, public health, adult social care and children's services to improve health and wellbeing and reduce inequalities. read source

HWBE Health and Wellbeing Executive

A local executive group supporting the delivery of a Health and Wellbeing Board's priorities.

HiAP Health in All Policies

An approach to public policy that systematically accounts for the health implications of decisions across all sectors, to improve health and reduce inequalities. read source

ICB Integrated Care Board

The statutory NHS body that plans and commissions health services for a defined area. read source

ICP Integrated Care Partnership

The statutory joint committee of an integrated care system that agrees a health-and-care strategy for the area, bringing the NHS and local partners together. read source

NHS National Health Service

The publicly funded health system, created by the National Health Service Act 1946 (operational 5 July 1948) and now governed by the consolidating National Health Service Act 2006. read source

NHSE National Health Service England

The national body that led the NHS in England and oversaw commissioning; its functions are being brought back into the Department of Health and Social Care following the March 2025 decision to abolish it. read source

NIHR National Institute for Health and Care Research

The national funder of the Health Determinants Research Collaboration (HDRC) infrastructure.

NEAS North East Ambulance Service

The NHS foundation trust providing 999 emergency and patient-transport ambulance services across the North East. read source

Safeguarding

CQC Care Quality Commission

The independent regulator of health and adult social care in England. read source

CSP Community Safety Partnership

A statutory partnership of local 'responsible authorities' (police, local authority, fire, health and probation) that works to reduce crime, disorder and antisocial behaviour. read source

CPS Crown Prosecution Service

The principal public agency for conducting criminal prosecutions in England and Wales, established under the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985. read source

DTC Duty to Co-operate

The statutory duty on relevant partners to co-operate in safeguarding and promoting the wellbeing of adults (and, for children, under separate provisions). read source

IDVA Independent Domestic Violence Advocate / Advisor

A specialist domestic-abuse support worker for survivors at high risk of harm.

KCSIE Keeping Children Safe in Education

The Department for Education's statutory safeguarding guidance that schools and colleges in England must have regard to. read source

LSCB Local Safeguarding Children Board

The former statutory body coordinating local safeguarding of children; replaced from 2019 by multi-agency safeguarding arrangements led by three safeguarding partners. read source

MSP Making Safeguarding Personal

A person-centred, outcomes-focused approach to adult safeguarding that works with the person to achieve the outcomes they want. Distinct from My Sister's Place (also 'MSP').

MAPPA Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements

The statutory arrangements through which police, probation and prison services jointly assess and manage the risks posed by violent and sexual offenders. read source

MARAC Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Conference

The multi-agency forum for managing the highest-risk domestic abuse cases. read source

QSG Quality Surveillance Group

A multi-agency group that shares intelligence and coordinates action on the quality and safety of local health and care services.

SAB Safeguarding Adults Board

The statutory multi-agency board that oversees and coordinates adult safeguarding arrangements in a local area. Locally, the Teeswide Safeguarding Adults Board. read source

SAR Safeguarding Adults Review

A statutory review a Safeguarding Adults Board must arrange when an adult with care and support needs dies or is seriously harmed and abuse or neglect is suspected, to identify learning. read source

TSAB Teeswide Safeguarding Adults Board

The multi-agency statutory board that coordinates adult safeguarding across the Tees area. read source

Mental health & capacity law

Advance decision to refuse treatment

A decision made by a person while they have capacity to refuse a specified medical treatment in future, which is legally binding if valid and applicable. It differs from an advance statement, which records wishes and preferences but is not legally binding. read source

Advocate (independent advocacy)

Someone independent who supports a person to express their views, understand their options and defend their rights, especially when the person might otherwise struggle to be heard. Some advocacy roles are statutory (such as IMHA, IMCA and Care Act advocates); others are non-statutory. read source

AMHP Approved Mental Health Professional

A social worker or other approved professional (not a doctor) who coordinates a Mental Health Act assessment, decides whether detention is the least restrictive option and makes most applications for detention. read source

