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City of Westminster Profile 2018 City Profile Introduction City of Westminster Profile 2018 City Profile Introduction Content City of Westminster 1. Title Page 2. Borough Profile Introduction About the City Profile 3. Borough Map The City of Westminster is an Inner 4. Ward Councillors and MPs The City Profile seeks to situate the unique local London borough which holds city status, 5. Summary of Key Statistics characteristics, as well as opportunities and home to just under a quarter of a million 6. Population challenges facing the City of Westminster. By people who make up highly diverse local 7. Diversity harnessing the latest data available detailing a wide communities. 8. Migration Flows variety of urban issues, a picture of the borough 9. New Migrants and wards within it is drawn. To offer further Westminster is world renowned for its 10. Deprivation context, local areas (LSOA), wards and in some theatres and entertainment, as well as 11. Benefit Claimants instances city and country comparisons are offered. national landmarks and districts which 12. Vulnerable Families & Children include Westminster Abbey, Houses of 13. Vulnerable Older People Given the breadth of data sets included in this Parliament, Buckingham Palace, Big Ben, 14. Local Economy document, the dates of the information used vary, Marble Arch, Mayfair, Oxford Street, 15. Economically Active ranging from 2010 to late 2017. Piccadilly Circus, Soho and Trafalgar 16. Housing & Affordability Square. 17. Household Composition 18. Education & Schools The City’s local economy has national 19. Transport, Travel & Visitors clout, contributing over £55bn to the 20. Environment country’s economic output. It is a 21. Health, Care & Wellbeing prestigious business location, housinh the 22. Crime, Disorder & Safety international headquarters of many 23. Civic Engagement & multinational organisations and start ups. Community Cohesion n 24. Service Use & Satisfaction 25. Sources City Map 3 Ward Councillors & MPs MP for Westminster North, Karen Buck, Labour MP for Cities of London and Westminster, Mark Field, Conservative Abbey Road Little Venice Bryanston and Dorset Square St James’s Peter Freeman, Conservative Melvyn Caplan, Conservative Barbara Arzymanow, Conservative Louise Hyams, Conservative Lindsey Hall, Conservative Lorraine Dean, Conservative Richard Beddoe, Conservative Tim Mitchell, Conservative Judith Warner, Conservative Matthew Green, Conservative Eoghain Murphy, Conservative Mark Shearer, Conservative Bayswater Maida Vale Churchill Tachbrook Maggie Carman, Labour Rita Begum, Labour Murad Gassanly, Conservative Jim Glen, Conservative Richard Elcho, Conservative Geoff Barraclough, Labour Andrea Mann, Labour Angela Harvey, Conservative Emily Payne, Conservative Nafsika Butler-Thalassis, Labour Shamim Talukder, Labour James Spencer, Conservative Church Street Queen’s Park Hyde Park Vincent Square Aicha Less, Labour Paul Dimoldenberg, Labour Heather Acton, Conservative Danny Chalkley, Conservative Matt Noble, Labour Patricia McAllister, Labour Ian Adams, Conservative David Harvey, Conservative Aziz Toki, Labour Hamza Taouzzale, Labour Antonia Cox, Conservative Selina Short, Conservative Harrow Road Regent’s Park Knightsbridge and Belgravia Warwick Ruth Bush, Labour Gotz Mohindra, Conservative Tony Devenish, Conservative Nickie Aiken, Conservative Guthrie McKie, Labour Robert Rigby, Conservative Elizabeth Hitchcock, Conservative Christabel Flight, Conservative Tim Roca, Labour Paul Swaddle, Conservative Rachael Robathan, Conservative Jacqui Wilkinson, Conservative Lancaster Gate Westbourne Marylebone High Street West End Susie Burbridge, Conservative David Boothroyd, Labour Iain Bott, Conservative Timothy Barnes, Conservative Robert Davis MBE DL, Conservative Adam Hug, Labour Ian Rowley, Conservative Jonathan Glanz, Conservative Andrew Smith, Conservative Papya Qureshi, Labour Karen Scarborough, Conservative Pancho Lewis, Labour 8 9 Vulnerable Older People: Transport, Travel and Visitors Income Deprivation Affecting Older People, DCLG 2015 Average Public Transport Accessibility Score, Transport for London 2014 Social Exclusion, Based off multiple sources: DLCG 2015, TFL 2014, Census 2011 and Method of Travel to Work, Census 2011 Metropolitan Police Service 2014 Aspiration to Travel More by Mode of Transport, WCC 2017 SOURCES Pension Credits, DCLG 2017 