Data Interchange Hub

From June 2008, the new Local Area Agreements (LAAs) will be the principal means by which the Public Service Agreements (PSAs) are delivered. The indicators will significantly reduce burdens on reporting - the single national set of indicators will replace around 1,200 current measures.

The National Indicators were announced alongside the Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR07). Following a consultation on the detailed definitions, these were published early in 2008, for implementation from April 2008. A reporting mechanism has been established to ensure that data only needs to be collected once.

This reporting mechanism is the Data Interchange Hub - 'The Hub'.

The Hub has been introduced with two main aims:

To reduce the burden on collecting data for local authorities.
To ensure that local authorities have all the information that they need to gauge their own performance against the National Indicators.

The completely new structure will aid analysis and policy making, facilitate benchmarking and reduce unnecessary repetitive data inputting. The Hub will gather published information from across government to provide a one-stop location for all stakeholders.

This web page links to:

Hub News and Information
News and information including timetables for submission and availability of National Indicator data is now contained on the Hub website at the following location: https://www.hub.info4local.gov.uk/DIHWEB/HubCommunications.aspx

Hub Helpdesk
For enquiries related to the Hub including password registration, navigation or functionality, data content, technical error or failure and general feedback or suggestions, please email the Hub Helpdesk:
placescommunityhelp@communities.gsi.gov.uk

Revised handbook of definitions for the National Indicator Set
A revised handbook of definitions was published on 13 February 2009. It is available on the Department for Communities and Local Government website at the following location: http://www.communities.gov.uk/publications/localgovernment/updatednidefinitions

Enquiries related to the National Indicator technical definitions
The Audit Commission manage enquiries related to National Indicator technical definitions. Please complete and enquiry form via the Audit Commission website:
http://www.audit-commission.gov.uk/performance/ni-contact.asp

Hub Forum and regional events

Join in the Hub Forum at www.esd.org.uk/thehub (external link).

The frequently asked questions page below gives you an opportunity to view immediate topics. In August over 60 new FAQs in five categories - Policy, Data/NIS, Technical, Future/Release 2, Registration - were published on the esd-toolkit Hub (external link) web pages. Please refer to these questions prior to logging an enquiry on the Hub helpdesk. If your question is not answered using these existing pages then please use the Hub forum (external link).