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Social & Economic Indicators

in

The United Kingdom

Parliamentary Constituencies

Administrative Authorities

Geographic Areas & Wards

These databases provide the Social and Economic Indicators for each Parliamentary Constituency, Administrative Authority, or Geographic Area. The headings below are an explanation of the data contained in both the Summary Edition and the Full Database on each Parliamentary Constituency, Administrative Authority, and Geographic Area.

The chapter contents shown below is for the Summary Edition for each Parliamentary Constituency, Administrative Authority, or Geographic Area:

Preface

The Economic Data Institute

About this Document

Summary Edition

Full Database

Financial Database

Database Geographic Coverage

1. Introduction

Psychology or Psychiatry?

The Brexit Psychopathy

Paying for Brexit

And then there was… the World Trade Organisation Rules

The Brexit Effect

The Case for the Pre-Qualification of Parliamentary Candidates

Psychopathy, Politicians, and Brexit

Psychopathy Characteristic

Symptoms & Presentation

Coverage for Parliamentary Constituency, Administrative Authority, or Geographic Area

2. The Social Situation

2.1 Redacted on confidentiality grounds

2.2 Redacted on confidentiality grounds

2.3 Social Wellbeing

2.3.1 Child Abuse

2.3.2 Hunger

2.3.3 Poverty

2.3.4 Literacy

2.3.5 Health

2.3.6 Homelessness

2.3.7 Housing

2.3.8 Deprivation

2.3.9 Mental Health

2.4 Public Attitudes

2.4.1 Racism

2.4.2 Social Attitudes & Disorders

2.5 Politics & Government

2.5.1 Government Mismanagement

2.5.2 Government Incompetence

2.5.3 Public Opinion of Politicians & Government

2.5.4 Political and Government Performance

2.5.5 Ratings of the Government Departments and Agencies

The Economic Situation

2.6 Business

2.6.1 Macro-Economic Stability

2.6.2 Fiscal Stability

2.6.3 Currency Risk

2.6.4 Business Viability

2.6.5 Financial Viability

The Business Situation

2.6.6 Business Drivers & Business Constraints

2.6.7 Industrial Relations

2.6.8 Skilled Labour Availability & Shortages

2.6.9 Productivity

2.6.10 Productivity Factors

2.6.11 Doing Business in the Geographic Area

2.6.12 Personal Income & Debt

2.6.13 Business Planning

2.6.14 Business Management

2.6.15 Business Finance

2.6.16 Corporate Debt & Financing

2.6.17 SMEs & Start-up Financing

2.6.18 Employment

2.6.19 Continuation of UK / EU relationships

2.6.20 Company Investment

2.6.21 Company Surveys

2.6.22 Financial Services Surveys

2.6.23 Retail & Wholesale Surveys

2.6.24 Service Industries Surveys

2.6.25 Business Satisfaction Surveys

2.6.26 SMEs and Professionals Financing

2.6.27 Sources of Start-up Financing

2.6.28 Business Expectations Surveys

2.6.29 Business Skills

2.6.30 Workplace Sabotage

2.7 Investment

The Investment Situation

Business Investment Decisions

2.7.1 Investment Stability

2.7.2 Inward Investments

3. Social Data

3.1 Child Abuse

3.1.1 Children’s Malnutrition Conditions

3.1.2 Childhood Food Insecurity

3.1.3 Childhood Persistent Hunger

3.1.4 Childhood Daytime Hunger

3.1.5 Childhood Learning Impairment due to Hunger

3.1.6 Child Cruelty & Abandonment

3.1.7 Child Abuse by Legal Authority

3.1.8 Maternal Care and Mental Health in Children

3.1.9 Maternal Deprivation

3.1.10 Child Slavery and Prostitution

3.2 Hunger

Freedom from Hunger Rank

3.2.1 Maternal Medical Conditions

3.2.2 Elderly Adult’s Medical Conditions

3.2.3 Disabled Adult’s Medical Conditions

3.2.4 Adult’s Medical Conditions

3.2.5 Malnutrition Induced Medical Conditions

3.2.6 Nutritional Deficiency Medical Conditions

3.2.7 Food Insecurity and Hunger

3.2.8 Hunger Induced Disorders

3.2.9 Mothers Missing Meals

3.3 Poverty

Absolute Poverty

Extreme Poverty

Functional Poverty

Disposable Income & Income Inequality

3.3.1 Poverty Levels

3.3.2 Poverty Indicators & Risks

3.3.3 Insufficient Income indicators of Poverty

3.3.4 Inadequate Employment indicators of Poverty

3.3.5 Hunger & Insufficient Food

3.3.6 Homelessness

3.3.7 Inadequate Utilities

3.3.8 Inadequate Health Services

3.3.9 Inadequate Basic Possessions

3.3.10 Employment Deprivation

3.3.11 Educational Deprivation

3.3.12 Inadequate Services

3.3.13 Asset Poverty

3.3.14 Location Deprivation

3.3.15 Social Exclusion & Denial

3.3.16 Class Genocide

3.4 Literacy

3.4.1 Poverty & Literacy

Literacy of the General Population

Per Capita GDP by Purchasing Power Parity

Literacy, Poverty and Life Expectancy

3.4.2 General Literacy

3.4.3 Functional Literacy

3.4.4 Literacy Disparities

Health Literacy Disparities & Liabilities

3.4.5 Health Literacy

3.4.6 Healthcare System Literacy

3.4.7 Health Service Literacy Factors

3.4.8 Health Literacy & Self-Awareness

3.4.9 Health Literacy and Patient Safety and Outcomes

3.4.10 Low Health Literacy and the Cost Impact

3.4.11 Health Literacy amongst Health Service Employees