Best interests (Mental Capacity Act 2005)

The principle that any decision or action taken for a person who lacks capacity must be in their best interests, weighing their past and present wishes, feelings, beliefs and values and following a statutory checklist. read source

CTO Community Treatment Order

An order that lets a patient who has been detained for treatment live in the community under conditions, with the power to recall them to hospital if needed; also called supervised community treatment. read source

Court of Protection

The specialist court that makes decisions, and appoints deputies, for people who lack the capacity to make particular decisions about their finances or their welfare. read source

DoLS Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards

The legal process for authorising arrangements that deprive a person who lacks capacity of their liberty in a care home or hospital, to make sure the arrangements are necessary and in their best interests. Due to be replaced by the Liberty Protection Safeguards (LPS) under the Mental Capacity (Amendment) Act 2019, not yet in force. read source

Deputy (Court of Protection)

A person appointed by the Court of Protection to make ongoing decisions on behalf of someone who lacks capacity, where no attorney has been appointed under a Lasting Power of Attorney. read source

Detention under the Mental Health Act 1983

Everyday term for being detained in hospital for assessment or treatment under a section of the Mental Health Act 1983 without the person's consent; the number (for example 'sectioned under s.2') refers to the section of the Act being used. read source

First-tier Tribunal (Mental Health)

The independent judicial body that reviews whether a person's detention or community treatment under the Mental Health Act is still justified and can order their discharge; in England it is the First-tier Tribunal (Mental Health). read source

Guardianship under the Mental Health Act 1983

An order appointing a guardian (usually the local authority) with limited powers over where a person lives and their access to services, used to help someone with a mental disorder live safely in the community. read source

IMCAs Independent Mental Capacity Advocates

A statutory advocate who represents and supports a person who lacks capacity to make certain serious decisions and has no-one else appropriate to consult. read source

IMHA Independent Mental Health Advocate

A statutory advocate who helps a person detained under the Mental Health Act (or on a community treatment order or guardianship) understand their rights and be heard in decisions about their care. read source

Informal (voluntary) patient

A person receiving mental-health treatment in hospital who has agreed to be there and is not detained under the Act, and so is generally free to leave; contrasted with a detained (formal or sectioned) patient. read source

LPA Lasting Power of Attorney

A legal document by which a person, while they still have capacity, appoints one or more attorneys to make decisions on their behalf if they later lose capacity — either for property and financial affairs, or for health and welfare. read source

Mental capacity

Whether a person is able to make a particular decision at the time it needs to be made. A person lacks capacity if an impairment of, or disturbance in, the mind or brain means they cannot understand, retain, use or weigh the relevant information, or communicate their decision. Capacity is assessed decision by decision and is assumed unless shown otherwise. read source

MCA Mental Capacity Act 2005

The Act that provides the legal framework for making decisions on behalf of adults who lack the capacity to make particular decisions for themselves. read source

MCA COP Mental Capacity Act Code of Practice

The statutory guidance on how the Mental Capacity Act should be applied, which professionals and paid carers must have regard to. read source

Mental disorder (Mental Health Act 1983)

The Mental Health Act's broad legal definition — any disorder or disability of the mind — which determines who the Act can apply to; dependence on alcohol or drugs alone does not count. read source

MHA Mental Health Act 1983

The Act governing the assessment, treatment and rights of people with a mental disorder, including detention ('sectioning') in hospital. read source

MHA COP Mental Health Act Code of Practice

The statutory guidance on how the Mental Health Act 1983 should be applied, which professionals must have regard to. read source

Nearest Relative

A specific relative, identified by a statutory list in the Mental Health Act, who has certain rights when a person is detained — including being consulted and, in some cases, objecting to detention or applying for discharge. It is distinct from next of kin. read source

Place of safety

A place — usually a hospital, and only exceptionally a police station — to which someone can be taken for a Mental Health Act assessment under s.135 or s.136. read source

