{ "schemaVersion": 2, "generatedAt": "2026-06-24T18:24:04Z", "seedData": true, "seedDataNotice": "No published official figure exists for this indicator yet, so a provisional placeholder is shown in its place.", "region": "uk", "regionLabel": "United Kingdom", "verifiedCount": 71, "totalMetrics": 73, "domainsCovered": 11, "releasePeriod": "June 2026", "previousReleasePeriod": "May 2026", "nationalScore": 52, "nationalScoreUnrounded": 51.78, "previousNationalScore": 52, "nationalDelta": 0, "deltaDirection": "flat", "minutesToMidnight": 28.9, "riskBand": "fragile", "dataConfidence": 0.82, "systemicPenaltyApplied": 0, "nationalTrend": [ { "period": "2010", "score": 45 }, { "period": "2011", "score": 49 }, { "period": "2012", "score": 44 }, { "period": "2013", "score": 40 }, { "period": "2014", "score": 38 }, { "period": "2015", "score": 36 }, { "period": "2016", "score": 39 }, { "period": "2017", "score": 36 }, { "period": "2018", "score": 40 }, { "period": "2019", "score": 37 }, { "period": "2020", "score": 39 }, { "period": "2021", "score": 48 }, { "period": "2022", "score": 44 }, { "period": "2023", "score": 44 }, { "period": "2024", "score": 46 }, { "period": "2025", "score": 46 } ], "nationalTrendRetrospective": "Level-only modelled trajectory from verified official statistics, all nine domains are covered from 2018 (sparser before 2015). Each year's published values are re-scored on today's scale: it shows where stress sat, not a live historical index, and the current headline additionally reflects short-term trend and volatility, so it can differ from the final plotted point. COVID-era stress appears mainly from 2021, as the waiting-list, housing and court pressures it triggered entered the annual statistics with a lag.", "domains": [ { "id": "living_standards", "name": "Living Standards", "weight": 13, "purpose": "Measures whether ordinary households can maintain stable lives.", "score": 46, "averageScore": 40.7, "riskBand": "strained", "metricIds": [ "ls_rhdi_per_head", "ls_real_wage_growth", "ls_poverty_ahc", "ls_food_energy_pressure", "ls_arrears_insolvency", "ls_fuel_poverty", "ls_food_insecurity", "ls_inequality_gini" ], "previousScore": 43, "delta": 3, "deltaDirection": "worsening", "topContributorMetricId": "ls_real_wage_growth", "avgConfidence": 0.82, "interpretation": "Living Standards is currently rated Strained. The domain score is driven primarily by Real average weekly earnings growth, Energy bill affordability pressure and Household arrears and insolvency pressure. Data confidence is medium across its component metrics.", "trend": [ { "period": "2006", "score": 53 }, { "period": "2007", "score": 37 }, { "period": "2008", "score": 48 }, { "period": "2009", "score": 52 }, { "period": "2010", "score": 55 }, { "period": "2011", "score": 61 }, { "period": "2012", "score": 56 }, { "period": "2013", "score": 51 }, { "period": "2014", "score": 39 }, { "period": "2015", "score": 26 }, { "period": "2016", "score": 33 }, { "period": "2017", "score": 35 }, { "period": "2018", "score": 24 }, { "period": "2019", "score": 23 }, { "period": "2020", "score": 12 }, { "period": "2021", "score": 14 }, { "period": "2022", "score": 23 }, { "period": "2023", "score": 23 }, { "period": "2024", "score": 20 }, { "period": "2025", "score": 38 }, { "period": "2026", "score": 52 }, { "period": "FYE 2025", "score": 38 }, { "period": "FYE2015", "score": 65 }, { "period": "FYE2020", "score": 69 }, { "period": "FYE2023", "score": 54 }, { "period": "FYE2024", "score": 53 } ], "benchmark": { "indicator": "GDP per capita (PPP)", "ukDisplay": "$62,009", "comparatorDisplay": "OECD members $61,973 (at parity)", "period": "2024", "direction": "neutral", "tone": "neutral", "note": "Essentially