3.4.12 Literacy & Homelessness Patients

3.4.13 Identification of Problems with Low Health Literacy

3.4.14 General Awareness of Health Literacy Improvement Efforts

3.4.15 Public Online Health Literacy

3.4.16 Health Literacy Improvement by State Agencies & Sources

3.4.17 Financial Burden imposed by Low Health Literacy

3.4.18 Teaching Disparities caused by Low Literacy

3.4.19 Development Disparities caused by Low Literacy

3.4.20 Economic Disparities & Liabilities caused by Low Literacy

3.4.21 Human Rights Disparities caused by Low Literacy

3.4.22 National Disparities caused by Low Literacy

3.4.23 Crime & Poverty caused by Low Literacy

3.4.24 Civil Service Incompetence & Misconduct caused by Low Literacy

3.5 Health

3.5.1 Public Health Concern Communication to State Agencies

3.5.2 State Agencies Ability to Recognise Patient Issues

3.5.3 Public Attitude towards Pro-Active Health Initiatives

3.5.4 Public Liability to cover unconsidered Health Costs

3.5.5 Information Technology Use by the Health Services

3.6 Homelessness

3.6.1 Responsible Authority failure to provide Housing

3.6.2 Homeless Person Causes

3.6.3 Responsible Authority Homeless Persons Performance

3.7 Housing

3.7.1 Housing Inadequacies & Slums

3.7.2 Housing Related Issues

3.7.3 Housing Related Personal Indications

3.8 Deprivation

3.8.1 Relative Deprivation

3.8.2 Social deprivation

3.8.3 Employment Deprivation

Legal Deprivation

3.8.4 Legal Abuse

3.8.5 Police Failure to Investigate

3.8.6 Cultural Deprivation

3.8.7 Sleep Deprivation

3.9 Mental Health

Physical & Psychological Stress, Conditions & Deprivations

3.9.1 Manifestations of Psychological Stress

3.9.2 Asocial Tendencies

3.9.3 Anti-social Behaviours

3.9.4 Antisocial Personality Disorder

3.9.5 Personality Disorders diagnosed in Patients in Functional Poverty

3.9.6 Psychopathy

4. Public Attitudes

4.1 Racism, Hate, and Paranoia in the United Kingdom

4.2 Social Attitudes & Disorders

4.2.1 Negative Social Attitudes

4.2.2 Social Disorders

4.2.3 Racial Attitudes

4.2.4 Correlated Empathy Attitudes for those with Racist Attitudes

4.2.5 Correlated Societal Attitudes for those with Racist Attitudes

4.2.6 Age Discrimination

4.2.7 Race Discrimination

4.2.8 Disability Discrimination

4.2.9 Gender Discrimination

4.2.10 Education Discrimination

4.2.11 Religion Discrimination

4.2.12 Sexuality Discrimination

4.2.13 Skin Tone Discrimination

4.2.14 Obesity Discrimination

5. Politics & Government

Rhetoric and Political Illiteracy

Data sources on Politicians, the Civil Service, and Public Servants

Datasets on Politicians, the Civil Service, and Public Servants

5.1 Government Incompetence and Mismanagement

5.2 Example of Government Incompetence & Mismanagement

5.3 Public Opinion of Politicians & Government

5.3.1 Confidence in Government

5.3.2 Rating Government Performance

5.3.3 Perceptions of Government

5.3.4 Perceptions of the Current Situation

5.3.5 Personal Impact of Government Policies

5.4 Political and Government Performance

5.4.1 Personal Views on Government

5.4.2 Personal Views on Government Regulation

5.4.3 Personal views on Government Fiscal Policy

5.4.4 Perceptions regarding Elections

5.4.5 Correlation: IQ Level -v- Feelings of Paranoia

5.4.6 Political Opportunism in Targeting Sections of the Public

5.5 Ratings of the Government Departments & Agencies

5.5.1 Government Departments and Agencies

5.5.2 Government Departments and Agencies

Civil Service Performance

5.5.3 Higher Management Civil Service Performance

5.5.4 Executive and Administrative Grades Performance

5.5.5 Ministerial Department Competency

5.5.6 Non-Ministerial Department Competency

5.5.7 Departmental Complaints Ranking

5.5.8 Departmental Ministerial Incompetence

5.5.9 Complaints about Government Departments

5.5.10 Psychopathy associated with the Civil Service & Public Servants

Civil Service and Public Sector Organisations

Critical Personal Debt / Repayment Level

Personal Debt Repayment Problems

Substance or Alcoholic Addiction

Risk or Gambling Addiction

Social or Sexual Misconduct

Regulatory or Criminal Misconduct

Instances of Racial Abuse or Comments

Instances of Homophobic / Gender Abuse

Instances of Religious Abuse / Comments

Instances of Black or Ethnic Abuse

Instances of Abuse of Foreigners

Supporting Right-Wing / Fringe Politics

5.5.11 Civil Service Graft & Potential Public Servant Security Threats

Civil Service Employee Tenure %

Resignation and employment with a government supplier, contractor or lobby

Resignation and 'consultant' work with a government supplier, contractor or lobby

Potentially a security threat due to inducement or coercion: Substance / Alcohol Abuse

Potentially a security threat due to inducement or coercion: Debt / Gambling

Potentially a security threat due to inducement or coercion: Criminal or Sexual misconduct

