Live Statistics

Keep up to speed with the changing data environment.

Listed below are six of the key data cleansing files with a live count of the current number of records held on each. The text below gives details of each file’s growth over the past year, highlighting the number of records added and the percentage growth over the period.

TPS:
Total Records: 17,133,101 (live figure)
Growth in last 12 months (January 11 to January 12) = 938,587
Average daily increase = 2571
5.48% of the file has been added in the last 12 months
 
FPS:
Total Records: 2,158,071 (live figure)
Growth in last 12 months (January 11 to January 12) = 55,259
Average daily increase = 151
2.56% of the file has been added in the last 12 months
 
MPS:
Total Records: 5,317,317 (live figure)
Growth in last 12 months (January 11 to January 12) = 356,150
Average monthly increase = 29,679
6.69% of the file has been added in the last 12 months
   
NCOA:
Total Records: 22,330,902 (live figure)
Growth in last 12 months (January 11 to January 12) = 1,169,261
Monthly average increase = 97,438
Estimated use of redirection service by movers = 50%
Estimate number of users who don't opt out of commercial dataset = 50%
Therefore approx. 25% of movers appear in the NCOA database
5.23% of the file has been added in the last 12 months.
 
Mortascreen:
Total Records: 9,849,300 (live figure)
Growth in last 12 months (January 11 to January 12) = 956,862
n.b. this includes the addition of the Deceased Register data.
Average monthly increase = 79,739 (including Deceased Register records)
9.75 of the file has been added in the last 12 months
 
The Bereavement Register:
Total Records: 3,511,165 (live figure)
Growth in last 12 months (January 11 to January 12) = 268,689
Average monthly increase = 22,390
8.03% of the file has been added in the last 12 months
Please note that the Bereavement Register file received a full refresh in May 11 in order to maintain the accuracy of the information contained within the file.
Improvements and updates have been made to many records and some details have actually been removed, reducing the overall file size. This process will be repeated each year.
 
*Details correct at date published