Source registry

Data Sources

The British Society Stress Index uses only registered, named data sources. Every metric is traceable to a specific dataset published by an identifiable organisation. The credibility table below lists all 71 sources, grouped by organisation.

Demonstration dataset

Demonstration dataset. This build uses seed data to demonstrate the model. Do not cite figures until official source ingestion is complete.

Source type legend

Credibility tiers

Official

Published under Code of Practice for Statistics — highest methodological rigour.

Official (Development)

Officially published; methodology or coverage still maturing.

Administrative

Operational records; may reflect reporting changes not statistical changes.

Survey

Probability or omnibus surveys; confidence depends on response rates.

Independent

Published by statutory independent bodies (OBR, CCC, Bank of England).

Source registry

All sources (71)

Bank of England

Dataset	Type	Update freq.	Reliability	Used in	Link	Notes
Bank Rate, inflation and credit conditions	Independent	Monthly/Quarterly	high	Registered, not yet used	Source ↗	Registered for future use. TODO: verify exact URL

Climate Change Committee

Dataset	Type	Update freq.	Reliability	Used in	Link	Notes
Progress in adapting to climate change reports	Independent	Biennial	medium	Climate adaptation readiness	Source ↗	Qualitative expert assessment; biennial frequency means conditions can change significantly between reports. TODO: verify exact URL

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Dataset	Type	Update freq.	Reliability	Used in	Link	Notes
Community Life Survey	Survey	Annual	medium	Regular formal volunteering Neighbourhood belonging	Source ↗	TODO: verify exact URL

Department for Education

Dataset	Type	Update freq.	Reliability	Used in	Link	Notes
Key Stage 4 performance	Official	Annual	high	Disadvantage attainment gap (KS4, England)	Source ↗	TODO: verify exact URL
Pupil absence in schools in England	Official	Termly	high	Persistent school absence (England)	Source ↗	TODO: verify exact URL
NEET age 16–24	Official	Quarterly	medium	Young people not in education, employment or training (16–24)	Source ↗	Based on LFS; inherits LFS response-rate quality caveat. TODO: verify exact URL
Children looked after in England including adoptions	Official	Annual	high	Children looked after	Source ↗	—
Education, health and care plans	Official	Annual	high	EHC plan timeliness	Source ↗	—

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Dataset	Type	Update freq.	Reliability	Used in	Link	Notes
Energy price statistics incl. international comparisons	Official	Quarterly/Annual	high	Industrial electricity price premium	Source ↗	TODO: verify exact URL
UK greenhouse gas emissions statistics	Official	Annual	high	Greenhouse-gas emissions	Source ↗	Territorial net emissions, MtCO2e; revised annually; series from 1990.
Annual Fuel Poverty Statistics in England	Official	Annual	high	Fuel poverty	Source ↗	—

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Dataset	Type	Update freq.	Reliability	Used in	Link	Notes
Air quality statistics (population-weighted PM2.5)	Official	Annual	high	Air pollution (PM2.5)	Source ↗	Modelled population-weighted PM2.5 (PCM data); England.

Department for Transport

Dataset	Type	Update freq.	Reliability	Used in	Link	Notes
Road conditions in England	Official	Annual	medium	Local road condition (England)	Source ↗	Local authority survey response rates and assessment methodologies vary. TODO: verify exact URL

Department for Work and Pensions

Dataset	Type	Update freq.	Reliability	Used in	Link	Notes
Households Below Average Income	Official	Annual	high	Poverty after housing costs	Source ↗	Approximately 1-year publication lag. TODO: verify exact URL
Children in Low Income Families	Official	Annual	high	Child poverty after housing costs	Source ↗	TODO: verify exact URL
Family Resources Survey	Official	Annual	high	Household food insecurity	Source ↗	—

Environment Agency

Dataset	Type	Update freq.	Reliability	Used in	Link	Notes
Event Duration Monitoring, storm overflow annual returns	Administrative	Annual	medium	Storm overflow spill duration (England)	Source ↗	Coverage has increased over time as more monitors have been installed; rising totals may partly reflect improved monitoring. TODO: verify exact URL
Bathing water quality classifications	Official	Annual	high	Bathing water quality	Source ↗	Four-class classification system from 2015; England.

