STHC Process - Delivery Requirements, Mechanisms & Timescales
The processing time to produce standard digital analysis output is 2-3 working
weeks, but this is dependant on all the
client authority(ies) participating in the processing round supplying to
Knowledge Mappers:-
- all "input data" to the required technical standard as instructed
- a valid Purchase Order
- a standard Mapping Services Agreement Contractors license for us to sign to enable us to work with your Ordnance Survey data (1st
year of processing only)
- completed STHC Report and Covering Letter Template files as instructed
- authority logo and other graphic files as well as any specific instructions on their use
The delivery time for non-standard output and for School Packs will be agreed
separately with clients e.g. school packs are often sent out around “Walk To
School Week / Month”.
Where several authorities are in acting in conjunction the delivery time may well
be longer. As analysis is carried out on a regional basis we can only begin
processing once we have all the required input data from all the
authorities that agreed to participate in the “round”. There may well be more
than one round of processing for a region if other authorities subsequently wish
to commission the STHC Service, in which case existing authorities will be
re-issued with updated pan-regional level analysis data when it becomes
available.
Output data is initially supplied to client officers via our secure,
online file transfer service provided by
www.yousendit.com. This is followed up by a final data pack
containing selected printouts of the analysis output as well as all their data
on a USB memory stick once the regional “processing round” has been completed.
Note client officers need to be aware of the timing of the school census
collection cycle within their authority. Mode of Travel data is collected
from schools by the LEA in January of the school year. However it first has to
be “cleansed and compiled” by LEA Information officers before it is released for
analysis, which means it is not normally available to us until
at least late February / March.
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