1.1. Contact organisation
- Immigration and Naturalisation Service (IND).
- Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (CBS).
1.2. Contact organisation unit
- BV/FBI/BIC.
- team Justice and Security, sector SQS.
1.3. Contact name
Confidential because of GDPR
1.4. Contact person function
Confidential because of GDPR
1.5. Contact mail address
IND
Rijnstraat 8
2515 XP The Hague
(P.O. Box 16275, 2500 BG The Hague)
The Netherlands
CBS
Henri Faasdreef 312
2492 JP The Hague
(P.O.Box 24500, 2490 HA The Hague)
The Netherlands
1.6. Contact email address
Confidential because of GDPR
1.7. Contact phone number
Confidential because of GDPR
1.8. Contact fax number
Confidential because of GDPR
2.1. Metadata last certified
14 November 2024
2.2. Metadata last posted
14 November 2024
2.3. Metadata last update
14 November 2024
3.1. Data description
Data collection on Single Permits statistics based on Article 15 of Directive 2011/98/EU on a single application procedure for a single permit for third-country nationals to reside and work in the territory of a Member State.
The following dataset is collected under this framework:
- Single Permits issued by type of decision, reason and length of validity (migr_ressing)
Directive 2011/98/EU was transposed at national level on 10 December 2013.
3.2. Classification system
See table 3.2. in annex ‘Quality report tables Single Permits’.
3.3. Coverage - sector
Migration and asylum – Residence permits statistics, Single Permits.
3.4. Statistical concepts and definitions
See table 3.4. in annex ‘Quality report tables Single Permits’.
3.5. Statistical unit
Number of persons.
3.6. Statistical population
See table 3.6. in annex ‘Quality report tables Single Permits’.
3.7. Reference area
The Netherlands.
3.8. Coverage - Time
See table 3.8. in annex ‘Quality report tables Single Permits’.
3.9. Base period
Not applicable.
Number of persons.
Calendar year.
6.1. Institutional Mandate - legal acts and other agreements
Until 2021 the single permits statistics are based on the Regulation (EC) 862/2007. Data delivery for reference year 2021 onwards is based on Regulation (EC) 862/2007 as amended by Regulation (EU) 2020/851.
The Immigration and Naturalization Service (a Service of the Ministry of Justice and Security) is responsible in the Netherlands for the issuance of single permits and the registration of the administrative data.
The "Wet op het Centraal bureau voor de statistiek, van 2 maart 2022" (the Dutch Law on Statistics Netherlands, March 2, 2022) states in article 4 that CBS is responsible for the production of the EU statistics.
(wetten.nl - Regeling - Wet op het Centraal bureau voor de statistiek - BWBR0015926 (overheid.nl))
This comprises all (mandatory and voluntary) statistics mentioned in the several EU Regulations and Directives.
There exists a formal agreement between IND and CBS regarding the provision of data from IND to CBS for the purpose of EU and other statistics, which also features the single permits data.
6.2. Institutional Mandate - data sharing
Data sharing is conform the agreement between IND and CBS regarding the provision of data from IND to CBS for the purpose of (EU and other) statistics, and conform the 'CBS law' and other relevant legal acts and agreements.
IND receives and registers all applications for single permits and the outcome of the decisions on the applications. All relevant data are registered at IND in the database Indigo. IND has moreover the Metis data warehouse, which contains all the necessary data concerning the flow of permits, the source for the data in Metis is Indigo. Based on METIS, IND compiles the single permits table. IND sends the compiled table to CBS.
CBS has set up a secure and automated data processing system to receive data from IND, to process the data, and send the statistics via Edamis to Eurostat. This system includes the "database EU Asylum and managed Migration" and several secure and automated procedures for receiving, processing and sending the data. All procedures are in accordance with the CBS standards in the field of data collection and processing.
7.1. Confidentiality - policy
The General Data Protection Regulation applies in The Netherlands, and therefore to CBS and IND.
