Understanding the evidence has been critical in supporting the development of the draft Police and Crime Plan.  The overarching aim of this product is to provide an overview of the potential policing and crime challenges London can expect to encounter over the coming years and insights in how to respond effectively to these.

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...

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...

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...

This note sets out GLA Economics’ illustrative estimate of the incidence on London households of the planned introduction of the Health and Social Care Levy from 2023/24 (preceded by an interim increase in national insurance contributions (NICs) in 2022/23).

There are a number of sources for estimates of the size and distribution of ethnic group populations in England. These estimates vary in quality, accuracy, timeliness, and detail; in some cases, the underlying definition of what constitutes the resident population is different. This document outlines in some detail the major sources of ethnic group information currently available at the national...

The ethnic group projections are produced for London borough and provide detailed projection by 17 ethnic groups of London’s future population. Two variants are produced: one consistent with the 2016-based central trend projection, and one consistent with the 2016-based housing-led projection. The 2016-based projections remain the most recent set of GLA ethnic group projections.

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.

The LAEI 2013 has been superseded. Click here for the full list of releases. The LAEI 2013 was published in 2016. However, due to revised road transport emission factors (COPERT 5) the data has been further updated in April 2017 (see 4.1 and 6.1) Estimates of key pollutants (NOx, PM10, PM2.5 and CO2) are included for the base year...

As part of budget guidance, the Mayor asks that the LFB (London Fire Commissioner) publish financial and performance monitoring. The aim is that this information is available on our external website within 25 working days after each quarter end. There is a separate page for each financial/performance year. From 1 April 2018, the London Fire Commissioner is the fire and rescue authority for London,...