Apprenticeships The number of apprenticeship starts and achievements a year fell sharply during the Covid 19 pandemic, both in London and across England as a whole, which is not surprising in the context of both the restrictions and the economic circumstances. However, the number has fallen further in the latest year, when all restrictions have been removed, but with the new...

NEET Since 2015, all young people aged under 18 in England must be in some sort of training, whether that is in a more academic setting or alongside employment. The data used to look at young adults not in education, employment or training (NEET) therefore cover the 18-24 age group, rather than the 16-24 group previously used elsewhere. The proportion of young...

No / Low Qualifications London has a relatively well qualified population, with more than 60 per cent of the population holding at least a National Qualifications Framework Level 4 qualification – higher than A level or equivalent standard. Just over one in ten London residents of working age has no or low qualifications, decreasing steadily from around 18 per cent in...

KS4 Achievement The pupils at London’s schools have higher GCSE scores than those from any other region. The average “Attainment 8” score, which gives a score across various core and optional elements, is more complex than the previous GCSE measures. London pupils do better than those across England as a whole on each element of the Attainment 8 score and across...

School Readiness Early Years Foundation Stage tests have shown higher levels of school readiness among London’s young children than those in nearly every other region of England. Only the South East scores higher overall. This regional disparity has remained for the 2022/23 data, though the Early Years Foundation Stage Profile (EYFSP) has been significantly revised since the previous data available (2019*),...

Parental Employment There are a number of attributes associated with reduced rates of employment. Among these is motherhood. Fathers have very high employment rates, with over 90 per cent of fathers in London and the UK as a whole in employment. This is around 20 percentage points higher than employment rates among men who are not living in a parental role....

Underutility Another of the ways in which London’s workforce is not fulfilling its potential is the number of people working in jobs for which they are overqualified. In many parts of the workforce, this is extremely difficult to quantify. Estimates for graduates working in roles that do not require a degree-level qualification have fallen substantially in recent years to only a...

Employment Gaps The employment gap presented here for London is the percentage point difference between the employment rate for one group and that for another, comparative, group of London residents. The employment gap between London’s male and female working age residents is eight percentage points, as the percentage of London’s women aged 16-64 in employment is 71 per cent, while the...

3-year average median equivalised weekly income after housing costs (AHC) indexed to 2022/23 prices. This dataset is one of the Greater London Authority's measures of Economic Fairness. Click here to find out more.

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Disposable Income Disposable household income after basic housing costs – rent, mortgage interest payments, council tax etc, but not fuel or food – is around £623 per week for a household formed of a couple with no children at the middle of the income distribution and in London, now above the national amount, with the difference having grown in recent years To...