RPR Relevant Person's Representative

A person appointed to represent and support someone subject to a Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards authorisation, keeping in contact with them and helping them use their rights to review and challenge it. read source

RC Responsible Clinician (Approved Clinician)

The approved clinician with overall responsibility for a detained patient's case. An Approved Clinician is a professional (often but not always a psychiatrist) approved to take on certain Mental Health Act roles; the Responsible Clinician is the Approved Clinician in charge of a particular patient. read source

Section 117 Mental Health Act 1983 — aftercare

The joint duty on the NHS and the local authority to provide free aftercare to a person who has been detained for treatment (for example under s.3), for as long as they need it, to reduce the risk of readmission; amended by the Mental Health Act 2025, not yet in force. read source

Section 12 approved doctor

A doctor approved as having special experience in the diagnosis or treatment of mental disorder, whose recommendation is required for detention under the Mental Health Act; at least one of the two doctors in an assessment must be s.12 approved. read source

Section 136 Mental Health Act 1983 — police power to a place of safety

The police power to remove a person who appears to have a mental disorder and to be in immediate need of care or control from a public place to a place of safety so they can be assessed; time-limited to 24 hours (extendable to 36). read source

Section 17 Mental Health Act 1983 — leave of absence

Authorised leave of absence from hospital for a detained patient, granted by the responsible clinician; it may be for a few hours or longer and can carry conditions. read source

Section 2 Mental Health Act 1983 — admission for assessment

Detention for assessment (and any treatment that follows) for up to 28 days, on the recommendation of two doctors and an Approved Mental Health Professional; it cannot be renewed. read source

Section 3 Mental Health Act 1983 — admission for treatment

Detention for treatment of a mental disorder, lasting up to six months initially and renewable, on the recommendation of two doctors and an Approved Mental Health Professional; it entitles the person to free s.117 aftercare on discharge. read source

Sport

LTA Lawn Tennis Association

The national governing body for tennis in Great Britain. read source

NGB National Governing Body

The recognised body responsible for governing and regulating a particular sport nationally.

Business

PSBR Professional, Statutory and Regulatory Bodies

The bodies that set standards for, accredit or regulate a profession or field of practice.

Government

DfE Department for Education

The UK government department responsible for education and children's services in England. read source

DLUHC Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

UK government department from 2021-2024, succeeded by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG). Co-funder with The National Lottery Community Fund of the Changing Futures Programme. read source

DWP Department for Work and Pensions

The UK government department responsible for welfare, pensions and employment support. read source

DHSC Department of Health and Social Care

The UK government department responsible for health and adult social care policy in England. read source

Miscellaneous

CPN Community Protection Notice

A notice requiring a person or body to stop or take action about behaviour that is unreasonable and has a detrimental effect on the local community's quality of life. Distinct from Community Psychiatric Nurse (also 'CPN'). read source

TC Therapeutic Communities

A group-based, participative approach to treatment in which the community itself is the primary therapeutic agent, used in mental-health, substance-use and offender settings.

Statistics & data sources

Active Lives Survey

A national survey of physical-activity levels among adults and children in England. read source

Adult Financial Wellbeing Survey

The Money and Pensions Service national survey of adults' financial wellbeing across the United Kingdom, covering saving, borrowing and financial resilience. read source

ASCOF Adult Social Care Outcomes Framework

The national framework of measures of adult social care outcomes in England, published annually by NHS England (formerly NHS Digital). read source

APS Annual Population Survey

A continuous Office for National Statistics household survey providing labour-market, employment and related estimates for local areas. read source

Census 2021 (England and Wales)

The Office for National Statistics decennial census of England and Wales, taken on 21 March 2021; the definitive small-area source for population, households and demographics. read source

Claimant Count (ONS)

The Office for National Statistics and Department for Work and Pensions monthly count of people claiming unemployment-related benefits. read source

