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Londoners' awareness and understanding of retrofitting

Qualitative research (focus groups) and representative polling undertaken by the GLA's Opinion Research team in February 2022. Focus groups were split by income and by housing tenure. The research explored: To what extent are Londoners aware of retrofitting? To what extent are Londoners currently willing to retrofit their homes? What might encourage Londoners to consider retrofitting? What information do they have / need?

Organization: Greater London Authority
Social prescribing into adult education in London research and toolkit

The Greater London Authority (GLA) commissioned Learning and Work Institute to undertake a mapping exercise of social prescribing to adult education to improve Londoners’ mental health. This report focuses on how social prescribing to adult education works in London, the challenges faced and ways to improve it. The Learning the way to improve mental health and wellbeing guide accompanies the Social prescribing into adult education in London research. This guide aims to bring health and social care services and adult education providers closer together and is both for managers and practitioners who provide social prescribing and who provide adult education.

Organization: Greater London Authority
More than just education: A Participatory Action Research project on adult education in London

This is a Toynbee Hall report on adult education commissioned by the Greater London Authority (GLA) to inform the preparation of the Mayor’s Skills Roadmap for London. For this project Toynbee Hall worked with a group of peer researchers who had lived experience of being part of one or more of the priority groups identified by the GLA as having the most to gain from adult education.Over the course of five months peer researchers co-designed and co-produced the research and conducted in-depth interviews with over 50 people from across London about how adult education services could be improved. For this project Toynbee Hall adopted a Participatory Action Research (PAR) approach. This style of research involves professional researchers and members of communities (peer researchers) working in partnership to develop the project scope, carry out the data collection, and analyse the findings.As an important aim of this project was to improve access to adult education, this research deliberately focused on the barriers experienced by those who participated in the study, and how they felt access to and engagement with adult education could be improved. The report also learns from the positive experiences that some interviewees shared and have referenced some of this good practice in it’s recommendations. It should be noted that as a qualitative piece of work interviews should not be taken as a statistically representative sample of all Londoners but rather an in-depth look at the experiences of some of the more marginalised of Londoners. Click here to read a blog from the peer researchers who conducted the research, speaking about the findings and their experiences of carrying out the project.

Organization: Greater London Authority
LFEPA Members’ gifts, hospitality and expenses

This is historic data for the Members of the former London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority (LFEPA) which was abolished on 31 March 2018. This data set is not updated. LFEPA ran the London Fire Brigade (LFB).Details of LFEPA members’ gifts and hospitality received during their time in office plus expenses claimed. Data is by financial year for previous years but by financial year quarters for the current financial year. Data is updated within a month of the quarter end. It includes LFEPA Members’ names, details of the item, and the value. In the case of gifts and hospitality the value may be an estimate and, where relevant, is indicated as such. It is possible that items may be included in a subsequent financial year where the notification has been made close to the end of a previous financial year.From 1 April 2008, the LFB is run by the London Fire Commissioner. Details of expenses, gifts and hospitality for senior London Fire Brigade staff can be found here.

Tags: LFB London Fire Brigade
Organization: Greater London Authority
LFB Payments over £250 - 2021/22

This dataset is for 2021/22 (April 2021 to March 2022) only. See also: Data for 2020/21 Data for 2019/20 Data for 2018/19 Data for 2017/18 Data for 2016/17 and earlier Payments over £250 made by the London Fire Brigade* as part of the government and Mayor of London's transparency agenda.The Local Government Transparency Code 2015 requires the data to indicate VAT for payments which cannot be recovered; there are no such payments for LFB as all VAT is recoverable.The Local Government Transparency Code also requires a 'merchant category' to be added to payment details. LFB has 'ProClass' data and this is added to published data. Please note that most of LFB suppliers and contractors currently have a ProClass classification but a small number of payments may not have a ‘merchant category’.* The London Fire Commissioner is the fire and rescue authority for London and runs the London Fire Brigade (LFB).

Tags: LFB London Fire Brigade, LFC, London Fire Commissioner, payments
Organization: Greater London Authority
SmartMeter Energy Consumption Data in London Households