Home Office

Dataset	Type	Update freq.	Reliability	Used in	Link	Notes
Crime outcomes in England and Wales	Official	Quarterly	high	Offences resulting in charge or summons (E&W)	Source ↗	TODO: verify exact URL

Insolvency Service

Dataset	Type	Update freq.	Reliability	Used in	Link	Notes
Individual insolvency statistics	Official	Quarterly	high	Household arrears and insolvency pressure	Source ↗	TODO: verify exact URL

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Dataset	Type	Update freq.	Reliability	Used in	Link	Notes
Statutory homelessness & temporary accommodation	Official	Quarterly	high	Households in temporary accommodation (England)	Source ↗	TODO: verify exact URL
Local authority housing statistics, waiting lists	Official	Annual	medium	Social housing waiting lists (England)	Source ↗	Register inflation caveat: local authorities apply different eligibility criteria. TODO: verify exact URL
Housing supply: net additional dwellings	Official	Annual	high	Net additional dwellings	Source ↗	TODO: verify exact URL

Ministry of Justice

Dataset	Type	Update freq.	Reliability	Used in	Link	Notes
Criminal court statistics quarterly	Official	Quarterly	high	Crown Court outstanding caseload (E&W) Crown Court timeliness (E&W)	Source ↗	TODO: verify exact URL
Prison population weekly/monthly statistics	Administrative	Weekly	high	Prison capacity utilisation (E&W)	Source ↗	TODO: verify exact URL

NHS England

Dataset	Type	Update freq.	Reliability	Used in	Link	Notes
Consultant-led RTT waiting times	Official	Monthly	high	NHS referral-to-treatment waiting list (England)	Source ↗	TODO: verify exact URL
A&E attendances and emergency admissions	Official	Monthly	high	A&E four-hour performance (England)	Source ↗	TODO: verify exact URL
Cancer waiting times	Official	Monthly	high	Cancer 62-day treatment standard (England)	Source ↗	TODO: verify exact URL
Discharge delays situation reports	Administrative	Monthly	medium	Delayed hospital discharges (England)	Source ↗	Definition of delayed discharge has changed in reporting criteria over time. TODO: verify exact URL
Children and young people's mental health statistics	Official (Development)	Monthly	medium	Children's mental-health caseload	Source ↗	Classified as official statistics in development; counting methodology varies across trusts. TODO: verify exact URL
Appointments in general practice	Official (Development)	Monthly	medium	GP access pressure (England)	Source ↗	Classified as official statistics in development; practice coverage and booking system compatibility vary. TODO: verify exact URL

NHS England / NatCen

Dataset	Type	Update freq.	Reliability	Used in	Link	Notes
Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey	Official	Periodic (~7-yearly)	high	Common mental-health condition prevalence	Source ↗	Gold-standard clinical prevalence (CIS-R); about every seven years.

NHS England Digital

Dataset	Type	Update freq.	Reliability	Used in	Link	Notes
Adult Social Care Activity and Finance Report	Official	Annual	high	Adult social care requests	Source ↗	—

National Energy System Operator

Dataset	Type	Update freq.	Reliability	Used in	Link	Notes
Transmission connections queue data	Administrative	Periodic	low	Grid connection queue delay	Source ↗	In reform — significant uncertainty in queue figures as historic positions are cancelled under Connections Action Plan. TODO: verify exact URL

Ofcom

Dataset	Type	Update freq.	Reliability	Used in	Link	Notes
Connected Nations (broadband and mobile coverage)	Official	Annual	high	Gigabit broadband coverage	Source ↗	Gigabit-capable coverage (full-fibre plus cable); reported from 2020; UK.

Office for Budget Responsibility

Dataset	Type	Update freq.	Reliability	Used in	Link	Notes
Economic and Fiscal Outlook	Independent	Biannual	high	Debt interest as share of revenue Headroom against fiscal rules	Source ↗	TODO: verify exact URL
Fiscal Risks and Sustainability	Independent	Annual	high	Registered, not yet used	Source ↗	Registered for future use. TODO: verify exact URL

Office for National Statistics

Dataset	Type	Update freq.	Reliability	Used in	Link	Notes
UK Measures of National Well-being Dashboard	Official	Quarterly/Annual	high	Life satisfaction Anxiety	Source ↗	TODO: verify exact URL
Real household disposable income per head	Official	Quarterly	high	Real household disposable income per head	Source ↗	TODO: verify exact URL
Labour market overview	Official	Monthly	medium	Real average weekly earnings growth Employment rate (16–64) Unemployment rate (16+) Economic inactivity rate (16–64) Inactivity due to long-term sickness	Source ↗	LFS response rates have declined significantly since 2020, increasing sampling uncertainty. TODO: verify exact URL
Labour productivity, output per hour	Official	Quarterly	high	Output per hour worked	Source ↗	TODO: verify exact URL
Housing affordability statistics	Official	Annual	high	House price to earnings ratio (England) Rent to income ratio	Source ↗	TODO: verify exact URL
Crime Survey for England and Wales	Survey	Quarterly	high	Crime Survey victimisation (headline crime) Fraud incidents (CSEW) Theft, robbery and burglary (CSEW) Feeling safe after dark	Source ↗	TODO: verify exact URL
Business demography	Official	Annual	high	Business births minus closures	Source ↗	TODO: verify exact URL
Public sector finances	Official	Monthly	high	Public sector net debt Public sector net borrowing Current budget deficit Public sector net investment	Source ↗	TODO: verify exact URL
National population projections	Official	Biennial	high	Registered, not yet used	Source ↗	Registered for regional expansion. TODO: verify exact URL
Opinions and Lifestyle Survey	Survey	Periodic	medium	Energy bill affordability pressure Chronic loneliness	Source ↗	Small quota sample; question wording varies between waves. TODO: verify exact URL
Trust in government, UK	Survey	Annual	medium	Trust in national government	Source ↗	TODO: verify exact URL
Deaths related to drug poisoning in England and Wales	Official	Annual	high	Drug-poisoning deaths	Source ↗	Age-standardised rate per million population; England and Wales.
Suicides in England and Wales	Official	Annual	high	Suicide rate	Source ↗	Age-standardised rate per 100,000; occurrence- and registration-year series.
Avoidable mortality in England and Wales	Official	Annual	high	Avoidable mortality	Source ↗	Definition revised 2014; COVID-19 counted as avoidable from 2020.
EMP17: People on zero-hours contracts	Official	Quarterly	high	Zero-hours contracts	Source ↗	—
Child and infant mortality in England and Wales	Official	Annual	high	Infant mortality	Source ↗	—