Civil Service and Public Sector Issues, Performance and Attitudes

5.5.12 Civil Service and Public Sector Performance

5.5.13 Government Departments & Agencies Performance

6. Business

6.1 Macro-Economic Stability

6.2 Fiscal Stability

6.3 Currency Stability

6.4 Business Viability

6.5 Financial Viability

Financial data

6.5.1 Company Balance Sheet Data

6.5.2 Financial Margins & Ratios Data

6.6 Business Drivers & Business Constraints

6.6.1 Business Drivers

6.6.2 Customer Drivers

6.6.3 Demand Drivers

6.6.4 Competitive Drivers

6.6.5 Cost Drivers

6.6.6 Distribution Drivers

6.6.7 Product Drivers

6.6.8 Political Drivers

6.6.9 Ethical Drivers

6.6.10 Industry Drivers

6.6.11 Technological Drivers

6.6.12 Environmental Drivers

6.6.13 Legal Drivers

6.6.14 Social Drivers

6.6.15 Economic Drivers

6.6.16 Government Drivers

6.7 Industrial Relations

6.7.1 Management Communication Survey

6.7.2 Employee Satisfaction Survey

6.7.3 Experiences with upper management

6.7.4 Employee Attitude Survey

6.7.5 Employee Job Satisfaction

6.8 Labour Availability & Shortages

6.8.1 Employee Retention

6.9 Productivity

6.9.1 Productivity Outlook

Management

Low Literacy in the Workplace

Staff Training & IT System inefficacy

Workplace and Environmental Conditions

6.9.2 Personal Standards & Discipline of Workers

Psychopathy in the Workplace

Workplace Sabotage

The Productivity Paradox

6.9.3 Brexit Malaise & Hostility to foreign owners

6.10 Productivity Factors

6.10.1 Key Productivity Factors

6.10.2 Organisation & Planning

6.10.3 Employee productivity

6.10.4 Coordination within workgroups

6.10.5 Defined roles and responsibilities

6.10.6 Job Satisfaction and Worker Contentment

6.10.7 Inadequate IT and Operational Systems

6.10.8 Factors for productivity improvement

6.10.9 Teamwork within workgroups

6.10.10 Desire to stay with organisation

6.10.11 Psychosocial Risks and Stress

6.11 Doing Business in the United Kingdom

6.12 Personal Income & Debt

6.13 Business Planning

6.13.1 History of Business Planning

6.13.2 History of Key Performance Indicators

6.13.3 History of Business Success

6.14 Business Management

6.14.1 Company Stewardship

6.14.2 History of managing innovation

6.14.3 History of customer knowledge

6.14.4 History of managing physical assets

6.14.5 History of market knowledge

6.14.6 History of service effectiveness

6.14.7 History of business improvement

6.14.8 History of management skills

6.14.9 History of business growth

6.14.10 History of business compliance

6.14.11 Organisational performance

6.14.12 Management Performance

6.15 Business Finance

6.15.1 Business Finance

6.15.2 Financial Indicators

6.16 Corporate Debt & Financing

6.16.1 Corporate Debt & Financing

6.17 SMEs & Start-up Financing

6.17.1 SMEs & Start-up Financing

6.18 Employment

6.18.1 Employer Checklist

6.18.2 Employee Workplace Dissonance & Violence Checklist

6.18.3 Employee Quality of Work Checklist

6.18.4 Employee Attendance Checklist

6.18.5 Employee Attitude & Mood Checklist

6.18.6 Employee Relationships with others

6.18.7 Employee General Job Performance Checklist

6.18.8 Employee Evaluation Checklist

6.19 Continuation of UK / EU relationships

6.19.1 Business Activities

6.19.2 Employment / Immigration

6.19.3 Contracts

