South West Observatory - Local Economy and Environmental Sustainablilty

Local Economy and Environmental Sustainability

Handbook of Definitions: Annex 4: Indicator definitions: Local Economy and Environmental Sustainability 1.3 MB PDF document download.

NI Number	Definition of Indicator
NI 151	Overall employment rate
Resources	Published in the Sub-regional Economic Indicator series on the Business & Economy Module (BEM) website - Table 10a Sub-regional Economic Indicator series Published in the Economic Development section on the Skills & Learning Intelligence Module (SLIM )website: Economic Development
NI 152	Working age people on out of work benefits
Resources	Published in the Sub-regional Economic Indicator series on the BEM website - Table 11 Sub-regional Economic Indicator series Published in the Economic Development section on the SLIM website: Economic Development
NI 153	Working age people claiming out of work benefits in the worst performing neighbourhoods
Resources	Department for Work & Pensions - Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study - Benefit data Department for Work & Pensions - Work & Pensions Longitudinal Study
NI 154	Net additional homes provided
Resources	Resource currently unavailable
NI 155	Number of affordable homes delivered (gross)
Resources	The Housing Corporation information management system provides a breakdown of centrally funded 'social rent' and 'intermediate' units. Local authority returns to Communities: - HSSA provides information on units funded solely through planning agreements (S106) P2 - local authority new build social rent.
NI 156	Number of households living in Temporary Accommodation
Resources	P1E data - total households in temporary accommodation.
NI 157	Processing of planning applications as measured against targets for 'major', 'minor' and 'other' application types
Resources	From CLG-PS2 form. CLG - CPS1/2 form for county councils.
NI 158	% decent council homes
Resources	Business Plan Statistical Appendix from the LA.
NI 159	Supply of ready to develop housing sites
Resources	Local Planning Authority.
NI 160	Local authority tenants' satisfaction with landlord services
Resources	Representative sample surveys of tenants carried out by local authorities in accordance with the guidance. (Guidance will specify that local authorities must use the STATUS standard tenant satisfaction survey. This was previously specified for the BVPI tenant satisfaction surveys so there will be continuity in methods and authorities, regulators and residents will be able to track results over time.)
NI 161	Learners achieving a Level 1 qualification in literacy
Resources	Published in the Qualifications & Skills section on the SLIM website: Qualifications and Skills
NI 162	Learners achieving an Entry Level 3 qualification in numeracy
Resources	Published in the Qualifications & Skills section on the SLIM website: Qualifications and Skills
NI 163	Working age population qualified to at least Level 2 or higher
Resources	Published in the Qualifications & Skills section on the SLIM website: Qualifications and Skills
NI 164	Working age population qualified to at least Level 3 or higher
Resources	Published in the Qualifications & Skills section on the SLIM website: Qualifications and Skills
NI 165	Working age population qualified to at least Level 4 or higher
Resources	Published in the Qualifications & Skills section on the SLIM website: Qualifications and Skills
NI 166	Average earnings of employees in the area
Resources	Published in the Sub-regional Economic Indicator series on the BEM website - Table 17 Sub-regional Economic Indicator series
NI 167	Congestion - average journey time per mile during the morning peak
Resources	Journey time data are collected centrally by an independent contractor of DfT, through GPS devices in around 50,000 vehicles which record speed and location. These are then collated, digitally mapped and matched to the road network. Traffic flows, used for weighting, to be collected once by local authorities for weighting routes within the indicator, as described under definition.
NI 168	Principal roads where maintenance should be considered
Resources	Local highway authority.
NI 169	Non-principal roads where maintenance should be considered
Resources	Local highway authority.
NI 170	Previously developed land that has been vacant or derelict for more than 5 years
Resources	None specified in draft guidance on definitions but should be Local Authority.
NI 171	VAT registration rate
Resources	Published in the Sub-regional Economic Indicator series on the BEM website - Table 5
NI 172	VAT registered businesses in the area showing growth
Resources	Published by ONS ONS - IDBR Datasets: VAT Based Enterprises by Ward
NI 173	People falling out of work and on to incapacity benefits
Resources	Published by the Department for Work & Pensions - IB 5% Terminations database; and the ONS Labour Force Survey. Office for National Statistics - Labour Force Survey
