UK Economic Performance

Data out today shows that the UK economy shrank by -0.2% between the fourth quarter 2011 and the first quarter 2012.  Quarterly change since 2008 is here.  The ONS also revised their estimate of the change between Q3 2011 and Q4 2011, from -0.2% to -0.3%.  It is also worth noting that the UK economy is still smaller than at the start of the recession.

Energy use linked to deprivation

Data from DECC

Areas with per capita energy consumption below 5000 kilowatt hours

Methodology: 

• calculate a deprivation score from the 2009 SIMD for each Intermediate Datazone using a weighted average;
• rank in order in order so that 1 equals the most deprived; 
• similarly, rank the per capita energy use so that 1 equals the lowest use;
• work out the difference so that, for example, a negative score shows that the use ranking is higher than the deprivation ranking, and vice versa;
• dark green areas in the map show where the negative difference is greatest.

The two datazones covering Milton are relatively highly deprived and also have relatively high levels of per capita energy consumption.


Possible explanations:
People consume energy up to the point to which they can afford it

April 2012 Stats

Latest Labour Market Data for Glasgow (April 2012)

Hover over this for further explanation, comments , and Scottish data

Ward Details April 2012

Basic details of Glasgow Multi-Member Wards as at April 2012.

Maps from fusion tables

See this link to data for the old CHCP areas.


Alternately, see the embedded map below, and click on each of the five areas to get a selection of data.