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Greater London Authority (GLA)
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Employment and Skills
The 2014 Internet User Classification (IUC), LSOA
Greater London Authority (GLA)
Updated over 6 years ago
This bespoke geodemographic classifi cation maps the geography of digital consumers within England by combining over seventy measures selected from survey and lifestyle data, alongside census and infrastructure performance statistics. This project forms an output of an ESRC funded PhD and research project, both undertaken at the University of Liverpool. This project aims to assist the pro ling of customer...
GLA Claimant Count Model Output
Greater London Authority (GLA)
Updated over 6 years ago
The percentage of the economically active population who are claiming Job Seekers Allowance (JSA).Output from the GLA claimant count model which uses administrative counts of Job Seekers and expresses them as a percentage of the labour force using GLA projections of the economically active population. Designed to complement ONS claimant count rates which use the whole population as the denominator.From...
Focus on London - Labour Market
Greater London Authority (GLA)
Updated over 6 years ago
FOCUSONLONDON2011:LABOURMARKET:BEYONDHEADLINES In 2009, the overall proportion of the London working-age population who were in work was around two percentage points below the UK figure but this does not begin to tell the story of London’s labour market. London is a complex city of extremes with significant differences between various sub-groups of population. It is important to understand which groups are...
Focus on London - Poverty
Greater London Authority (GLA)
Updated over 6 years ago
FOCUSONLONDON2011:POVERTY:THEHIDDENCITY One of the defining features of London is that it is a city of contrasts. Although it is considered one of the richest cities in the world, over a million Londoners are living in relative poverty, even before the additional costs of living in the capital are considered.This edition of Focus on London, authored by Rachel Leeser, presents a...
Focus on London - Income and Spending
Greater London Authority (GLA)
Updated over 6 years ago
FOCUSONLONDON2010:INCOMEANDSPENDINGATHOME Household income in London far exceeds that of any other region in the UK. At £900 per week, London’s gross weekly household income is 15 per cent higher than the next highest region. Despite this, the costs to each household are also higher in the capital. Londoners pay a greater amount of their income in tax and national insurance...
Focus on London - Skills
Greater London Authority (GLA)
Updated over 6 years ago
FOCUSONLONDON2012:SKILLS:DEGREESOFQUALIFICATION London’s diverse economy, and status as one of the most important cities in the world calls for a highly skilled workforce. Qualifications are considered an important predictor of success in a labour market.This edition of Focus on London, authored by Slawek Kozdras, explores the skills and qualification levels of young people before moving on to an analysis of adults’...
Benefit Cap in London
Greater London Authority (GLA)
Updated over 6 years ago
More than 26,500 London households have had their total benefit payment capped since the benefit cap was introduced in April 2013. Nearly half (45 per cent) of all households in Great Britain that have received reduced amounts because of the cap on the total payable, up to February 2015, were in London. Nearly 90 per cent of households with one...
London Labour Market, Skills and Employment Indicators
Greater London Authority (GLA)
Updated over 6 years ago
The Labour Market Indicators spreadsheet for boroughs and regions will no longer be updated from March 2015. The final version from March 2015 will still be available to download at the bottom of this page. Most of the data is available within datasets elsewhere on the Datastore.Workforce Jobs Unemployment Model based Unemployment for Boroughs Claimant Count rates for Boroughs and...
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Evidence Base for London
Greater London Authority (GLA)
Updated over 6 years ago
The Mayor has a role to play in leading, shaping and responding to changes in London through the work of the GLA group. Inclusive London: the Mayor's equality, diversity and inclusion strategy sets out how he will help address the inequalities, barriers and discrimination experienced by groups protected by the Equality Act 2010, as well as wider issues. These include...
Exploring how to measure social integration using digital and online data
Greater London Authority (GLA)
Updated over 6 years ago
As part of the Mayor's Social Integration Strategy published in March 2018, one of the commitments was to develop a more comprehensive set of measures for social integration and to carry out bespoke and innovative data collection for London to achieve this.This scoping study conducted by the Centre for Analysis of Social Media at Demos and commissioned by the GLA...