Office of Rail and Road

Dataset	Type	Update freq.	Reliability	Used in	Link	Notes
Passenger rail performance	Official	Quarterly	high	Rail cancellations (GB)	Source ↗	TODO: verify exact URL

Police Scotland

Dataset	Type	Update freq.	Reliability	Used in	Link	Notes
Recorded crime and clear-up statistics, Police Scotland	Official	Annual	high	Registered, not yet used	Source ↗	TODO: verify exact URL

Public Health Scotland

Dataset	Type	Update freq.	Reliability	Used in	Link	Notes
Stage of treatment waiting times, NHS Scotland	Official	Monthly	high	Registered, not yet used	Source ↗	TODO: verify exact URL
A&E activity and waiting times, NHS Scotland	Official	Monthly	high	Registered, not yet used	Source ↗	TODO: verify exact URL
Cancer waiting times, NHS Scotland	Official	Quarterly	high	Registered, not yet used	Source ↗	TODO: verify exact URL
Delayed discharges in NHSScotland	Official	Monthly	medium	Registered, not yet used	Source ↗	TODO: verify exact URL
CAMHS waiting times, NHS Scotland	Official	Quarterly	medium	Registered, not yet used	Source ↗	TODO: verify exact URL

Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service

Dataset	Type	Update freq.	Reliability	Used in	Link	Notes
Scottish Court statistics — outstanding scheduled trials	Administrative	Monthly	high	Registered, not yet used	Source ↗	TODO: verify exact URL

Scottish Government

Dataset	Type	Update freq.	Reliability	Used in	Link	Notes
Poverty and income inequality in Scotland	Official	Annual	high	Registered, not yet used	Source ↗	Registered for regional expansion. TODO: verify exact URL
Recorded crime in Scotland	Official	Annual	high	Registered, not yet used	Source ↗	TODO: verify exact URL
Homelessness in Scotland (temporary accommodation)	Official	Biannual	high	Registered, not yet used	Source ↗	TODO: verify exact URL
Housing statistics Scotland — housing list applications	Official	Annual	medium	Registered, not yet used	Source ↗	Counts applications not unique households; over-count of true unmet demand. TODO: verify exact URL
House price affordability, Scotland	Official	Annual	medium	Registered, not yet used	Source ↗	Residence-based disposable-income ratio; differs from England's workplace-earnings ratio. TODO: verify exact URL
Quarterly housing statistics — new-build completions, Scotland	Official	Quarterly	high	Registered, not yet used	Source ↗	TODO: verify exact URL
Homelessness in Scotland (legacy id)	Official	Biannual	high	Registered, not yet used	Source ↗	Registered for regional expansion. TODO: verify exact URL
National Performance Framework / Wellbeing Economy Monitor	Official	Ongoing	high	Registered, not yet used	Source ↗	Registered for regional expansion. TODO: verify exact URL

Scottish Prison Service

Dataset	Type	Update freq.	Reliability	Used in	Link	Notes
Scottish Prison Service — population and capacity statistics	Administrative	Periodic	high	Registered, not yet used	Source ↗	TODO: verify exact URL

Skills for Care

Dataset	Type	Update freq.	Reliability	Used in	Link	Notes
The state of the adult social care sector and workforce in England	Independent	Annual	high	Adult social care vacancies	Source ↗	—

71 sources registered. Sources marked “Registered, not yet used” are mapped for future metrics or regional expansion. URL guidance: where a deep URL is uncertain, the organisation’s statistics landing page is used with a “TODO: verify exact URL” note. No URLs are invented. Source hierarchy methodology →