Ofcom annual reports on the UK’s fixed broadband, mobile and WiFi networks, digital television, digital radio and internet infrastructure. Ofcom gathers data from the main fixed broadband Internet Service Providers (BT, KCOM, Sky, TalkTalk and Virgin Media) on both their retail services and the services they provide to other ISPs as a wholesale service. More information can be found here. GLA connectivity...

Opinions of people aged 16 and over about their feelings of community strength and togetherness The survey tracks the latest trends and developments across areas key to encouraging social action and empowering communities.  The objectives of the survey are to provide robust, nationally representative data on behaviours and attitudes within communities to inform and direct policy and action in these areas. The Community...

A list of some key resources for comparing London with other world cities. European Union/Eurostat, Urban Audit Arcadis, Sustainable cities index AT Kearney, Global Cities Index McKinsey, Urban world: Mapping the economic power of cities Knight Frank, Wealth report OECD, Better Life Index UNODC, Statistics on drugs, crime and criminal justice at the international level Economist, Hot Spots Economist, Global Liveability Ranking and Report August 2014 Mercer, Quality of Living...

This spreadsheet provides data on ticket sales for selected sports at the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, and all sessions in which UK athletes won gold medals at the Olympic Games. It is published to coincide with the release of the London Assembly Economy Committee report, The Price of Gold: Lessons from London 2012 ticket sales.

Looking simply at the numbers of medals won in the 2012 Olympic Games may not actually tell us which countries over-performed against our expectations based on the size of the talent pool available to them. So what does looking at medals won in the context of the size of a nation's population do to the all important medal table? Are China...

The European Quality of Life survey (EQLS) examines both the objective circumstances of European citizens' lives, and how they feel about those circumstances, and their lives in general. It looks at a range of issues, such as employment, income, education, housing, family, health and work-life balance. It also looks at subjective topics, such as people's levels of happiness, how satisfied...

London Borough level tourism trip estimates (thousands). The ‘top-down’ nature of the Local Area Tourism Impact (LATI) model (starting with London data) means it is best suited to disaggregate expenditure. However, tourism trips were also disaggregated for comparative purposes using the estimated proportions of spending by overseas, domestic and day visitors in the boroughs. Since the trip estimates are derived from...