level with the OECD average; below the high-income-country average ($67,044).", "sourceOrg": "World Bank (International Comparison Programme)", "sourceUrl": "https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD", "confidence": "high" }, "leadingIndicator": { "indicator": "CPIH annual inflation", "latestValue": "3.0%", "latestPeriod": "April 2026", "priorValue": "3.4%", "priorPeriod": "March 2026", "direction": "falling", "tone": "good", "frequency": "monthly", "sourceOrg": "ONS", "sourceUrl": "https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/inflationandpriceindices/bulletins/consumerpriceinflation/april2026", "note": "Cost-of-living pressure easing, though the Ofgem energy price cap rises 13% to £1,862/yr from July 2026." } }, { "id": "work_productivity", "name": "Work and Productivity", "weight": 11, "purpose": "Measures whether the country can generate real economic capacity.", "score": 27, "averageScore": 44.2, "riskBand": "strained", "metricIds": [ "wp_employment_rate", "wp_unemployment_rate", "wp_inactivity_rate", "wp_lt_sickness_inactivity", "wp_output_per_hour", "wp_business_births_closures", "wp_zero_hours" ], "previousScore": 47, "delta": -20, "deltaDirection": "improving", "topContributorMetricId": "wp_zero_hours", "avgConfidence": 0.83, "interpretation": "Work and Productivity is currently rated Strained. The domain score is driven primarily by Zero-hours contracts, Inactivity due to long-term sickness and Unemployment rate (16+). Data confidence is medium across its component metrics.", "trend": [ { "period": "2006", "score": 36 }, { "period": "2007", "score": 36 }, { "period": "2008", "score": 37 }, { "period": "2009", "score": 51 }, { "period": "2010", "score": 54 }, { "period": "2011", "score": 52 }, { "period": "2012", "score": 49 }, { "period": "2013", "score": 46 }, { "period": "2014", "score": 42 }, { "period": "2015", "score": 34 }, { "period": "2016", "score": 35 }, { "period": "2017", "score": 32 }, { "period": "2018", "score": 28 }, { "period": "2019", "score": 28 }, { "period": "2020", "score": 31 }, { "period": "2021", "score": 34 }, { "period": "2022", "score": 42 }, { "period": "2023", "score": 44 }, { "period": "2024", "score": 41 }, { "period": "2025", "score": 36 } ], "benchmark": { "indicator": "GDP per hour worked", "ukDisplay": "$79.7/hr", "comparatorDisplay": "OECD ~$70 · 4th of 7 in the G7 (~18% below the US)", "period": "2023", "direction": "worse", "tone": "bad", "note": "Above the OECD average but mid-table in the G7, the long-standing UK productivity gap.", "sourceOrg": "OECD Productivity Database", "sourceUrl": "https://www.theglobaleconomy.com/United-Kingdom/productivity_current_USD/", "confidence": "med" }, "leadingIndicator": { "indicator": "Job vacancies (UK)", "latestValue": "705,000", "latestPeriod": "Feb–Apr 2026", "priorValue": "733,000", "priorPeriod": "Nov 2025–Jan 2026", "direction": "falling", "tone": "bad", "frequency": "monthly", "sourceOrg": "ONS", "sourceUrl": "https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/bulletins/jobsandvacanciesintheuk/may2026", "note": "Lowest since 2021; weakening labour demand." } }, { "id": "public_services", "name": "Public Service Capacity", "weight": 12, "purpose": "Measures whether the state can deliver core public services.", "score": 58, "averageScore": 55.7, "riskBand": "fragile", "metricIds": [ "ps_rtt_waiting_list", "ps_ae_4hr_performance", "ps_cancer_62day", "ps_gp_access_pressure", "ps_delayed_discharges", "ps_crown_court_backlog", "ps_social_care_requests", "ps_care_workforce_vacancy" ], "previousScore": 58, "delta": 0, "deltaDirection": "flat", "topContributorMetricId": "ps_crown_court_backlog", "avgConfidence": 