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The End User Licence SARs | 2001: Special Licence Household SAR | CAMS
End User Licence SARs
SAR files available under an End User Licence include:
End User Licence Files are available free of charge to all users from October 2011. However, any user of these files must first register.
Registration will entitle ten individuals within the organisation to use the data and software. The registrant must enter all names of users on Schedule 2 of the End User Licence Agreement. Any additional users must be notified to CCSR using an additional Licence Agreement. There will be a supplementary charge of £10 per additional user.
To register for the SARs please complete two copies of the End User Licence Agreement (available in Word and PDF format), ensuring that Schedule 2 on page three of the form is completed and signed by each user and is authorised. The authorised signatory must be legally competent to sign on behalf of the organisation.
These forms should be returned to:
Gill Meadows
CCSR
Humanities Bridgeford Street
University of Manchester
Manchester
M13 9PL
Tel: (0161) 275 0270
We will send the data to you by file transfer in SPSS, Stata and NSDstat formats.
2001: Special Licence Household SAR
This file is available to users who have successfully applied for a special licence via the Economic and Social Data Service (ESDS). The Special Licence requires users to sign up to a much higher degree of data stewardship described in the Microdata Handling and Security: guide to good practice. Commercial users may apply to use these data for statistical analyses only. Commercial uses which are specifically barred by the licence include resale of data and the use of these data in direct marketing. This data file is not available to overseas users.
The coming into force of the Statistics and Registration Service Act in April 2008 brings to an end SL arrangements prior to this act. Access to ONS Special Licence data will continue but under a new legal framework set out in the act. Any new user requiring ONS Special Licence data will have to be accredited by the UK Statistics Authority as an Approved Researcher. Users can order the data from UKDA and will automatically be directed to Approved Researcher forms for completion.
Completion of approved researcher form requires:
- Evidence that the applicant is a fit and proper person. The evidence to be adduced will include previous research projects and publications.
- Details about the purpose of the research, the intended use of the data, a justification for access and planned outputs.
- An online order for the data
- A signed declaration that he/she understands the confidentiality obligations owed to those data including its physical security. New users may need to provide the contact details of a senior member of staff who can vouch for them.
Users who obtain access to Special Licence data are required to read and follow the Microdata Handling and Security: guide to good practice. This includes additional guidance on:
• avoiding inadvertent statistical disclosure
• storing and accessing data securely
• how to permanently destroy copies of data
Further information on requirements for accreditation as an approved researcher can be found on the ESDS web site.
If you require the 2001 Special Licence Household SAR to undertake research which has been commissioned by another organisation, such as a government department, the application to use the data should be made by the commissioning organisation. Researchers who will use the data to undertake commissioned work should, however, be named on the application.
Please note that the UKDA operate a separate charging policy.
CAMS files
CAMS files are controlled by ONS. Further information about access is available from the appropriate CAMS page. These files are not available to overseas users.