NI 174	Skills gaps in the current workforce reported by employers
Resources	Published on the SLIM website: Economic Development Skills in the South West - Gaps and Priorities
NI 175	Access to services and facilities by public transport, walking and cycling
Resources	Local authority. Where a core indicator is used this will be derived from information published by DfT.
NI 176	Working age people with access to employment by public transport (and other specified modes)
Resources	Detailed in the Department for Transport 2005 Core Accessibility Indicators technical report. DfT 2005 Core Accessibility Indicators
NI 177	Local bus passenger journeys originating in the authority area
Resources	Bus Companies with agreed local adjustments or DfT approved on-board passenger surveys carried out by the authority. All survey estimates must exclude infants under 5 years old.
NI 178	Bus services running on time
Resources	Bus Company data (including electronic information) with local authority spot surveys. Or PTE/local authority electronic monitoring subject to DfT approval.
NI 179	Value for money - total net value of ongoing cash-releasing value for money gains that have impacted since the start of the 2008-09 financial year
Resources	Local Authorities.
NI 180	Changes in Housing Benefit/ Council Tax Benefit entitlements within the year
Resources	Data is collected by a scan of the local authorities benefit systems, which they then submit to DWP. The denominator will be calculated by DWP.
NI 181	Time taken to process Housing Benefit/ Council Tax Benefit new claims and change events
Resources	Existing HB data extract returned to DWP by authorities on a monthly basis. The score is calculated by DWP.
NI 182	Satisfaction of businesses with local authority regulation services
Resources	Survey of business customers.
NI 183	Impact of local authority regulatory services on the fair trading environment
Resources	CD database and a source still to be determined on business numbers.
NI 184	Food establishments in the area which are broadly compliant with food hygiene law
Resources	LA data transferred electronically to the Food Standards Agency database.
NI 185	CO2 reduction from Local Authority operations
Resources	Data to be provided by Local Authority using spreadsheet tool (published on the Defra website).
NI 186	Per capita reduction in CO2 emissions in the LA area
Resources	Published in the Local Area Agreements section on the Environment website: Local Area Agreements Local Data
NI 187	Tackling fuel poverty - people receiving income based benefits living in homes with a low energy efficiency rating
Resources	SAP survey results and additional benefit recipient question.
NI 188	Adapting to climate change
Resources	Local Authority.
NI 189	Flood and coastal erosion risk management
Resources	Data will be provided by the Environment Agency in accordance with their supervisory duty relating to flooding and / or 'strategic overview' for FCERM at the coast.
NI 190	Achievement in meeting standards for the control system for animal health
Resources	Not for implementation until 2009/10.
NI 191	Residual household waste per head
Resources	Published in the Local Area Agreements section on the Environment website: Local Area Agreements Local Data
NI 192	Household waste recycled and composted
Resources	Published in the Local Area Agreements section on the Environment website: Local Area Agreements Local Data
NI 193	Municipal waste landfilled
Resources	Published in the Local Area Agreements section on the Environment website: Local Area Agreements Local Data
NI 194	Level of air quality - reduction in NOx and primary PM10 emissions through local authority's estate and operations
Resources	Local authorities should have all the information (e.g. on energy & vehicle use) required, or be able to obtain it, to feed into the emissions tool to calculate the emissions for both NOx and PM10, and will be able to draw on the activity data for the CO2.
NI 195	Improved street and environmental cleanliness (levels of graffiti, litter, detritus and fly posting)
Resources	Local Authority
NI 196	Improved street and environmental cleanliness - fly tipping
Resources	Published in the Local Area Agreements section on the Environment website: Local Area Agreements Local Data
NI 197	Improved local biodiversity - active management of local sites
Resources	Local Sites Partnership.
NI 198	Children travelling to school - mode of travel usually used
Resources	Collection of mode of travel to school data via the School Census route is mandatory at pupil level for all schools with an approved school travel plan. Schools without an approved school travel plan may either supply data via the School Census on a voluntary basis or via a survey carried out by their local authority.

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Last Updated: 29th April 2008