Local Economic Assessment

The Local Economic Assessment is a statutory requirement to produce a current picture of Hackney's economy and an evidence base for considerations of where policy interventions can be most effective. The LEA is made up of a suite of documents: 

• Labour and skills
• Income and deprivation
• Land use and pressures
• Sub-regional development
• Business and enterprise
• Economy and opportunity

Labour and skills 

• Economy: Labour Demand and Supply (November 2010) (PDF)
• Worklessness Review (January 2011) (PDF)
• Worklessness Needs Assessment (November 2010) (PDF)
• Incapacity Benefit in Hackney (October 2010) (PDF) 

Income and deprivation

• Hackney Index of Multiple Deprivation Data, 2007 - 2010 (Word)
• Crosscutting Impacts of Welfare and Housing Reform (November 2010) (PDF)           

Land use and pressures

• Annual Monitoring Report (2009/10)
• Hackney Retail and Leisure Study (2005) (PDF)
• LDF documents: Employment Growth Options Study (2006), LBH Housing Strategy (2010),   Night Time Economy Study (2005) 

Sub-regional development

• The London Plan

Business and enterprise

• Business Survey (December 2010) (Word) 
• Knowledge and Hi Tech Industries Overview and Workspace needs (2011) (Word)
• The residential economy (2011) (Word) 
• Overview of business and employment base and sub regional market share (2011) (Word)

Economy and opportunity

• Evidence base headline data (Word, 91KB)

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Page updated: 12 Dec 2011