General description

The Sustainable Development Indicators for Wales provide measures of everyday concerns including health, housing, jobs, crime, education and our environment. The indicators are first and foremost intended to communicate and highlight progress in key issues and priority areas for sustainable development, and along with other evidence help to identify where action is required.

Data collection and calculation

The statistics come from a range of sources in Wales and across the UK, which are updated at different times and intervals. More information can be found in the related statistical publication as per the given weblink.

Frequency of publication

No longer updated

Data reference periods

Please find this information in the related statistical publication, as per the given weblink.

Users, uses and context

These collection of indicators are used for the following:
Monitoring trends; Policy development; Advice to Ministers; and Informing debate in the National Assembly for Wales and beyond.
Please find further information in the related statistical publication, as per the given weblink.

Rounding applied

None

Revisions information

Please find this information in the related statistical publication, as per the given weblink.

Title

Sustainable Development Indicators: Environmental measures

Last update

25 June 2015 25 June 2015

Next update

No longer updated

Publishing organisation

Welsh Government

Source 1

Others including the National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory, DEFRA; and sensitive habitats data, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology

Source 2

WasteDataFlow, Natural Resources Wales

Contact email

stats.environment@wales.gsi.gov.uk

Designation

None

Lowest level of geographical disaggregation

Wales

Geographical coverage

Wales

Languages covered

English only

Data licensing

You may use and re-use this data free of charge in any format or medium, under the terms of the Open Government License - see http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence

Weblinks

http://gov.wales/statistics-and-research/sustianable-development-indicators/?lang=en

Statistical quality

The quality and suitability of the data sources have been assessed by statisticians and scientists in the Welsh Government.

Keywords

Sustainable development; housing; health; wellbeing; environment;

Name

SUST0008