Town centres provide a range of commercial, cultural and civic activities, including shopping, leisure, employment, entertainment, culture, and social and community facilities. Their vitality and viability should be promoted to ensure they retain their importance. There are five broad types of town centres according to their scales and roles: International centres, Metropolitan centres, Major centres, District centres and Neighbourhood and...

The Early Years Foundation Stage Profile (EYFSP) is a teacher assessment of children’s development at the end of the EYFS (the end of the academic year in which the child turns five). This dataset contains the results of the EYFSP by gender and location of school/educational institution. Also includes data by region by ethnic group, language, and free school meal (FSM)...

Air pollution is monitored by the London boroughs within their own area. There are a number of different monitoring methods available, including passive diffusion tubes. These diffusion tubes are small, passive samplers which measure the concentration of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) in the air at a certain location, providing a monthly average measurement. The diffusion tubes supplement the existing network of...

More Detailed Jobs This dataset provides estimates of employee jobs in London down to 4-digit Standard Industry Classification level, from 1998 to 2022. The latest release was in December 2025. Blog posts describing the dataset and earlier results are available for the 2023 and 2024 updates. Estimates are based on Business Register and Employment Survey (BRES) and Workforce Jobs (WFJ) data published by...

Payments over £250 made by the London Fire Brigade* as part of the government and Mayor of London's transparency agenda. This dataset is for 2025/26 (April 2025 to March 2026) only. Data for previous years can be found here: Data for 2024/25 | Data for 2023/24 | Data for 2022/23 | Data for 2021/22 | Data for 2020/21 | Data...

The London Energy and Greenhouse Gas Inventory (LEGGI) is an emissions inventory which quantifies greenhouse gas emissions released to the environment from activities in London. It also quantifies emissions removed through Land Use, Land Change and Forestry sector activities. It is produced on an annual basis to measure progress against the Mayor's emissions reduction targets for London.  The...

Polling conducted in October 2025 on behalf of the London Assembly, with findings from polling Londoners on how they feel about raising children in London.

In 2024, the Greater London Authority, with support from Department of Health and Social Care, commissioned Imogen Blood and Associates to produce a research and market development project focussing on the provision of specialist and supported housing for adult Londoners with mental health needs (MH SSH). The project aimed to understand needs, gaps and barriers to the provision of MH SSH for adult Londoners...

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, is committed to increasing the amount of solar energy captured in London as part of his wider ambition for London to become a zero carbon city. The Mayor has developed the London Solar Opportunity Map with the  UCL's Energy Institute  and  Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis ...