Childhood Obesity in Warwickshire

As reported in our recent newsletter, the Warwickshire Observatory is working with colleagues in Public Health to collect data for the National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP).  The NCMP is part of a national effort to improve children’s health and wellbeing and, every year, children in Reception and Year 6 are weighed and measured.  These measurements are [...]

Minerals & Waste Annual Monitoring Report Published

The 2010/11 Minerals & Waste Development Framework (MWDF) Annual Monitoring Report (AMR) for Warwickshire has been published on 30th December 2011. This report is a statutory document, required by the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act (2004), and will remain so under the new Localism Act 2010, to monitor how we are progressing with the preparation [...]

Handy Collection of Housing Data from Shelter’s Website

Shelter, the housing and homelessness charity organisation, has gathered a range of useful housing datasets within each of the following themes:  Housing Need Affordability Supply Social and Welfare  A tool providing these datasets can be accessed here. These data are taken from the relevant government organisations. They are available at district level, if needed, with [...]

Mid-2009 population estimates released

On 24th June 2010, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) released their annual, local authority level mid-year population estimates for 2009. According to the 2009 mid-year estimates, the population of the United Kingdom stands at 61.8 million, with 51.8 million living in England. The total population of Warwickshire is estimated at 535,100 – an increase [...]

New Disability Stats released by ONS

The Office for National Statistics have recently released a dataset which estimates the number and proportion of people aged 16 and over who are classed as being disabled under the Disability Discrimination Act* definition.  This shows that there are estimated to be 80,000 disabled people living in Warwickshire which equates to 19% of the over [...]

Latest Minerals & Waste Annual Monitoring Report is published

The 2008/09 Minerals & Waste Development Framework (MWDF) Annual Monitoring Report (AMR) has been published on 31st December 2009. This report is a statutory document, required by the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act (2004) to monitor how we are progressing with the preparation of the new MWDF and how well the key objectives, currently based [...]