0.85, "interpretation": "Public Service Capacity is currently rated Fragile. The domain score is driven primarily by Crown Court outstanding caseload (E&W), Adult social care requests and A&E four-hour performance (England). Data confidence is high across its component metrics.", "trend": [ { "period": "2013", "score": 14 }, { "period": "2014", "score": 20 }, { "period": "2015", "score": 26 }, { "period": "2016", "score": 24 }, { "period": "2017", "score": 25 }, { "period": "2018", "score": 32 }, { "period": "2019", "score": 31 }, { "period": "2020", "score": 34 }, { "period": "2021", "score": 44 }, { "period": "2022", "score": 65 }, { "period": "2023", "score": 65 }, { "period": "2024", "score": 59 }, { "period": "2025", "score": 52 }, { "period": "Apr 2026", "score": 54 }, { "period": "Feb 2026", "score": 55 }, { "period": "Jan 2026", "score": 66 }, { "period": "Mar 2026", "score": 53 }, { "period": "May 2026", "score": 58 } ], "benchmark": { "indicator": "Health spending (% of GDP)", "ukDisplay": "11.3%", "comparatorDisplay": "OECD 9.2%", "period": "2022", "direction": "neutral", "tone": "neutral", "note": "Above-average spending input, which does not by itself indicate better outcomes (cf. UK waiting times).", "sourceOrg": "OECD Health at a Glance 2023 / ONS", "sourceUrl": "https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/healthcaresystem/bulletins/healthcareexpenditureukhealthaccounts/2022", "confidence": "high" } }, { "id": "population_health", "name": "Population Health", "weight": 12, "purpose": "Measures whether the population is actually getting healthier or sicker, health outcomes, not service throughput.", "score": 84, "averageScore": 71.7, "riskBand": "critical", "metricIds": [ "ph_drug_deaths", "ph_suicide_rate", "ph_avoidable_mortality", "ph_mental_illness_prevalence", "ph_healthy_life_expectancy" ], "previousScore": 57, "delta": 27, "deltaDirection": "worsening", "topContributorMetricId": "ph_drug_deaths", "avgConfidence": 0.83, "interpretation": "Population Health is currently rated Critical. The domain score is driven primarily by Drug-poisoning deaths, Suicide rate and Common mental-health condition prevalence. Data confidence is medium across its component metrics.", "trend": [ { "period": "1993", "score": 21 }, { "period": "2000", "score": 38 }, { "period": "2007", "score": 38 }, { "period": "2010", "score": 24 }, { "period": "2011", "score": 27 }, { "period": "2012", "score": 35 }, { "period": "2013", "score": 36 }, { "period": "2014", "score": 41 }, { "period": "2015", "score": 44 }, { "period": "2016", "score": 42 }, { "period": "2017", "score": 48 }, { "period": "2018", "score": 54 }, { "period": "2019", "score": 48 }, { "period": "2020", "score": 78 }, { "period": "2021", "score": 85 }, { "period": "2022", "score": 50 }, { "period": "2022-2024", "score": 61 }, { "period": "2023", "score": 48 }, { "period": "2023/4", "score": 80 }, { "period": "2024", "score": 68 } ], "benchmark": { "indicator": "Life expectancy at birth", "ukDisplay": "80.4 yrs", "comparatorDisplay": "OECD 80.3 yrs", "period": "2021", "direction": "neutral", "tone": "neutral", "note": "At the OECD average, but well behind leaders (Japan 84.3, Switzerland 83.9).", "sourceOrg": "OECD Health at a Glance 2023", "sourceUrl": "https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/health-at-a-glance-2023_7a7afb35-en.html", "confidence": "high" } }, { "id": "housing", "name": "Housing and Household Formation", "weight": 11, "purpose": "Measures whether people can form stable adult lives.", "score": 62, "averageScore": 64.4, "riskBand": "fragile", "metricIds": [ "ho_price_to_earnings", "ho_rent_to_income", "ho_new_homes_vs_household_growth", "ho_temporary_accommodation", "ho_social_housing_waiting", "ho_rough_sleeping" ], "previousScore": 55, "delta": 7, "deltaDirection": "worsening", "topContributorMetricId": "ho_rough_sleeping", "avgConfidence": 0.83, "interpretation": "Housing and Household Formation is currently rated Fragile. The domain score is driven primarily by Rough sleeping snapshot (England), Households in temporary accommodation (England) and Net additional dwellings. Data confidence is medium across its component metrics.", "trend": [ { "period": "2010", "score": 22 }, { "period": "2011", "score": 61 }, { "period": "2012", "score": 35 }, { "period": "2013", "score": 55 }, { "period": "2014", "score": 39 }, { "period": "2015", "score": 44 }, { "period": "2016", "score": 51 }, { "period": "2017", "score": 49 }, { "period": "2018", "score": 48 }, { "period": "2019", "score": 44 }, { "period": "2020", "score": 40 }, { "period": "2021", "score": 49 }, { "period": "2022", "score": 45 }, { "period": "2023", "score": 52 }, { "period": "2024", "score": 52 }, { "period": "2025", "score": 52 } ], "benchmark": { "indicator": "House price-to-income ratio (OECD index, 2015=100)", "ukDisplay": "111.6", "comparatorDisplay": "OECD 115.8", "period": "2023", "direction": "better", "tone": "good", "note": "Price-to-income index (2015=100); UK below the OECD average. (Accessed 2026-06-16 via OECD Analytical House Prices.)", "sourceOrg": "OECD Analytical House Prices", "sourceUrl": "https://www.oecd.org/en/data/indicators/housing-prices.html", "confidence": "high" }, "leadingIndicator": { "indicator": "Mortgage approvals (house purchase)", "latestValue": "63,500", "latestPeriod": "March 2026", "priorValue": "62,700", "priorPeriod": "February 2026", "direction": "rising", "tone": "good", "frequency": "monthly", "sourceOrg": "Bank of England", "sourceUrl": "https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/statistics/money-and-credit/2026/march-2026", "note": "Slightly above the six-month average, modest demand recovery." } }, { "id": "childhood_social_floor", "name": "Childhood and Social Floor", "weight": 11, "purpose": "Measures damage to the next generation and the basic social floor.", "score": 54, "averageScore": 57.9, "riskBand": "fragile", "metricIds": [ "ch_child_poverty_ahc", "ch_persistent_absence", "ch_disadvantage_gap", "ch_neet_rate", "ch_camhs_access_pressure", "ch_infant_mortality", "ch_looked_after", "ch_ehcp_timeliness", "ch_child_obesity" ], "previousScore": 66, "delta": -12, "deltaDirection": "improving", "topContributorMetricId": "ch_ehcp_timeliness", "avgConfidence": 0.84, "interpretation": "Childhood and Social Floor is currently rated Fragile. The domain score is driven primarily by EHC plan timeliness, Disadvantage attainment gap (KS4, England) and Children's mental-health caseload. Data confidence is medium across its component metrics.", "trend": [ { "period": "2006", "score": 44 }, { "period": "2007", "score": 40 }, { "period": "2008", "score": 43 }, { "period": "2009", "score": 43 }, { "period": "2010", "score": 51 }, { "period": "2011", "score": 47 }, { "period": "2012", "score": 43 }, { "period": "2013", "score": 37 }, { "period": "2014", "score": 33 }, { "period": "2015", "score": 34 }, { "period": "2016", "score": 35 }, { "period": "2017", "score": 34 }, { "period": "2018", "score": 38 }, { "period": "2019", "score": 39 }, { "period": "2020", "score": 38 }, { "period": "2021", "score": 42 }, { "period": "2022", "score": 48 }, { "period": "2023", "score": 46 }, { "period": "2023/24", "score": 55 }, { "period": "2024", "score": 46 }, { "period": "2024/25", "score": 55 }, { "period": "2025", "score": 46 }, { "period": "FYE 2025", "score": 