1. Greater London Authority - Intelligence Unit

2. The Mayor’s responsibilities
• transport • policing • housing • planning and development • culture • economic development and regeneration • health inequalities • fire and emergency planning • environmental issues
‘GLA Group’
City Hall – 700 staff
GLA FUNCTIONAL BODIES
Transport for London
(TFL)
Policing and Crime (MOPAC)
London Fire Service (LFEPA)
Olympic legacy (LLDC)
London & Partners
(Tourism, business and students)

3. Other Local government in London
33 London Boroughs responsible for:
Planning (Greater London Authority has responsibility for major projects)
Schools
Waste/recycling
Street lighting
Road maintenance (major roads looked after by Transport for London)
Social housing
Social services
Libraries
Sports/Leisure
Average borough population:
255,000

4. The Intelligence Unit About 40 staff specialising in: Data analysis
Geographic Information System (maps)
Economics
Demography (population)
Census
Crime and safety
Londoner’s opinions and polling

5. The London Datastore
Launched in January
Purpose is to help Researchers, London residents, businesses, academics and others to find data about London.
All free and publicly available to download
550 datasets
Some data are owned by GLA group, some are owned by other organisations, including Office for National Statistics
Dashboard was added in

9. Main sources of data Greater London Authority
Central government departments eg Work & Pensions, Department for Health (NHS), Department for Education etc.
Large government surveys (run usually by ONS or universities).
UK Census (every ten years since 1841).
London boroughs
Private companies

10. Datastore mark II Data publishing more demand led
Increased partnership working
CKAN datastore. Share data with other catalogues and scrape other datatores.
Users can login, request datasets, follow datasets, and upload data

11. Easy to use Search
Refine your results as you go
Download different formats

12. Labour Market data London Labour Market Indicators
GLA Claimant Count Model Output 2013
London's Economy Today
Young People Not in Employment, Education or Training, Borough
Apprenticeships Starts and Completions, Region and Local Authority
Household Income Estimates for Small Areas
London Borough Profiles
NOMIS website (ONS)

13. Crime data
Metropolitan Police Service Recorded Crime Figures and Associated Data
Crime Rates, Borough
Recorded Crime Summary Data for London: LSOA Level
Crime Rates in the Metropolitan Police area by Ward
Monthly Ambulance Service Incidents, Borough
Met Police website

14. For more information Gareth Piggott
Senior Research and Statistical Analyst
Greater London Authority
City Hall
The Queen’s Walk
London SE1 2AA