Energy consumption readings for a sample of 5,567 London Households that took part in the UK Power Networks led Low Carbon London project between November 2011 and February 2014.Readings were taken at half hourly intervals. The customers in the trial were recruited as a balanced sample representative of the Greater London population.The dataset contains energy consumption, in kWh (per half hour), unique household identifier, date and time. The CSV file is around 10GB when unzipped and contains around 167million rows.Within the data set are two groups of customers. The first is a sub-group, of approximately 1100 customers, who were subjected to Dynamic Time of Use (dToU) energy prices throughout the 2013 calendar year period. The tariff prices were given a day ahead via the Smart Meter IHD (In Home Display) or text message to mobile phone. Customers were issued High (67.20p/kWh), Low (3.99p/kWh) or normal (11.76p/kWh) price signals and the times of day these applied. The dates/times and the price signal schedule is availaible as part of this dataset. All non-Time of Use customers were on a flat rate tariff of 14.228pence/kWh.The signals given were designed to be representative of the types of signal that may be used in the future to manage both high renewable generation (supply following) operation and also test the potential to use high price signals to reduce stress on local distribution grids during periods of stress.The remaining sample of approximately 4500 customers energy consumption readings were not subject to the dToU tariff.More information can be found on the Low Carbon London webpage

Tags: 2013, electricity, energy, power
Organization: Greater London Authority
Low Carbon London Heat Pump Load Profiles

Data was collected relating to load profiles for 19 customers as part of the Low Carbon London project, delivered by UK Power Networks.Data has been anonymised.Two folders, correspond to two suppliers – data is offered differently from the two suppliers. The folder ‘Data Supply 1’ contains two folders as Power Quality is logged separately from Heat Profiles.For further queries contact innovation@ukpowernetworks.co.uk Variation from the specification None of the power quality meters were capable of recording specific harmonic phase, therefore only harmonic magnitudes are recorded. The Enetics power quality meters record to a maximum of the 25th harmonic No power quality data for S1_Customer 6 or 8

Organization: Greater London Authority
Photovoltaic (PV) Solar Panel Energy Generation data

This dataset contains voltage, current, power, energy, and weather data from low-voltage substations and domestic premises with high uptake of solar photovoltaic (PV) embedded generation.Data collected as part of the project run by UK Power Networks.Validation of Photovoltaic Connection Assessment Tool https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/ofgem-publications/93938/pvtoolcdrfinal-pdf The project collected a rich dataset at domestic sites with Solar Panels. The data set comprises of 25,775 days-worth of data, and over 171 million individual measurements.Key stats about the dataset: 20 substations and 10 domestic premises Collected over 480 days - 27 July 2013 to 19 November 2014 10 minute intervals over all time recorded, 1 minute intervals in summer 2014 10-minute measurements prior to 10 June 2014, aggregated to hourly minima and maxima Several important findings are presented in the final project report (link above). For any further queries please email innovation@ukpowernetworks.co.uk

Organization: Greater London Authority
Low Carbon London Electric Vehicle Load Profiles

Data collected relating to load profiles for electric vehicle charging, part of the Low Carbon London (LCL) project delivered by UK Power Networks.Data has been anonymised.For further queries contact innovation@ukpowernetworks.co.uk Folders: EV Commercial trialsFolder contains raw data from LCL EV commercial trials (2013 - 2014)Files ordered by customer with ten-minute time stamps of EV activity.EV Public trialsList of charging events of four different suppliers of public charge points.EV Residential trialsFolder contains raw data from LCL EV residential trials (2013 - 2014) – sorted by customer.Files ordered by customer with ten-minute time stamps of EV activity.Also contained are anonymised surveys about EV habits.

Organization: Greater London Authority
GLA Population Yield Calculator

The GLA Population Yield Calculator is a tool for estimating population yield from new housing development. The calculator provides users with an indication of the possible number and age of children that could be expected to live in a new housing development of a given bedroom or tenure mix. Please see the calculator’s methodology document for further details and user guidance. The calculator is in XLSX (Excel 2007 and later) format. The tool was updated 23rd October 2019. Previously published versions are available in the compressed archive file

Tags: calculator, development, gla-ons, housing, population, yield
Organization: Greater London Authority
Social Cost Benefit Analysis of the no recourse to public funds (NRPF) policy in London

In 2021, the Greater London Authority (GLA) commissioned the London School of Economics (LSE) to conduct a robust Social Cost Benefit Analysis (SCBA) of the removal of the NRPF restriction for certain migrant groups with work related visas, and their family members.They did this by quantifying all the costs that would be imposed on central and local government as a result and quantifying all the benefits to society that would arise from giving these migrants access to public funds.The researchers employed a mixed-methods research approach that combined quantitative and qualitative techniques. The cost-benefit calculations drew on established methods for producing spreadsheet-based estimates, in money terms, of the overall costs and gains to society from a change in policy—in this case the lifting of NRPF conditions.The final report, published in March 2022, is available to download below, along with the Excel spreadsheets detailing the SCBA models.

