Economic research and reports
The County Council undertakes or commissions research to be
undertaken on a variety of socio-economic themes. Below you will
find details of some work undertaken recently.
Gender and employment in local labour markets
West Sussex County Council has worked in close partnership with
Sheffield Hallam University and 11 other local authorities to
take part in national research. All the studies have found
significant problems with women's participation in local
labour markets and have explored the issues stopping the local
economy taking advantage of people's potential.
The state of the County
In 2006 West Sussex County Council commissioned the Local
Futures Group to produce a "State of the County", an
economic, social and environmental audit for West Sussex. The basic
thrust of the audit is to compare and benchmark the performance
of West Sussex against each sub region in Britain, each region
and Great Britain as a whole including the performance of each
district in the County.
Supplement to the above report:
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Data Annex Part 1 - Contents and introduction (PDF, 5
pages, 122KB)
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Data Annex Part 2 - Economic development (PDF, 13 pages,
490KB)
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Data Annex Part 3 - Social profile (PDF, 18 pages, 597KB)
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Data Annex Part 4 - Environment (PDF, 12 pages, 412KB)
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Data Annex Part 5 - Summary and metadata (PDF, 23 pages,
173KB)
Annual Employment Report
This report has been prepared by the Economic Strategy Group,
West Sussex County Council as part of the legal agreement between
West Sussex County Council, BAA Gatwick and Crawley Borough
Council.
An economic profile of West Sussex 2008
This report is a partial update of the 2006 audit but focusing
particularly on economic performance.
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