Art and Culture

The Night Time Commission was set up to provide independent advice to the Mayor as to the sustainable development of London’s night time economy. GLA Opinion Research and Statistics was commissioned to conduct quantitative and qualitative research into the opinions and behaviours of Londoners at night. The following research is outlined below: Dec 2017 to Jan 2018 – 6 focus groups (each with 6-8 participants) with Londoners, and 4 f...

Use of public libraries, Visits to museums and galleries and Engagement in the arts. Libaries measures the percentage of adults who have used a public library service in the past 12 months. Use is for leisure purposes, including informal learning and studying or research for personal interests. Museums and Galleries measures the percentage of adults who have visited a museum or gallery in the past 12 months. Visits are for leisure pur...

Number of Licences in force at year end (31 March). The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has policy responsibility in Government for licensing law relating to the sale of alcohol, the provision of regulated entertainment and the provision of late night refreshment in England and Wales under the Licensing Act 2003 (the 2003 Act). The Act came into force on 24th November 2005. The new regimes from the 2003 Act wer...

This data shows levels of volunteering among the adult population (16+) by borough and region. The exact question posed to repondents was: 'During the last 12 months, have you done any voluntary work?' Data is from the Taking Part survey only available under licence from DCMS. Taking Part survey has a Official Statistics seal from ONS The data shows combined scores from 3 years of the survey, excluding 2009/10 when there was no volunt...

Statistics of how many adults access the internet and use different types of technology covering: home internet access how people connect to the web how often people use the web/computers whether people use mobile devices whether people buy goods over the web whether people carried out specified activities over the internet For more information see the ONS website and the UKDS website.

Ofcom annual reports on the UK’s fixed broadband, mobile and WiFi networks, digital television, digital radio and internet infrastructure. Ofcom gathers data from the main fixed broadband Internet Service Providers (BT, KCOM, Sky, TalkTalk and Virgin Media) on both their retail services and the services they provide to other ISPs as a wholesale service. More information can be found here. GLA connectivity map showing a summary version...

Opinions of people aged 16 and over about their feelings of community strength and togetherness The survey tracks the latest trends and developments across areas key to encouraging social action and empowering communities.  The objectives of the survey are to provide robust, nationally representative data on behaviours and attitudes within communities to inform and direct policy and action in these areas. The Community Life Survey in...

A list of some key resources for comparing London with other world cities. European Union/Eurostat, Urban Audit Arcadis, Sustainable cities index AT Kearney, Global Cities Index McKinsey, Urban world: Mapping the economic power of cities Knight Frank, Wealth report OECD, Better Life Index UNODC, Statistics on drugs, crime and criminal justice at the international level Economist, Hot Spots Economist, Global Liveability Ranking ...

This spreadsheet provides data on ticket sales for selected sports at the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, and all sessions in which UK athletes won gold medals at the Olympic Games. It is published to coincide with the release of the London Assembly Economy Committee report, The Price of Gold: Lessons from London 2012 ticket sales.

Looking simply at the numbers of medals won in the 2012 Olympic Games may not actually tell us which countries over-performed against our expectations based on the size of the talent pool available to them. So what does looking at medals won in the context of the size of a nation's population do to the all important medal table? Are China and the US still top dogs? Do GB do quite as well as one might expect? Check out the Intelligence...