Tags: cost benefit analysis, economic, migration, no recourse to public funds
Organization: Greater London Authority
Directory of London Businesses

A list of businesses located in London showing a range of information including company name, address, postcode, local authority, and SIC code (industry).The Free Company Data Product is a downloadable data snapshot containing basic company data of live companies on the register. The version available from Companies House has all UK business and is available to download in a series of Zip folders.The London cut available to download here, was created using a postcode list. Therefore, if there is an error in the postcode, or some other problem caused the postcode listed not to match a London postcode, those business will not be included in the file. Furthermore, inaccuracies in postcodes may mean that no local authority is listed for a company.Each entry represents a financial accounts submission of either a whole company or part of one. Some businesses have more than one entry in the directory because they need to submit more than one set of accounts for different parts of their business. Therefore, the number of entries in the directory will be greater than the number of businesses.Note, Large file size - the Excel file is almost 600MB.Companies House update the latest snapshot within 5 working days of the previous month end. The London file available here was published on 1 May 2018.Further metadata and user guidance is available here.

Tags: accounts, business, businesses, company, firm, firms, non-domestic
Organization: Greater London Authority
London Local Skills Report and Annexes – February 2022

The Skills for Londoners Board – London’s Skills Advisory Panel - has published a refresh of its first Local Skills Report. The report presents an overview of London’s skills landscape in light of the impact of Covid-19, and sets out our progress with our main skills programmes as well as the work now underway as part of London Recovery Board’s Getting Londoners in to Good Work mission. It concludes with a forward look, including the Skills Roadmap for London and how we will align our work with that being delivered as part of central Government programmes.

Organization: Greater London Authority
Afghan Emergency Response Survey

This dataset presents results of a four-weekly questionnaire sent to a cohort of organisations working directly with Afghan communities in London. The first two surveys, beginning October 2021, were run as pilots to help inform our approach and aimed to engage voluntary, community and faith sector organisations. Wave three, to be launched in January 2022, will be open to a wider group of stakeholders and focus specifically on organisations supporting Afghans living temporarily in bridging hotels. The results are being used to contribute to the collective understanding of the needs of Afghan arrivals in our city. The cohort is being recruited using existing contacts held by the Greater London Authority, and ‘snowball’ sampling, i.e. organisations are asked to forward the invitation to participate to other organisations known to them. Recruitment to the survey is being kept open to enable new organisations to join as they begin to engage with the community.The information contained in these reports should be considered indicative only and may not be fully representative of all civil society or statutory organisations in London. Nor can the findings be considered representative of individual boroughs, as many organisations work across multiple boroughs. However, alongside other intelligence, we hope the information will be useful. If your organisation is supporting Afghans living temporarily in bridging hotels in London and would like to take part in this survey, please click here.

Tags: Afghan Survey, Afghan community response, Refugees
Organization: Greater London Authority
Designated Open Space

Designated Open Space includes lands designated as Green Belt, Metropolitan Open Land (MOL) and other public open spaces. These lands receive strong protected against development and are a vital component of London’s infrastructure.The Green Belt is established to prevent urban sprawl and protect the natural environment. While the Green Belt separates the urban from the rural, the Metropolitan Open Land (MOL) is strategic open land within the urban area. The Green Belt and the MOL are given the same level of protection. Other public open spaces refer to any other designated open spaces with public value. The GIS files show the indicative boundaries, please contact the relevant London Borough to confirm accuracy. NOTE: The boundaries are based on Ordnance Survey mapping and the data is published under Ordnance Survey's 'presumption to publish'.Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2019.Greater London Authority - Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0

Tags: MapLondon, planningconstraintsmap
Organization: Greater London Authority
Public attitudes and behaviour – GLA poll results February 2022 Retrofitting

Representative survey of Londoners, to understand awareness of and attitudes towards retrofitting. All figures, unless otherwise stated, are from YouGov Plc. Total sample size was 1122 adults. Fieldwork was undertaken between 31st January – 4th February 2022. The survey was carried out online. The figures have been weighted and are representative of all London adults (aged 18+).

Organization: Greater London Authority
Work Experience and Contextual Admissions at London's Higher Education Institutions

The GLA commissioned CFE Research to carry out qualitative research into: the provision of work experience and employability support for students at London’s Higher Education Institutions, particularly for those from under-represented groups. the use of contextual admissions to support the access and participation of Londoners from under-represented groups The research aims to identify good practice, to explore challenges and how they can be addressed and make suggestions for how these areas can be developed.

Tags: employment, higher education, inequality, skills
Organization: Greater London Authority
Ethnic Groups by Borough

Table showing ethnic group statistics by aggregated groupings.Categories covered: White - includes White British, Irish, Gypsy or Irish Traveller, and Other Black - includes Black African, Caribbean, and Other Asian - includes Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Chinese and Other Mixed/Other - includes White and Black Caribbean, White and Asian, White and Black African, Other Mixed, Arab and any Other ethnicity not covered above. Figures may not add exactly due to rounding. Numbers rounded to the nearest thousand.Data is from the Annual Population Survey.

