Data & Research for Strategic Planning

As part of the Shetland Islands Council's continued efforts to improve sharing of information within the council and between the SIC and partner organisations the Data & Research Group has created a list of data and research that is used frequently by staff for the purpose of planning services. This list provides a brief summary of local and national sources alongside contact details of the Lead Officers in charge.

The role of the Lead Officer is to:

assist in the use of national systems and be aware of current analysis at a local level;
be responsible for keeping up-to-date information in their area, including statistics, consultation and national research; and
assist others in their data requirements.

The lists for local and national data and research sources are available here:

Strategy Library

The Strategy Library provides a list of strategies, plans and legislation in place at both the local level and from National Government.

Strategy Library

Population and Migration Study

The study, commissioned by the Shetland Islands Council, can be found here:

Population and Migration Study

Sustaining Shetland

Sustaining Shetland measures Shetland’s quality of life and sustainability by providing up to date social, economic, environmental and cultural data for Shetland. All Sustaining Shetland publications can be accessed below.

General statistics for Shetland can be found in Shetland in Statistics.

Issued	Title	Format	Size
19-01-09	Sustaining Shetland 2009		1,338 KB
01-12-08	Sustaining Shetland 2008		2,280 KB
01-10-07	Sustaining Shetland 2007		1,105 KB
01-10-06	Sustaining Shetland 2006		491 KB