Moreover, the "Wet op het Centraal bureau voor de statistiek, van 2 maart 2022" (the Dutch Law on Statistics Netherlands, March 2, 2022) states in article 37 that CBS will not disclose any data that might identify a person, household or economic entity, either directly or indirectly. (wetten.nl - Regeling - Wet op het Centraal bureau voor de statistiek - BWBR0015926 (overheid.nl))
7.2. Confidentiality - data treatment
CBS defines a confidential cell as a cell where the number is lower than 7. Usually this cell is suppressed, however, depending on the statistic, also controlled rounding can be used, for example to the nearest fivefold or tenfold. CBS checks in general for residual disclosure, with methods depending on the statistic. In the publication in Statline based on the residence permit data, the data is treated in the same manner, data are rounded to the nearest fivefold to prevent disclosure. IND sends the aggregated and not-rounded tables via a secure data portal to CBS. As Eurostat itself has confidentiality rules for publications, and because of the secure process of sending data via Edamis to Eurostat, CBS applies no rounding or suppressing in the supplied table.
8.1. Release calendar
The single permit statistics is not published by Statistics Netherlands.
In general, most EU statistics are published by CBS in the open data bank Statline StatLine - Datasets via thema (cbs.nl) . In the Statline tables there is an Explanation, stating when the next data release will be. These tables and Explanation are publicly accessible.
8.2. Release calendar access
The single permit statistics is not published by Statistics Netherlands.
In general, EU statistics are published in Statline tables and can be reached via: StatLine - Datasets via thema (cbs.nl) . The moment of publication of the new data can be found under "tabelinformatie - tabeltoelichting" (Explanation).
8.3. Release policy - user access
The single permit statistics is not published by Statistics Netherlands.
In general:
The release policy of CBS is to publish all regular statistics via Statline and Open Data: StatLine (cbs.nl) This is accessible to the general public via the website of CBS.
The policy for publishing incidental statistics is via incidental publications on the webpage at www.CBS.nl: Overzicht aanvullend statistisch onderzoek per jaar | CBS. This is also accessible to the general public.
In addition, statistics may be presented by dashboards, or other visuals. Moreover, any newly published statistic may be accompanied by a written 'news item' which gives some highlights of the data or a longer analysis. Every part of a publication is available on www.CBS.nl.
By these methods of publication, CBS provides for the dissemination of statistical data to all users at the same time.
The publicatieplanning on the CBS-website gives an overview of the dates and moments that statistics are made publicly available through an 'news item'. Other statistics (without news item) are made publicly available from 0:00 h (at night) in our databank StatLine.
CBS publishes its release policy on its website : Publicatiebeleid | CBS. This policy provides for the dissemination of statistical data to all users at the same time.
CBS may send new publications under embargo, in advance of the release of the data, to government organisations and agencies, and to the press. For the press, the maximum embargo period is 24 hours before publication. For the governmental organisations, the maximum embargo period is from 12:00 h in the afternoon on the working day before publication.
Yearly dissemination on the European level.
The single permit statistics is not published by Statistics Netherlands.
10.1. Dissemination format - News release
The single permit statistics is not published by Statistics Netherlands.
10.2. Dissemination format - Publications
The single permit statistics is not published by Statistics Netherlands.
10.3. Dissemination format - online database
Apart from the Eurostat database, the single permit statistics cannot be found in an online database of Statistics Netherlands.
10.3.1. Data tables - consultations
Not applicable.
10.4. Dissemination format - microdata access
There is no access to the microdata. CBS does not have the single permit microdata, because IND sends aggregated tables to CBS.
10.5. Dissemination format - other
The single permit tables of the Netherlands are published yearly by Eurostat, there are no other disseminations of these statistics.
10.5.1. Metadata - consultations
Not applicable.
10.6. Documentation on methodology
The single permit tables are made according to the guidelines of Eurostat.
10.6.1. Metadata completeness - rate
Not applicable.
10.7. Quality management - documentation
Not applicable.
11.1. Quality assurance
CBS has implemented a.o. the European Statistics Code of Practice (CoP), the ESS Quality Assurance Framework (QAF), ISO-9001, and works accordingly the CBS-law, and is regularly audited by external auditors.
IND has a division that is responsible for data quality: they measure on a very regular basis the quality of the data content and of the data-entry in INDIGO (the registration system for a.o. single permit data), this is performed as well for the single permit data. On a daily basis a number of cases is randomly selected and checked. When errors are found, they are reported to the staff responsible for the data entry, and they will correct the mistakes immediately. Also quarterly reports are send to the managing board. Moreover, before sets of data are selected to be extracted from INDIGO into METIS (the data warehouse from which a.o. the tables for Eurostat are extracted), the process of data extraction is checked extensively.