Cleveland Serious Violence Strategic Needs Assessment

The assessment of serious violence across the Cleveland area, produced to inform the local serious-violence strategy under the Serious Violence Duty. read source

Conception statistics, England and Wales (ONS)

Office for National Statistics annual statistics on conceptions (including under-18 conceptions) for England and Wales, available by local area. read source

Crime data by Community Safety Partnership area (ONS)

Office for National Statistics recorded-crime statistics published at Community Safety Partnership / local-authority level. read source

Crime Reduction Toolkit

An evidence resource that summarises what works to reduce crime, rating interventions by the strength and direction of the underlying evidence. read source

Fuel poverty statistics (England)

Official statistics on the number and proportion of households in fuel poverty in England, available by local area, published by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ). read source

GOV.UK

The single UK government website through which departments publish services, guidance and official statistics. read source

LG Inform / LG Inform Plus

The Local Government Association's free (LG Inform) and subscription (LG Inform Plus) data-benchmarking service, presenting local-authority performance and area data. read source

MUST Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool

The British Association for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (BAPEN)'s five-step screening tool to identify adults who are malnourished or at risk of malnutrition and agree a care plan. read source

NDTMS National Drug Treatment Monitoring System

The national system, run by the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID), that collects data on people in drug and alcohol treatment in England. read source

NECS Real Time Surveillance System

A near-real-time / syndromic-surveillance data system operated by North of England Commissioning Support (NECS), used to monitor health indicators and pressures locally. read source

OPN Opinions and Lifestyle Survey

The Office for National Statistics rapid omnibus survey of adults in Great Britain, covering opinions, behaviours and wellbeing (e.g. internet access, loneliness). read source

Plumplot

An independent statistics website that repackages Office for National Statistics and other public data into local-area profiles and charts. read source

POPPI Projecting Older People Population Information

An Institute of Public Care tool that projects the population of older people and related needs for local areas. read source

QOF Quality and Outcomes Framework

The national GP pay-for-performance framework whose data provides recorded prevalence of long-term conditions; published by NHS England (formerly NHS Digital). read source

SHMA Strategic Housing Market Assessment

A local evidence study of housing need and demand across a housing-market area, used to inform housing and planning policy and Local Plans.

TPI Thriving Places Index

A place-based wellbeing measure that scores local areas on the conditions for wellbeing, sustainability and equality. read source

UK local authority and regional greenhouse gas emissions statistics

National Statistics published by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) giving estimated territorial greenhouse gas emissions for each local authority area. read source

Youth Offending Service Case Management System

The local Youth Offending Service's case-management record of young people in the youth justice system.

Employment & skills

Economic inactivity

In Office for National Statistics labour-market statistics, people aged 16 to 64 who are neither in employment nor unemployed — out of work and either not seeking work or not available to start — for example students, people looking after family or home, the long-term sick, and the retired. The measure local employment and skills work targets in practice — the [[Local Skills Improvement Plan]] is charged with reducing it. Because a non-claiming jobseeker cannot be identified locally, out-of-work people absent from the [[ONS Claimant Count]] are in practice treated here rather than as unemployed, even though the survey-based [[Unemployment]] measure would formally class an active, available jobseeker as unemployed regardless of claiming. read source

LSIP Local Skills Improvement Plan

A statutory, employer-led plan setting out the current and future skills and workforce needs of a local area to shape post-16 technical education and training, placed on a statutory footing by the Skills and Post-16 Education Act 2022. read source

Unemployment

On the internationally standard International Labour Organization (ILO) measure — the survey measure the Office for National Statistics produces from the Labour Force Survey and Annual Population Survey — people aged 16 and over who are out of work, have actively sought work in the past four weeks, and are available to start within two weeks. It is a survey estimate, distinct from the benefits-based [[ONS Claimant Count]]. A survey estimate with wide margins for small areas that cannot identify individual non-claiming jobseekers, so local employment and skills delivery does not use it — work is driven by the [[ONS Claimant Count]] and by economic-inactivity rates. read source