News from NDAD

The 2004-2007 dataset is now available from the Judge Advocate General’s Office case index system (CRDA/23) series.

A new dataset (2007 snapshot, Ref: CRDA/26/DS/7) is now available from the Oil and Gas Directorate, North Sea Geographical Information System series (CRDA/26)

Six new datasets are now available from the Schools’ Census (Form 7) series (CRDA/13) (References: CRDA/13/DS/5/1996 All schools 1996 to CRDA/13/DS/5/2001 All schools 2001).

NB: After 1996, new legislation began to affect the range and type of questions in the Schools’ Census. The two main changes of note are that the ethnicity of pupils began to be recorded from 1996, and permanent exclusions became a feature of the census. Also of interest (from 1996 onwards): the data for all school types began to be arranged within a single dataset. NDAD users may now conduct searches and run queries across all school types.

One new dataset (2006 snapshot, Ref: CRDA/26/DS/6) is now available from the Oil and Gas Directorate, North Sea Geographical Information System series (CRDA/26).

One new dataset (EduBase 2006 snapshot) is available from the Register of Educational Establishments series (CRDA/47).

A new dataset is available in the ‘Department of Culture, Media and Sport: National Lottery Awards Database’ series (CRDA/39): the 2006 snapshot.

The December 2008 issue of Datasets News, the newsletter for users of NDAD, is now available. It’s packed with fascinating articles to help you get the most out of the service. Download the latest newsletter.

Following the recent information review, we are pleased to announce that full access to open datasets has been restored. Datasets can be viewed, queried and downloaded directly online. Downloads up to 10MB are free of charge.

To view the datasets, use the Browse NDAD button on the homepage, or the Browse link in the NDAD menu near the top-right of every page.

Please send your suggestions about the current service, what you like, what could be improved and how to NDADContractManager@nationalarchives.gov.uk. Thank you.

As part of the continuing improvement of the ULCC network, two new firewalls will be introduced on Tuesday 8th December between 07:00 and 09:00 GMT. This will result in all ULCC services, including NDAD, being unavailable for periods during this time while the network links are migrated across.

As part of ongoing improvements to the London Metropolitan Network, we have been advised that they shall be carrying out work on Tuesday 24th November between 07:00 and 09:00 GMT. During this time, all JANET internet connectivity will be unavailable for periods while the required router upgrades are performed. As a consequence of this maintenance, access to NDAD is likely to be disrupted during this period.

ULCC have been advised by the London Metropolitan Network that they shall be performing maintenance on their network links on Tuesday 13th October between 07:00 and 09:00 BST that is likely to cause several brief network interruptions. This may result in NDAD becoming unavailable for several periods of a couple of minutes each.