The Taking Part survey is a continuous face to face household survey of adults aged 16 and over in England (and children aged 5 to 15 years old). The survey provides evidence for the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) for measuring engagement with the cultural sectors in England.  This report summarises the results from the 2019/20 adult survey...

The GLA conducted a representative survey of Londoners to understand attitudes towards violent crime.  The survey was carried out by YouGov for the GLA between 23rd – 28th July 2021, with a response of 1,123 London residents aged 18+. The figures have been weighted and are representative of all London adults (aged 18+). Some figures have been compared against a previous survey carried...

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...

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...

Quantitative research with London's SMEs undertaken by the GLA's Opinion Research team. Online survey carried out by YouGov for the GLA between 5th–19th March 2021, with a response of 1,012 London businesses (owners or senior decision makers only). Sample weighted to be representative of all London businesses by size and sector, based on October 2020 Business population estimates data. Main...

This dataset presents results of a weekly questionnaire sent to a cohort of frontline civil society organisations from April 2020. The results are being used alongside a range of other pieces of intelligence to inform the pan-London response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The week one questionnaire asked organisations a number of profile questions to understand more about the work they do. Questionnaires...

At the beginning of 2019 the Greater London Authority (GLA) commissioned Ipsos MORI to develop a deeper understanding of social integration using publicly accessible Twitter data.  The research sought to measure the sentiment expressed in Tweets sent within and about London across a range of social integration sub-topics. It also sought to assess how the topics and sentiment contained in Tweets...

At the end of 2019 the Greater London Authority (GLA) commissioned the Social Market Foundation (SMF) to conduct research focusing on how the outcomes of graduates who have studied in London and those from London vary, by a range of different characteristics. This research uses a range of methods to gain insight into the outcomes of graduates who were domiciled in...

Fine resolution satellite thermal data can be used as a basis for mapping the spatial distribution of urban surface temperatures and identifying urban hotspots. This dataset has been produced from satellite-derived land surface temperature (LST) data for the Greater London Area by ARTi Analytics BV as part of EXTREMA Global portfolio of services and reveals the city’s major daytime summertime...