Location of the Provider Data Definition

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1 The geographical areas in which the provider is located.

Purpose

2 These fields classify the geographical areas in which the provider is located and are used in travel to learn analysis.

Relevant Collections

ILR (FE)
ILR (UfI)
ILR (WBL)
ILR (ESFSR)
ILR (ACL)
ILR (TtG)

Source Data

3 The following variables are used as source data for the calculation of Location of the Provider.

Field Name	Label
L01	Provider number

Derived Variables and Datasets

4 The definition produces the following derived variable(s)

Field Name	Label	Dataset
L_PLLSC	DV - LLSC based on the 1-1 'owner' relationship UPIN to LLSC	Learner, Aims, Framework and Aims, ESF and HE Standard Files
L_PWARD	DV - Local Authority ward code of the owning provider (1991 census)	Learner, Aims, Framework and Aims, ESF and HE Standard Files
L_PWAR01	DV - Local Authority ward code of the owning provider (2001 census)	Learner, Aims, Framework and Aims, ESF and HE Standard Files
L_PWAR03	DV - Local Authority ward code of the owning provider (2003 census)	Learner, Aims, Framework and Aims, ESF and HE Standard Files
L_PREG	DV - Region of the Owning Provider, based on the Provider postcode	Learner, Aims, Framework and Aims, ESF and HE Standard Files
L_PLA	DV - Local Authority based on the Provider postcode	Learner, Aims, Framework and Aims, ESF and HE Standard Files

Detailed definition

5 LLSC based on the 1-1 'owner' relationship UPIN to LLSC (L_PLLSC) is taken from the Provider Information Management System (PIMS). It is the LSC office that the provider has its main contract with. The provider postcode is also obtained from PIMS for the next stage.

6 The postcode of the provider is then matched to the postcode file for that year to obtain the Region of the Owning Provider (L_PREG), the Local Authority of the Owning Provider and the three Local Authority ward fields (L_PWARD, L_PWAR01 and L_PWAR03) that the provider is based in.

Sample Code

7 The following sample code is available

Calculation of Location of the Provider using SPSS (L_PLLSC, L_PREG, L_PLA, L_PWARD, L_PWA01, L_PWA03).

Creator	Analysis and MI Team
Date issued	28 September 2006
Date created	11 November 2005
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Last Modified: 28 Sep 06