The checks performed are a.o.: checking the data integrity over each processing step, totals consistency, changes over time, using intervals of values for outliers/errors detection.
11.2. Quality management - assessment
The quality assurance processes as described in 11.1. lead to qualitatively good data. When in the described registrations and processes errors are found, they are immediately corrected, thereby ensuring qualitatively good data sets. On the ensuing data sets, in this case the single permit table, no other quality checks are performed.
12.1. Relevance - User Needs
The statistics collected under Regulation (EC) 862/2007 are used by a wide range of users at national, European and International level to cover various usersʼ needs.
Users of single permit statistics :
The statistics collected under the Regulation (EU) 851/2020 are widely used in official publications and by a wide range of users at national, European and International level. The statistics produced are regularly used by national administrations, academic researchers and civil society groups working on a wide range of topics including the integration of immigrants, the development and monitoring of national asylum and immigration procedures, and the projection of the future population and labour force.
At National level the Ministry of Justice and Security and CBS are among the main users of the statistics.
At European level, the main users of the statistics are Eurostat and DG Migration and Home Affairs. These statistics are used in several publications of the Commission, as well as in the preparation of regular reports, policy proposals and analysis. The statistics also provide an input to the European Migration Network studies and reports that address specific issues of current policy importance.
Unmet user needs (on statistics) and reasons why these needs cannot be satisfied (at national and international level) : There are no unmet needs.
12.2. Relevance - User Satisfaction
No user satisfaction surveys are conducted.
12.3. Completeness
See table 12.3. in annex ‘Quality report tables Single Permits’.
12.3.1. Data completeness - rate
Not applicable.
13.1. Accuracy - overall
There are no sampling errors. There are no coverage errors, no measurement errors and no nonresponse errors. Processing errors sometimes occur in extracting a table from the IND METIS/INDIGO system, mostly in the format of the table, which errors are corrected before sending the final version of the table to Edamis/Eurostat.
13.2. Sampling error
Not applicable.
13.2.1. Sampling error - indicators
Not applicable.
13.3. Non-sampling error
There are no coverage errors, no measurement errors and no nonresponse errors. Processing errors sometimes occur in extracting a table from the IND METIS/INDIGO system, mostly in the format of the table, which errors are corrected before sending the final version of the table to Edamis/Eurostat.
13.3.1. Coverage error
The coverage error, which is the discrepancy from the Eurostat target population, is 0 %.
13.3.1.1. Over-coverage - rate
Not applicable.
13.3.1.2. Common units - proportion
Not applicable.
13.3.2. Measurement error
There are no measurement errors: all individual data records concerning single permit data are registered within 1 to 2 days in INDIGO (the registration system of IND, who is responsible for the single permit procedures). From METIS, the data warehouse based on INDIGO, the single permit tables are extracted, checked and validated, and send to CBS. There is no bias in the outcome, and the population, definitions and breakdowns are according to the Eurostat technical guidelines.
13.3.3. Non response error
Not applicable.
13.3.3.1. Unit non-response - rate
Not applicable.
13.3.3.2. Item non-response - rate
Not applicable.
13.3.4. Processing error
Processing errors sometimes occur in extracting a table from the IND METIS/INDIGO system, mostly in the format of the table, which errors are corrected before sending the final version of the table to Edamis/Eurostat.
13.3.5. Model assumption error
Not applicable.
14.1. Timeliness
Data supply to Eurostat is in accordance with the Regulation and the Technical Guidelines, also concerning the timeframe of sending data to Eurostat.
- Number of days (on average) after the end of the reference period at which the country is able to report the first/preliminary data, at the earliest : 120 days.
- Reasons for possible long production of the first/preliminary data and plans to improve the situation : The tables are produced and send to Eurostat within the mandatory deadlines.
14.1.1. Time lag - first result
Not applicable.
14.1.2. Time lag - final result
Not applicable.
14.2. Punctuality
See table 14.2. in annex ‘Quality report tables Single Permits’.
14.2.1. Punctuality - delivery and publication
Not applicable.
15.1. Comparability - geographical
The statistic is comparable between all regions of the Netherlands, because there is only one national system of accumulating and processing the data.
15.1.1. Asymmetry for mirror flow statistics - coefficient
Not applicable.
