COVID-19 Data and Analysis

National and local restrictions and policies affecting London, by date. Supplied as an experimental dataset to provide context for analysis of other social or economic datasets, for instance, footfall and spend data timeseries. Information was mainly gathered from government announcements published by the Prime Minister's Office. The restrictions and policies included are: School closures - complete closures only Pub closures - excludi...

This newsletter series presents a digest of external research that the Greater London Authority (GLA) is making available for the benefit of external stakeholders in tackling the COVID-19 crisis. The City Intelligence Unit at the GLA started to produce the newsletters in April, initially as an internal product for staff in the organisation and in its functional bodies. As from 2nd June, past and current issues have been made available f...

Qualitative research undertaken by the GLA's Opinion Research team in 2020. The research explored in-depth the experiences of those who work night shifts in London hospitals (nurses, student nurses, and cleaners); their access to food during these shifts; and their subsequent ability to maintain a healthy diet. The research report covers: Positives and negatives of working at night in a hospital Barriers to accessing healthy food for n...

This briefing brings together a range of data published on the demographic impact of Covid19 to understand how the city has been affected, covering what is known about Covid-19 cases, before looking at mortality. It provides comparisons with other cities and explains some of the issues which affect the accuracy of such comparisons. And it summarises the emerging evidence of unequal impacts for different demographic groups, especially et...

The housing-led projections reconcile future population growth with available housing supply by incorporating a housing supply trajectory. The GLA recommends the housing-led projections for most uses. The most recent set of projections are the 2020-based round (September 2021) which comprise 3 development scenarios: the Identified Capacity scenario, the Past Delivery scenario, and the Housing Targets scenario. More information on the sc...

At the end of 2020 the GLA commissioned the University of Essex to analyse the impact on Londoners of the Covid-19 crisis, of the emergency policies put in place since March 2020 and of some counterfactual policy options, including the continuation of the £20 weekly uplift in Universal Credit and Working Tax Credit.  The researchers used UKMOD, the UK tax-benefit microsimulation model, to conduct their analysis.

Vaccinations in London Between 8 December 2020 and 15 September 2021 5,838,305 1st doses and 5,232,885 2nd doses have been administered to London residents. Differences in vaccine roll out between London and the Rest of England London Rest of England Priority Group Vaccinations given Percentage vaccinated Vaccinations given Percentage vaccinated Group 1 Older Adult Care Home Residents 21,883 ...

The Community Engagement team at the Greater London Authority (GLA) commissioned this report to identify and examine past and present projects which involve collecting Londoners experiences of COVID-19 through a variety of creative and non-traditional materials.     The purpose of the report is to:  provide an overview of projects and activities which record Londoners COVID-19 stories and experiences.  outline who is responsible for th...

This briefing presents evidence on the socio-economic impact of COVID-19 on London and Londoners​ Topics included in the briefing focus on recent data releases published in the preceding months that tell us how social policy issues are evolving in London since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic For more on the health and demographic impacts see the Demographic Impact Briefing and for labour market impacts see Labour Market Analysis. A...