Travel Notification Service Open Data

Summary

The requester sought clarification on whether the 'Age, Gender, Travel History' open data file represented daily entry figures for the Isle of Man. The Cabinet Office responded that the data actually shows cumulative COVID-19 positive cases broken down by age, gender, and travel history, not the number of people entering the island.

Key Facts

• The requested dataset is titled 'Age, Gender, Travel History'.
• Columns B to G show cumulative COVID cases by age range.
• Columns H and I show cumulative COVID cases by gender.
• Columns J and K show cumulative COVID cases by travel history.
• The data does not record the number of people entering the island on any given day.

Data Disclosed

• 1606082
• 2020-12-16
• 2021-01-20
• 1st March 2020
• https://covid19.gov.im/media/1466/age-gender-travelhistory-data.csv

Original Request

I've just downloaded the COVID travel data from the Open Data page on the Covid part of www.gov.im and am looking for some clarification about what the figures are. I am assuming that the figures for each day are a running total since the 1st March 2020? I am also assuming that they record the total number of people (returning residents, new residents, key workers, visitors from Guernsey) that enter the island on that day? I would also be interested to know what the 'travelhistory' fields show? Clarification of request: Please confirm which dataset that you downloaded so that we can look at your question fully? Please can you confirm the title of the dataset exactly as it appears on the website so that we can respond accordingly? Response to clarification: Here is a link to the file that I've been looking at https://covid19.gov.im/media/1466/age-gender-travelhistory-data.csv I've just checked the latest copy of the file and my questions are still relevant.

Data Tables (2)

Full Response Text

Government Office Douglas Isle of Man IM1 3PN Telephone: (+44) 01624 686244 Website: www.gov.im/co

Our ref: 1606082 20 January 2021

Dear ###

We write further to your request which was received on 16 December 2020 and which states:

"I've just downloaded the COVID travel data from the Open Data page on the Covid part of www.gov.im and am looking for some clarification about what the figures are. I am assuming that the figures for each day are a running total since the 1st March 2020? I am also assuming that they record the total number of people (returning residents, new residents, key workers, visitors from Guernsey) that enter the island on that day? I would also be interested to know what the 'travelhistory' fields show?” We asked for clarification of your request: “Please confirm which dataset that you downloaded so that we can look at your question fully? Please can you confirm the title of the dataset exactly as it appears on the website so that we can respond accordingly?” Your response to your clarification request was: “Here is a link to the file that I've been looking at https://covid19.gov.im/media/1466/age-gender-travelhistory-data.csv I've just checked the latest copy of the file and my questions are still relevant."

Our response to your clarified request is as follows: The data set shows the following: Columns B to G show the cumulative number of COVID cases to date broken down by age range.

Columns H and I show the cumulative number of COVID cases to date broken down by gender. Columns J and K show the cumulative number of COVID cases to date broken down by travel history. You referred to the data set in this link: https://covid19.gov.im/media/1466/age-gender-travelhistory-data.csv
The Cabinet Office can confirm that the information in the open data file (link above) referred to as "Age, Gender, Travel History" relates to positive case statistics on the age band, gender and whether the person with the positive test had recent travel history. The data does not relate to the number of people entering the Island on each day. Please quote the reference number 1606082 in any future communications.

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Yours sincerely