Tags: diversity, ethnicity, population
Organization: Greater London Authority
Skills Roadmap Consultation Results

In January 2022 the Mayor published his Skills Roadmap for London. The Roadmap sets the direction of travel for adult education in London over the Mayoral term and beyond, including future plans for the approximately £320 million per year Adult Education Budget (AEB).The Roadmap was developed based on extensive consultation with stakeholders, communities and businesses. The GLA engaged over 100 organisations through a written consultation and stakeholder roundtables, including local authorities, learning providers and employers and businesses. The GLA also captured the views of almost 1000 Londoners from key target groups through community conversations hosted by community organisations across London. The GLA also produced an Equality Impact Assessment alongside the final Skills Roadmap to show how equality groups and equalities impacts were considered in the development of the Roadmap (Equality groups are groups who share a protected characteristic under the Equality Act 2010.)

Tags: adult education, business, economic, employment, further education, skills
Organization: Greater London Authority
Population by Country of Birth

DISCONTINUED This dataset shows different breakdowns of London's resident population by their country of birth. Data used comes from ONS' Annual Population Survey (APS).The APS has a sample of around 320,000 people in the UK (around 28,000 in London). As such all figures must be treated with some caution. 95% confidence interval levels are provided.Numbers have been rounded to the nearest thousand and figures for smaller populations have been suppressed.Four files are available for download: Country of Birth - Borough: Shows country of birth estimates in their broad groups such as European Union, South East Asia, North Africa, etc. broken down to borough level. Detailed Country of Birth - London: Shows country of birth estimates for specific countries such as France, Bangladesh, Nigeria, etc. available for London as a whole Demography Update 09-2015: A GLA Demography report that uses APS data to analyse the trends in London for the period 2004 to 2014. A supporting data file is also provided. Country of Birth Borough 2004-2016 Analysis Tool: A tool produced by GLA Demography that allows users to explore different breakdowns of country of birth data. An accompanying Tableau visualisation tool has also been produced which maps data from 2004 to 2015.Nationality data can be found here: https://data.london.gov.uk/dataset/nationality Nationality refers to that stated by the respondent during the interview. Country of birth is the country in which they were born. It is possible that an individual’s nationality may change, but the respondent’s country of birth cannot change. This means that country of birth gives a more robust estimate of change over time.

Tags: European, eu, migrant, migration, union
Organization: Greater London Authority
Skills for Londoners Strategy Local Skills Report and Annexes

The Skills for Londoners Board has published its first Local Skills Report. The report presents an overview of London’s skills landscape and an assessment of progress with the Skills for Londoners Strategy, before concluding with a forward look. We expect the November iteration of the report to have more comprehensive coverage of the work of the London Recovery Board in its response to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on London’s skills sector.

Tags: Skills and Employment, skills for londoners
Organization: Greater London Authority
Skills for Londoners Framework Consultation

Alongside the Skills for Londoners Strategy, in 2018 the Mayor published his Skills for Londoners Framework. The Framework outlines how the objectives of the Strategy will be delivered in the context of the devolution of the Adult Education Budget (AEB) in London to the Mayor from the academic year 2019-20, transferring responsibility from the Department for Education for the delivery of adult education provision to London’s residents. It sets out the implementation plans for the AEB, as well as the European Social Fund (ESF) and the Skills for Londoners Capital Fund. The Framework is consulted on annually as changes to the AEB are made. The annual consultation reports can be found below. Please also find the Skills for Londoners Strategy evidence base, which supports the Skills for Londoners Strategy and Framework.

Tags: employment, skills
Organization: Greater London Authority
Mapping ESOL Provision in Greater London

In February 2017, Learning and Work was commissioned by the Greater London Authority to undertake a mapping exercise of formal and informal provision of English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) in London, and undertake work to identify the language learning needs of resettled Syrian refugees in London. This work aims to support London boroughs participating in the resettlement of Syrian refugees to provide appropriate ESOL learning to resettled adult Syrian refugees, and will contribute to the wider development of ESOL policy in London. It takes place at a time of considerable recent developments in skills policy in London, such as the anticipated devolution of the Adult Education Budget to the Mayor of London by 2019 and a recent review of Adult Community Learning. This report, the case studies presented in Annex 1 and the borough-level reports in Annex 2, are based upon desk research, a survey of ESOL providers and a range of short and in-depth interviews with refugee organisations, ESOL providers and other stakeholders involved in the resettlement of Syrian refugees under the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Resettlement scheme. The work took place between February and March 2017, with an event for ESOL providers and other organisations and agencies working on Syrian refugee resettlement held in April 2017.

Tags: ESOL, Skills and Employment, adult education, skills, skills for londoners
Organization: Greater London Authority