London s gross value added per head was 32 per cent above the average for the United Kingdom in 2004, while in Wales it was 21 per cent below.
Source: Regional Gross Value Added, Office for National Statistics (0845 601 3034)
Links: Report
Date: 2005-Dec
Sustainable development indicators for 2005 indicated that all regions had made improvements in areas including employment, burglary and vehicle crime, pensioner poverty, fuel poverty, household waste recycling rates, and river water quality.
Source: Regional Sustainable Development Indicators 2005, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (08459 556000)
Links: Report | DEFRA press release
Date: 2005-Dec
A report described the dynamics of the United Kingdom population. It included information on changes in the age structure of the UK, as well as on population growth and the role of fertility and migration in driving population change. Since 2001, more people had migrated from southern regions to the rest of the UK than migrated in the other direction - this was a significant reversal of the almost unbroken southward net migration flow since at least 1971.
Source: Focus on People and Migration, Office for National Statistics (0845 601 3034)
Links: Report | Population Trends article | ONS press release
Date: 2005-Dec
An analysis said that households in London spent the most, at 484 a week, averaged over the three years 2002-03 to 2004-05: households in the North East spent the least, at 346,
Source: Catherine Gibbins and Georgina Julian (eds.), Family Spending: A report on the 2004-05 Expenditure and Food Survey, Office for National Statistics, Palgrave Macmillan (01256 329242)
Links: Report | ONS press release
Date: 2005-Nov
An analysis was published showing public expenditure as a proportion of national income for each region and country in the United Kingdom. The proportion was found to vary considerably between different regions and countries, from 32.6 per cent in the south east of England to 67.0 per cent in Northern Ireland. London had the highest proportionate level of spending on transport, Wales had the highest level of spending on sports and culture, while the north east of England had the highest spending on health.
Source: Douglas McWilliams, How Public Money is Spent in Each Region and Country of the UK, Centre for Economic and Business Research (020 7324 2850)
Links: Report (pdf)
Date: 2005-May
Household income estimates were published for the 12 regions and countries of the United Kingdom, 37 sub-regions and 133 groups of unitary authorities or districts. There were new figures for the period 2000-2003, and revisions for 1995-1999. In 2003, the region with the highest gross disposable household income per capita was London, at 15,235; the north-east region had the lowest, at 10,787.
Source: Regional Household Income, Office for National Statistics (0845 601 3034)
Links: Report (pdf)
Date: 2005-Apr