15.2. Comparability - over time
See table 15.2. in annex ‘Quality report tables Single Permits’.
15.2.1. Length of comparable time series
Not applicable.
15.3. Coherence - cross domain
There are no coherence issues with other data sets.
15.3.1. Coherence - sub annual and annual statistics
The statistics are comparable over all years.
There are no sub annual statistics, only annual statistics.
15.3.2. Coherence - National Accounts
Not applicable.
15.4. Coherence - internal
All single permits statistics are extracted from a data warehouse (METIS) which is based on INDIGO, the registration system of IND in which all administrative individual data records concerning a.o. single permits are registered. The single permit statistic is coherent with the microdataset in INDIGO and METIS.
Not available.
17.1. Data revision - policy
The Netherlands does not have a data revision policy for this statistic: the data produced are final data.
17.2. Data revision - practice
See table 17.2. in annex ‘Quality report tables Single Permits’.
17.2.1. Data revision - average size
Not applicable.
18.1. Source data
See table 18.1. in annex ‘Quality report tables Single Permits’.
18.2. Frequency of data collection
All administrative source data are collected and processed continuously by IND. In order to submit the data to Eurostat, compilations of the data are made on an annual base.
18.3. Data collection
The sole source for the datasets for year 2012 and onwards is METIS, the IND data warehouse, based on INDIGO, the IND registration system.
The datasets for the years 2008 through 2011 are based on INDIS, the former registration system of the Netherlands. (There is no break in the time series from 2011 to 2012)
18.4. Data validation
During the process of monitoring to ensure the quality of the resulting tables, a.o. the next checks are performed: an automatic check on integrality of the data within the datawarehouse; checking that the population coverage is accurate according to the definitions of the Technical guidelines; checking retrospectively a sample of the data in the register in order to confirm that they are accurate; comparing yearly the data with data of previous periods; checking for outliers.
18.5. Data compilation
The single permit table is based on the administrative data in the registration Indigo and data warehouse Metis, of IND. These administrative data are complete and cover all applications concerning single permits, plus the administration concerning the grant of the permit. From Metis the information needed for the SP table is extracted, and aggregated into the SP table. Therefore, there is no need for imputation, there is no non-response and no design weights.
18.5.1. Imputation - rate
Not applicable.
18.6. Adjustment
There is no seasonal adjustment, and no other macro-level adjustment procedures are applied.
18.6.1. Seasonal adjustment
No statistical technique applied.
No further comments.
Data collection on Single Permits statistics based on Article 15 of Directive 2011/98/EU on a single application procedure for a single permit for third-country nationals to reside and work in the territory of a Member State.
The following dataset is collected under this framework:
- Single Permits issued by type of decision, reason and length of validity (migr_ressing)
Directive 2011/98/EU was transposed at national level on 10 December 2013.
14 November 2024
See table 3.4. in annex ‘Quality report tables Single Permits’.
Number of persons.
See table 3.6. in annex ‘Quality report tables Single Permits’.
The Netherlands.
Calendar year.
There are no sampling errors. There are no coverage errors, no measurement errors and no nonresponse errors. Processing errors sometimes occur in extracting a table from the IND METIS/INDIGO system, mostly in the format of the table, which errors are corrected before sending the final version of the table to Edamis/Eurostat.
Number of persons.
The single permit table is based on the administrative data in the registration Indigo and data warehouse Metis, of IND. These administrative data are complete and cover all applications concerning single permits, plus the administration concerning the grant of the permit. From Metis the information needed for the SP table is extracted, and aggregated into the SP table. Therefore, there is no need for imputation, there is no non-response and no design weights.
See table 18.1. in annex ‘Quality report tables Single Permits’.
Yearly dissemination on the European level.
The single permit statistics is not published by Statistics Netherlands.
Data supply to Eurostat is in accordance with the Regulation and the Technical Guidelines, also concerning the timeframe of sending data to Eurostat.
- Number of days (on average) after the end of the reference period at which the country is able to report the first/preliminary data, at the earliest : 120 days.
- Reasons for possible long production of the first/preliminary data and plans to improve the situation : The tables are produced and send to Eurostat within the mandatory deadlines.
The statistic is comparable between all regions of the Netherlands, because there is only one national system of accumulating and processing the data.
See table 15.2. in annex ‘Quality report tables Single Permits’.
