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Accessibility feedback questionaire

Thank you for taking the time to respond to this survey.

The Department for Transport (DfT) statistics teams are keen to ensure that we are providing the best service we can and that we are meeting your analytical needs as far as possible.

We are currently reviewing the transport accessibility statistics series and we would like to get your views and opinions as to whether these statistics are still needed, and if so, whether they meet your needs or whether they could be improved. We would be very grateful for a few minutes of your time to respond to some questions on this.

The results of the review will be used to help plan the future production of transport statistics, making the best use of the resources available. If you do not respond, we cannot take your needs into account.

All responses will be treated in the strictest of confidence.

If you have any questions about this survey, please contact me, using the details below.

Kind regards,
Accessibility Statistics team
subnational.stats@dft.gsi.gov.uk
0207 944 3077

1.How useful to you are the following published outputs of DfT’s accessibility statistics?
Essential
Helpful
Not used
The Statistical Release with high level commentary on the results
DfT Business Plan Indicator (Households with good transport access)
Table series ACS01 – Transport accessibility measures for all households
Table series ACS02 – Transport accessibility measures for users of specific services
Table series ACS03 – Numbers of employment and key service sites available
Table series ACS04 – Detailed accessibility data for specific services at local authority level
Table series ACS05 – Detailed accessibility data for specific services at Lower-layer Super Output Area level
Underlying destination data sets (on www.data.gov.uk)
Technical guidance
2.How useful to you are the following data elements in DfT’s accessibility statistics?
Essential
Helpful
Not used
National/regional level data
Local authority level data
LSOA level data
Measures for all households
Measures for users of specific services (including at-risk groups)
Data for public transport / walking journeys
Data for cycling journeys
Data for car journeys
‘Composite’ data for public transport/ walk / cycle journeys
Travel time to nearest location of a given type
Number of locations of a given type accessible within a time threshold
Number / Percentage of users with access to locations of a given type within a time threshold
3.How useful to you are the following service destinations in DfT’s accessibility statistics?
Essential
Helpful
Not used
Employment
Primary school
Secondary school
Further education
GP
Hospital
Food store
Town centres
4.DfT is considering a number of potential changes to the production of accessibility statistics, several of which are listed below. The implementation of changes will be affected by various practicality and resourcing constraints. However, for the moment please indicate whether each of these changes would be helpful or unhelpful to you in principle.
Helpful
Fairly helpful
No effect
Fairly unhelpful
Very unhelpful
Removal of lesser-used destination types (based on user feedback)
Removal of lesser-used data elements (based on user feedback)
Inclusion of additional destination types at local level (e.g. parks, post offices, etc.)
Inclusion of additional destination types at regional or national level (e.g. airports, major city centres, main rail stations)
Inclusion of additional destination types relating to business rather than individual travel (e.g. freight and logistics hubs)
Updating accessibility statistics less frequently than annually (i.e. every 2 or 3 years)
Exploring other options for publishing and communicating the data (e.g. on-line mapping)