DLUHC figures show there were 174,600 new dwellings completed in England in 2022/23, those account for 0.7% of dwelling stock https://t.co/XXZt4AlPcq This is 3,400 more than in 2021/22. Wiltshire with 2,510 new dwellings saw the highest amount. See LG Inform for your area
Today we're launching our new sector support programme – featuring a huge range of councillor & officer development opportunities & enhanced post-election & governance support – to help local authorities deliver the improvement & change they want to see👇
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Getting information about your council is made easier by our award-winning data benchmarking platform LG Inform – it brings together more than 11,000 performance, financial, demographic & contextual data items about your council & local area.
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DLUHC 2022 figures show the number of dwellings in England at 25,160,404 up 232,816. Tower Hamlets saw highest increase with 4,203 additional dwellings. Kensington & Chelsea has 73.75 dwellings per hectare compared to a mean LA dwelling density of 8.38 https://t.co/wa1lrdoYAj
The Council tax average Band D tax bill in England for 2023/24 will be £2,065 up from £1,965 in 2022/23 according to government figures. See LG Inform for the amount paid by residents in your area. Westminster has the lowest at £914 & Rutland the highest at £2,422 for Band D
See our Fly-tipping incidents report. Defra figures show 1,091,019 incidents in England for 21/22, down from 1,138,347 in 20/21. London bucked this trend with 21,015 (5.2%) more incidents. There were 506,969 enforcement actions in England, up from 455,467
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See @LGInform's new DfT data showing the number of publicly available electric vehicle charging devices in your area. England now has 31,466 devices compared to 24,159 at the start of 2022. Coventry is now 2nd with 903 devices, after Westminster with 1,832
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Applications are now open to councils (and organisations working with them) to be part of our Innovation Zone at the LGA Annual Conference in Bournemouth (4–6 July 2023).
Applications will close on 27 February – find out more or apply now! 👇
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New @DWPgovuk data shows that there are a record number of Personal Independence Payment claims in England.
In Oct. 2022 2,609,559 people were on PIP, up by 307,091 from Oct. 2021.
⬇️See LG Inform for your local area.
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@luhc data shows that Households in temporary accommodation per (000s) in England was 3.98 (95,060 households), but for London it was 15.69 in 2021/22 Q4 https://t.co/XpBBDeRpng
See LG Inform: Understanding Homelessness for your area https://t.co/kbvIM26Ooo
% of people aged 40-70 that received an NHS Health Check of those offered for 2021/22 was 40.5%, with the highest rate 49.0% in London and the lowest 34.5% in West Midlands.
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Diagnosis rate of dementia for people aged 65+ in England (May 2022) is currently at 61.9% according to NHS Digital. South West region has the lowest rate at 57.3%. Pre-pandemic (May 2019) the diagnosis rate for England was 68.6%.
See for your local area
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The Mean gender pay gap for English authorities for 21/22 is 5%. In 237 local authorities males are paid a higher hourly rate and in 61 females are higher. The pay gap 📉 in 41% of authorities since 20/21.
See the Gender Pay Gap report to compare areas: https://t.co/otDdVeAdoT
A new digital resource for Location Intelligence in public services:
View the collection of new videos on @Socitm website for engaging with decision-makers to explain location intelligence for public services (partnered with @LGAcomms & @GeoPlaceLLP)
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This new @Socitm & @GeoPlaceLLP video series demonstrates the business case for using location intelligence in local government – and how to do it.
Access the videos & find out more about location intelligence & the Unique Property Reference Number 👇
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