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Assessing the impacts of economic growth on climate change and the environment
This study, by Stockholm Environment Institute and Experian, assesses the environmental impact of economic growth in the North East of England. It sets out to answer the question: if the North East region were to be successful in meeting its economic objectives what consequences would this have for the environment? It addresses this question from the perspective of consumption: that is, what impacts arise through the products and services either purchased directly by people living in the North East or purchased on their behalf by government institutions.
Gross Disposable Household Income
In April, the ONS released data showing levels of Gross Disposable Household Income for 2007. As a measure of the spending power of households, this is a complementary economic measure to Gross Value Added (GVA), the most common measure of the strength of a region's economy.
Northumberland Economic Assessment
Northumberland County Council have done a lot of work over the past year on the development of their Local Economic Assessment. The Assessment consists of three broad areas : State of the Economy, Forecasting, and Future Drivers of Change. This is a comprehensive piece of work, and one which the County Council intends to keep up to date and develop further.
Place Survey : the results
The 2008 Place Survey provides information on people's perceptions of their local area and the local services they receive. This release from CLG summarises the headline findings for England and Government Office regions with results for individual local authorities shown in the accompanying tables. The survey collects information on 18 national indicators for local government, used to measure local government performance for 152 county councils, metropolitan district councils, London boroughs and unitary authorities. While the Place Survey is primarily intended for use at a local level, national and regional results are provided for benchmarking purposes.
North East Health Profiles
Local health profiles describe the health of the local population and enable the comparison of indicators describing health and determinants of health at local, regional and national levels. The 2009 health profiles can be accessed via the Health Profiles website.
Compendium of North East Housing and Population data
This report, released in March, presents hundreds of different pieces of information relating to population and housing in North East England together in a clear graphical way in one source document. It intends to inform and advance the population and housing debate in the region by making it easier to find and understand key trends and issues.
Closing the Employability Gap for BME Groups
The North East Equality and Diversity Partnership, funded by One NorthEast, commissioned the Centre for Public Policy at Northumbria University to examine ethnicity and employment in the region. The overall aim of the research was to review and inform the development of key regional labour market policies aimed at strengthening economic inclusion for ethnic minority groups. In doing so, the research has sought to work within the context of the Regional Employability Framework, to inform better understanding of the way in which labour market disadvantage affects different ethnic minority groups in the region, and to inform improved understanding of the barriers for specific groups of people (i.e. by race/faith, gender and age). The report also looks at the effectiveness of interventions in overcoming disadvantages and makes recommendations around the development of regional labour market policies, to quicken the pace in reducing labour market disadvantage for the North East’s ethnic minority groups.