It also contains as useful articles, and links to user consultations in progress where you can share your views, as well as details on outcomes of past consultations.
The 2024/25 online user feedback survey is live and we would really like to hear your thoughts about our outputs and services.
User Engagement Strategy
The User Engagement Strategy includes a plan of actions Vital Statistics will carry out in order to improve and facilitate user engagement or implement feedback from users. This will be accompanied by a report on progress against the actions when the year has ended.
- Vital Statistics User Engagement Strategy 2021-2022
- Vital Statistics User Engagement Strategy 2022-2023
User Group Events
Information from the 2021 User Group meeting are available at the relevant link below:
We also plan to initiate specific topic user groups, if you are interested in joining any of the sub-groups, please email us using the address at the bottom of the page and let us know which of the following subject areas you would like to be kept informed about.
Newsletters
Newsletters cover recently released publications, items of interest and a summary of upcoming releases and are released on a quarterly basis.
Please note: links to the newsletter work best when opened in Chrome or Firefox.
- Issue 1: January 2022
- Issue 2: June 2022
- Issue 3: September 2022
- Issue 4: December 2022
- Issue 5: March 2023
- Issue 6: June 2023
- Issue 7: October 2023
- Issue 8: January 2024
- Issue 9: April 2024
- Issue 10: July 2024
- Issue 11: October 2024
Consultations and Customer Surveys
The 2023/24 general user feedback survey is currently live via the link below. Resuls for previous surveys are available via the links below:
- General user feedback survey 2019/21
- General user Feedback Survey 2022/23
- General user Feedback Survey 2023/24
- General user Feedback Survey 2024/25
- Consultation on the tables for the Annual Report of the Registrar General
Publications
If you would like to receive notifications of new publications being released by the team please send an email containing your contact details to demography@nisra.gov.uk
The current VARS publication schedule for is available on our Vital Statistics documentation page.
Contact Details
Telephone: 028 90 388492
Email: demography@nisra.gov.uk
Address:
Vital Statistics & Administrative Research and Support Branch (VARS)Northern Ireland Statistics & Research Agency (NISRA)
Colby House, Stranmillis Court
Belfast, BT9 5RR