Experimental Day Time Population, WCC 2017 Number of older people supported by Social Care, Bi-Borough Adult Social Care 2017 Population: Local Economy: Environmental Health Mid-Year Estimates, Office for National Statistics (ONS) 2016 Gross Value Added, Estimated by WCC using ONS data 2015 Access to Open Space and Parks, Greenspace Information for Greater London GLA, 2014 Population Projections, Greater London Authority 2015 Count of Businesses, NOMIS 2017 (modelled using MSOA) Use and Satisfaction of Open Space and Parks, City Survey 2017 Number of Start Ups, Banksearch 2017 Air Pollution Measures, Kings College London, 2013 Top Industries, Business Register 2016 Electric Vehicle Charging Bays, WCC Parking, 2017 Diversity: Economically Active: Health, Care and Wellbeing Ethnic Diversity, Census 2011 Median Household Income, CACL Equalized Paycheck 2017 General Health & Long Term Health Problem or Disability, Census 2011 Top 5 Languages Spoken at Home, Census 2011 Young people not in education, employment or training (NEET), ONS 2017 Child Health (Obesity), NHS 2010 Top 10 Nationalities Registered on Electorate, PBI Electorate 2017 Economic Groups, Census 2011 Disability Living Allowance, DWP 2015 Languages Spoken at Home by Pupils, Bi-Borough Children Services: Occupation Classification, Census 2011 Social Care, Bi-Borough Adult Social Care, 2017 Schools 2017 Qualifications Achieved, Census 2011 Life Expectancy at Birth, Office of National Statistics 2015 Length of Time Spent in UK, City Survey 2017 Well-being Index, GLA 2013 Ambulance Attendances, SafeStats London, 2016 Alcohol-related Hospital Admissions, Hospital Episode Statistics, 2016 Active People Survey, Sport England 2016 Migration Flows: Housing and Affordability Crime, Disorder and Safety International and Internal migration, Migrations Indicator Tool, Residential Properties and Tenure, Census 2011 Crime Data, Metropolitan Police Service, November 2017 ONS 2017 City West Homes Households and Lessees, City West Homes 2017 London Fire Brigade Attendances, SafeStats London Average Property Price, Land Registry 2017 Quality of Life Affected by Crime, City Survey 2017 New Migrants: Second Homes located in Ward, WCC Strategic Finance: Council Tax 2015 Second Homes Feeling of Safety, City Survey 2017 Migrant National Insurance number (NINo) registrations, ONS 2017 located outside Ward, Census 2011 Perceptions of Anti-social Behaviour, City Survey Migrant GP Registrations, ONS 2017 Residential Completions, WCC Built Environment: Planning 2017 Modelled Affordability (Median Property Price & Income), WCC 2017 Are you managing financially, City Survey 2017 Deprivation: Household Composition Civic Engagement and Community Cohesion Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD), Department for Communities Household size, Census 2011 Local Elections Turnout and Results, Greater London Authority 2014 and Local Government (DCLG) 2015 Households Composition, Census 2011 Mayoral Elections Turnout and Results, London Elects 2016 Families with Dependent Children, Census 2011 People Get On Well Together, City Survey 2017 Benefit Claimants: Household Living Arrangements, Census 2011 Neighbourhood Interaction, City Survey 2017 Benefits Claimants, NOMIS and Departments for Work and Occupancy Rating (Bedrooms), Census 2011 Volunteering, City Survey 2017 Pensions (DWP) 2016 How Likely and Where Would You Move, City Survey 2017 Vulnerable Families and Children: Education and Schools Service Use & Satisfaction Income Deprivation Affecting Children Index, DCLG 2015 Primary & Secondary Attendance, Bi-Borough Children’s Services: Schools, 2017 Service Usage and Satisfaction, City Survey 2017 Free School Meals, Bi-Borough Children Services: Schools 2017 Qualification Level Achieved, Bi-Borough Children’s Services: Schools 2017 Recycling Use & Satisfaction, City Survey 2017 Average GCSE Scores, Bi-Borough Children’s Services: Schools 2017 Most Popular Local Characteristics, City Survey 2017 Early Year Foundation Score, Bi-Borough Children’s Services: Schools 2017 Council Involvement and Influencing Decisions, City Survey 2017 Special Educational Needs, Bi-Borough Children’s Services: Schools 2017 Active Library Users, Bi-Borough Libraries and Archives 2017 Key Stage 5 Destinations, Department for Education, 2017 25 Pupils by Type of School, Department for Education 2015.
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