6.19.4 Corporate Finance

6.19.5 Customers

6.19.6 Suppliers

6.19.7 Data Privacy & Protection

6.19.8 Intellectual property

6.19.9 Tax and duties

6.19.10 Litigation

6.19.11 Authorisations

6.20 Company Investment

6.20.1 Economic Sectors

6.20.2 Staff

6.20.3 Company Investments

6.21 Company Surveys

6.21.1 International Exposure

6.21.2 Business Health

6.21.3 Business Health : Sectors

6.21.4 Investment Environment

6.21.5 Investment Expectations

6.22 Financial Services Surveys

6.22.1 Financial Sectors Confidence

6.22.2 Financial Services Experiences

6.22.3 Financial Services Expectations

6.23 Retail & Wholesale Surveys

6.23.1 Retail & Wholesale Sectors Confidence

6.23.2 Retail & Wholesale Services Experiences

6.23.3 Retail & Wholesale Services Expectations

6.24 Service Industries Surveys

6.24.1 Service Industries Sectors

6.24.2 Service Industries Experiences

6.24.3 Service Industries Expectations

6.25 Business Satisfaction Surveys

6.25.1 Financial Services Sector Business Satisfaction

6.25.2 Business Satisfaction Surveys

6.25.3 Retail & Wholesale Sectors Business Satisfaction

6.25.4 Retail & Wholesale Sectors Business Satisfaction Surveys

6.25.5 Service Industries Sectors Business Satisfaction

6.25.6 Service Industries Business Satisfaction Surveys

6.26 SMEs and Professionals Financing

6.26.1 SMEs and Professionals Financing Expectations

6.26.2 SMEs and Professionals Loan Applications

6.27 Sources of Start-up Financing

6.27.1 Retail & Wholesale Sectors Sources of Start-up Financing

6.27.2 Retail & Wholesale Services Source of Start-up Financing

6.27.3 Service Industries Sectors Sources of Start-up Financing

6.27.4 Service Industries Source of Start-up Financing

6.28 Business Expectations Surveys

6.28.1 Financial Services Sectors Business Expectations Surveys

6.28.2 Financial Services Business Expectations

6.28.3 Financial Services Business Challenges

6.28.4 Financial Services Deficits in Business Capabilities

6.28.5 Financial Services Lack of Business Assistance

6.28.6 Financial Services Staff Perceptions of the Area

6.28.7 Retail & Wholesale Sectors Business Expectations Surveys

6.28.8 Retail & Wholesale Services Business Expectations

6.28.9 Retail & Wholesale Services Business Challenges

6.28.10 Retail & Wholesale Services Deficits in Business Capabilities

6.28.11 Retail & Wholesale Services Lack of Business Assistance

6.28.12 Retail & Wholesale Services Staff Perceptions of the Area

6.28.13 Service Industries Business Expectations Surveys

6.28.14 Service Industries Business Expectations

6.28.15 Service Industries Business Challenges

6.28.16 Service Industries Deficits in Business Capabilities

6.28.17 Service Industries Lack of Business Assistance

6.28.18 Service Industries Staff Perceptions of the Area

6.29 Business Skills

6.29.1 Financial Services Sector Business Skills

6.29.2 Financial Services Experiences

6.29.3 Financial Services Expectations

6.29.4 Retail & Wholesale Sectors Business Skills

6.29.5 Retail & Wholesale Service Experiences

6.29.6 Retail & Wholesale Service Expectations

6.29.7 Service Industries Sector Business Skills

6.29.8 Service Industries Experiences

6.29.9 Service Industries Expectations

6.30 Workplace Sabotage

6.30.1 Workplace Sabotage