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Affordable housing
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There is no universally-agreed definition, but it includes low-cost market and subsidised housing (irrespective of tenure, ownership - whether exclusive or shared - or financial arrangements) that will be available to people who cannot afford to rent or buy houses generally available on the open market
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Anti-social behaviour
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A range of problems, including noisy neighbours, abandoned cars, vandalism, graffiti, litter and youth nuisance
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AONB
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Areas of Outstanding National Beauty - designated primarily for the conservation of landscape
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British Crime Survey
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Measures crime in England and Wales by asking people about crimes they have experienced in the last year
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CDSC
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Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre
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Census
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A ten yearly count of all people and households, last held on 29th April 01; the most complete source of information about the population
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CHI
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Commission for Health Improvement
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Children’s Fund
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Part of the Government's agenda to support disadvantaged children and young people, targeting 5 - 13 year olds
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CPRE
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Campaign to Protect Rural England
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Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership
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A combination of police, local authorities and other organisations and businesses working together to tackle crime and disorder at the local level
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DCMS
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Department for Culture, Media and Sport
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Defra
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Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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Deprived SOA
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Taken here as being in the most deprived 10% in England
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DfES
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Department for Education and Skills
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DfT
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Department for Transport
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DoWP
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Department of Work and Pensions
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DTI
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Department of Trade and Industry
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Dwelling
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A self-contained unit of accommodation
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Economically Active
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Employed (including self-employed), unemployed and actively looking for work, are on a government supported employment and training programme, or are working unpaid for a family member
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FDI
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Foreign Direct Investment
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GCE/VCE
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General Certificate of Education/Vocational Certificate of Education
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GCSE/GNVQ
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General Certificate of Secondary Education/General National Vocational Qualification
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GDHI
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Gross Disposable Household Income
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GOSW
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Government Office for the South West
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Group Training Associations
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Work-based training providers
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GVA
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Gross Value Added - a measure of total economic output
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HDA
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Health Development Agency
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HEIs
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Higher Education Institutions
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HFR
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Housing Flows Return - ODPM monitoring of changing dwelling numbers
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Household
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One person living alone, or a group of people (not necessarily related) living at the same address with common housekeeping - that is, sharing either a living room or sitting room or at least one meal a day
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Housing Associations
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The main providers of new social housing, overseen by boards of volunteers
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HtFVs
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Hard to Fill Vacancies
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Index of Multiple Deprivation
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A widely used small area index of economic, health, educational and social deprivation produced by ODPM
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Jurassic Coast
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World Heritage Site from Exmouth to Studland Bay
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LEA
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Local Education Authority
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LFA
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Less-Favoured Area - Upland areas where additional subsidies to farming apply
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LFS
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Labour Force Survey - a quarterly sample survey of households living at private addresses in Great Britain. Its purpose is to provide information on the UK labour market
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Listed buildings
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Those of special architectural or historic interest designated for protection by DCMS, on advice from English Heritage
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LUCS
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Land Use Change Statistics, collected by Ordnance Survey
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Natural Change
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Population change resulting from the difference between birth and death rates - not migration
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NHBC
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National House-Building Council
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NOAA-NESDIS
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (USA)
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NOMIS
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A web-based database of labour market statistics
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NUTS
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Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics. The SW is a NUTS1 area; there are four NUTS2 areas in the region - Cornwall and Isles of Scilly, Devon, Dorset and Somerset, and Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and North Somerset (which includes all the former Avon area).
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ODPM
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Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
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ONS
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Office for National Statistics
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PPG3
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Planning Policy Guidance Note 3 (on Housing) from ODPM
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PSV
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Public Service Vehicle
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R&D
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Research and Development
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RCDF
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Regional Cultural Data Framework
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RES
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Regional Economic Strategy
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RPG10
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Regional Planning Guidance 10 (South West)
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S106 agreements
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Contractual agreements entered into between a local planning authority and a developer that determine what proportion of units provided in residential developments will be designated as affordable housing units
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SAC
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Special Areas of Conservation, under the European Union Habitat's Directive
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Scheduled Ancient Monuments
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Archaeological Sites designated by DCMS, so that permission is required for works to the monument
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SEN
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Special Educational Needs
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SFR
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Statistical First Release
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SIC(92)
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Standard Industrial Classification (1992 version)
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SMEs
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Small and Medium Enterprises - Those employing fewer than 250 people
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SMR
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Standardized Mortality Rates
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SOA (Super output area)
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2001 Census-based statistical reporting unit. The 'lower tier' SOAs have an average of 1500 residents
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Social housing
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Housing owned and/or managed by a local authority or housing association
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SPA
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Special Protection Area, under the European Union Directive on the conservation of wild birds
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SRA
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Strategic Rail Authority
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SRR
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Standardised Registration Ratio, measuring registrations of disease
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SWRA
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South West Regional Assembly
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SWRDA
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South West Regional Development Agency
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THI
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Total Household Income
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Type 2 diabetes
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A type of diabetes that tends to develop in those over 30, often those who are overweight
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UNESCO
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United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
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Urban & rural
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The definitions used here are those from the Countryside Agency based on 1991 wards and local authority areas. They will be superseded in 2004
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World Heritage Site
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Sites of cultural, industrial and natural heritage designated by UNESCO
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