Responsibility for public health was devolved to local authorities in 2013/14. They are now responsible for improving the health of their local population and reducing health inequalities. The reports featured on this page are rapid analyses conducted by City Intelligence at the GLA, examining the public health grants that are allocated to London local authorities each year. Reports are available for...

CLEVER Cities in South Thamesmead is a partnership between the Mayor of London, Peabody, Groundwork London, Young Foundation and Social Finance. The project is supported by The Social Innovation Partnership and its Community Research Programme.  The Community Research Team spent November and December 2020 gathering data from local people about their experiences in Thamesmead over the last year. The team hosted 9 focus groups...

GLA's Opinion Research team carried out qualitative research with parents to understand the impact of implementing universal free school meals to children in years 3 to 6 in London's state schools.

The page gives access to the 2021 London Output Area Classification (2021 LOAC), a new free and open source geodemographic classification for London. Based on 2021 census data it uses nearly 70 measures to classify each of more than 26,000 output areas in London within a hierarchical structure. Here we present a lookup table of the LOAC, descriptions of the 7...

The Mayor of London committed to developing a London Wellbeing and Sustainability Measure in his 2021 manifesto. This was to help measure London’s success as a place to live and work for all its residents. It would counteract the fact that, for years, London’s success has been mostly measured only in terms of its material wealth.  After a comprehensive and thorough development...

The LAEI 2019 is the latest version of the London Atmospheric Emissions Inventory and replaces previous versions of the inventory. Emissions estimates of key pollutants (NOx, PM10, PM2.5 and CO2) by source type are included for the base year 2019 and forecast years 2025 and 2030. Emissions for previous years 2013 and 2016 have also been revised, using the latest data...

The Mayor of London committed to developing a London Wellbeing and Sustainability Measure in his 2021 manifesto. This was to help measure London’s success as a place to live and work for all its residents. It would counteract the fact that, for years, London’s success has been mostly measured only in terms of its material wealth.  GLA City Intelligence led the...

Description and Purpose This data companion pack is a resource intended to frame and be read alongside the linked rapid review of evidence for interventions to address the cost of living crisis (available on the Institute of Health Equity website) . The resource provides intelligence and context on the cost of living crisis in London only, while the accompanying...

The GLA has conducted an analysis of the metrics accompanying the DLUHC White Paper on Levelling Up. Levelling up will not be achieved by levelling down because London has deep economic links with the rest of the UK. There should be separate missions and metrics on improving productivity and tackling disadvantage. This would allow a clearer focus on poverty alleviation. Strategy and policy development,...

The Mayor of London committed to measuring food security in London in his Food Strategy. The Survey of Londoners collected this data, which will be used to support the development of long-term solutions to the causes and impacts of food insecurity. Being food insecure means that at times a person’s food intake is reduced and their eating patterns are disrupted because...