Official Statistics: Statistical Digest of Rural England

Updated: Minor adjustments to wording on page 1 of the Deprivation section to improve clarity of text.

A compendium of rural urban statistics on a wide range of social and economic Government policy areas.

The latest edition of the Digest is for September 2018 and includes updates to:

  • Accessibility to services – overall measure of accessibility to services
  • Housing
  • Deprivation
  • Innovation

Defra statistics: rural

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Official Statistics: Rural transport, travel and accessibility statistics

Updated: Published today, new analysis showing an overall measure of accessibility of services in rural areas.

Rural transport and travel

Differences in travel behaviour, levels of mobility and access to services for people living in different settlement types.

Metadata

Indicators:

  • travel behaviour
  • distance travelled
  • car and bus availability
  • overall measure of accessibility of services

Data Source: Department for Transport – National Travel Survey

Coverage: England

Rural classification used: Office for National Statistics Rural Urban Classification

Rural accessibility to services

Measuring accessibility by the time taken to travel to particular service locations.

Metadata

Indicators:

  • the number of key service locations and the percentage of people with ‘reasonable’ access by using public transport /walking and car

Data source: Department for Transport core accessibility indicators at Lower Super Output Area level

Coverage: England

Rural classification used: Office for National Statistics Rural Urban Classification

Additional information:

Defra statistics: rural

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Save the date! Valuing Nature Annual Conference 18 October 2016, Manchester

As part of the Valuing Nature Programme’s aim to build interdisciplinary research capability with strong engagement of end users we are pleased to announce that the Valuing Nature Annual Conference will be held at the Town Hall in Manchester on Tuesday 18th October 2016.

A varied programme will bring together researchers, practitioners, business and policy makers in a forum of key note presentations, discussion and activity workshops.

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Save the date! Valuing Nature Annual Conference 18 October 2016, Manchester

As part of the Valuing Nature Programme’s aim to build interdisciplinary research capability with strong engagement of end users we are pleased to announce that the Valuing Nature Annual Conference will be held at the Town Hall in Manchester on Tuesday 18th October 2016.

A varied programme will bring together researchers, practitioners, business and policy makers in a forum of key note presentations, discussion and activity workshops.

Full details will be available soon from the Valuing Nature Programme website and a further notification will be sent to all members of the Valuing Nature Network

Please inform anyone you think may be interested in attending.



Statement from Greg Clark, Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Statement from Greg Clark following his appointment as the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.