40 }, { "period": "Mar 2026", "score": 64 } ], "benchmark": { "indicator": "Child relative income poverty (<50% median)", "ukDisplay": "12.7%", "comparatorDisplay": "OECD 12.4%", "period": "2021", "direction": "worse", "tone": "bad", "note": "Slightly worse than the OECD average on the 50%-of-median measure (the UK's domestic headline uses 60%).", "sourceOrg": "OECD Family Database (CO2.2)", "sourceUrl": "https://www.oecd.org/en/data/datasets/oecd-family-database.html", "confidence": "high" } }, { "id": "rule_of_law", "name": "Rule of Law and Safety", "weight": 9, "purpose": "Measures safety, order, consequence and justice-system function.", "score": 54, "averageScore": 58.3, "riskBand": "fragile", "metricIds": [ "rl_csew_victimisation", "rl_fraud_incidents", "rl_theft_robbery_burglary", "rl_charge_rate", "rl_court_delay", "rl_prison_capacity" ], "previousScore": 51, "delta": 3, "deltaDirection": "worsening", "topContributorMetricId": "rl_fraud_incidents", "avgConfidence": 0.84, "interpretation": "Rule of Law and Safety is currently rated Fragile. The domain score is driven primarily by Fraud incidents (CSEW), Offences resulting in charge or summons (E&W) and Prison capacity utilisation (E&W). Data confidence is medium across its component metrics.", "trend": [ { "period": "2015", "score": 49 }, { "period": "2016", "score": 68 }, { "period": "2017", "score": 53 }, { "period": "2018", "score": 65 }, { "period": "2019", "score": 61 }, { "period": "2020", "score": 53 }, { "period": "2021", "score": 65 }, { "period": "2022", "score": 56 }, { "period": "2023", "score": 44 }, { "period": "2024", "score": 40 }, { "period": "2025", "score": 57 }, { "period": "Jun 2026", "score": 65 } ], "benchmark": { "indicator": "Feel safe walking alone at night", "ukDisplay": "78%", "comparatorDisplay": "OECD 74%", "period": "~2022", "direction": "better", "tone": "good", "note": "Above the OECD average on perceived personal safety.", "sourceOrg": "OECD Better Life Index (Safety)", "sourceUrl": "https://www.oecdbetterlifeindex.org/topics/safety/", "confidence": "high" } }, { "id": "fiscal_resilience", "name": "Fiscal Resilience", "weight": 7, "purpose": "Measures whether the state has room to respond to future shocks.", "score": 32, "averageScore": 39.9, "riskBand": "strained", "metricIds": [ "fi_debt_to_gdp", "fi_borrowing_to_gdp", "fi_debt_interest_pressure", "fi_current_budget_deficit", "fi_net_investment", "fi_fiscal_headroom" ], "previousScore": 65, "delta": -33, "deltaDirection": "improving", "topContributorMetricId": "fi_debt_to_gdp", "avgConfidence": 0.84, "interpretation": "Fiscal Resilience is currently rated Strained. The domain score is driven primarily by Public sector net debt, Debt interest as share of revenue and Headroom against fiscal rules. Data confidence is medium across its component metrics.", "trend": [ { "period": "2006", "score": 0 }, { "period": "2007", "score": 22 }, { "period": "2008", "score": 23 }, { "period": "2009", "score": 44 }, { "period": "2010", "score": 61 }, { "period": "2011", "score": 58 }, { "period": "2012", "score": 60 }, { "period": "2013", "score": 60 }, { "period": "2014", "score": 55 }, { "period": "2015", "score": 49 }, { "period": "2016", "score": 46 }, { "period": "2017", "score": 38 }, { "period": "2018", "score": 37 }, { "period": "2019", "score": 35 }, { "period": "2020", "score": 41 }, { "period": "2021", "score": 85 }, { "period": "2022", "score": 47 }, { "period": "2023", "score": 54 }, { "period": "2024", "score": 43 }, { "period": "2025", "score": 43 }, { "period": "2026", "score": 35 } ], "benchmark": { "indicator": "Government gross debt (% of GDP)", "ukDisplay": "101.3%", "comparatorDisplay": "G7 average ~126%", "period": "2023", "direction": "better", "tone": "good", "note": "Below the G7 average, though above 100% of GDP in absolute terms.", "sourceOrg": "ONS / IMF WEO April 2024", "sourceUrl": "https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/governmentpublicsectorandtaxes/publicspending/bulletins/ukgovernmentdebtanddeficitforeurostatmaast/latest", "confidence": "med" }, "leadingIndicator": { "indicator": "Public sector net borrowing", "latestValue": "£24.3bn", "latestPeriod": "April 2026", "priorValue": "£19.4bn", "priorPeriod": "April 2025", "direction": "rising", "tone": "bad", "frequency": "monthly", "sourceOrg": "ONS", "sourceUrl": "https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/governmentpublicsectorandtaxes/publicsectorfinance/bulletins/publicsectorfinances/april2026", "note": "Compared with the same month a year earlier (the standard fiscal comparison); April is seasonally the highest-borrowing month." } }, { "id": "environment_climate", "name": "Environment and Climate", "weight": 5, "purpose": "Measures the environmental and climate conditions the country depends on.", "score": 40, "averageScore": 41.8, "riskBand": "strained", "metricIds": [ "ec_ghg_emissions", "ec_air_quality_pm25", "ec_bathing_water", "ie_storm_overflows", "ie_climate_adaptation", "ec_wild_bird_index" ], "previousScore": 50, "delta": -10, "deltaDirection": "improving", "topContributorMetricId": "ec_bathing_water", "avgConfidence": 0.81, "interpretation": "Environment and Climate is currently rated Strained. The domain score is driven primarily by Bathing water quality, Wild bird populations (decline since 1970) and Climate adaptation readiness. Data confidence is medium across its component metrics.", "trend": [ { "period": "2000", "score": 82 }, { "period": "2001", "score": 82 }, { "period": "2002", "score": 78 }, { "period": "2003", "score": 79 }, { "period": "2004", "score": 78 }, { "period": "2005", "score": 77 }, { "period": "2006", "score": 75 }, { "period": "2007", "score": 73 }, { "period": "2008", "score": 68 }, { "period": "2009", "score": 58 }, { "period": "2010", "score": 60 }, { "period": "2011", "score": 47 }, { "period": "2012", "score": 54 }, { "period": "2013", "score": 41 }, { "period": "2014", "score": 44 }, { "period": "2015", "score": 22 }, { "period": "2016", "score": 22 }, { "period": "2017", "score": 14 }, { "period": "2018", "score": 32 }, { "period": "2019", "score": 18 }, { "period": "2020", "score": 20 }, { "period": "2021", "score": 14 }, { "period": "2022", "score": 15 }, { "period": "2023", "score": 22 }, { "period": "2024", "score": 46 }, { "period": "2025", "score": 49 }, { "period": "2026", "score": 65 } ], "benchmark": { "indicator": "Greenhouse-gas emissions per capita", "ukDisplay": "5.6 t", "comparatorDisplay": "OECD 10.4 t", "period": "2023", "direction": "better", "tone": "good", "note": "Territorial all-greenhouse-gas emissions per person; UK is well below the OECD average.", "sourceOrg": "OECD GHG inventories (UNFCCC)", "sourceUrl": "https://www.oecd.org/en/data/indicators/air-and-ghg-emissions.html", "confidence": "high" } }, { "id": "infrastructure_environment", "name": "Infrastructure", "weight": 3, "purpose": "Measures whether physical and digital systems can support the country.", "score": 37, "averageScore": 44.1, "riskBand": "strained", "metricIds": [ "ie_industrial_energy_price", "ie_grid_connection_delay", "ie_rail_reliability", "ie_road_condition", "in_broadband_coverage" ], "previousScore": 41, "delta": -4, "deltaDirection": "improving", "topContributorMetricId": "ie_rail_reliability", "avgConfidence": 0.77, "interpretation": "Infrastructure is currently rated Strained. The domain score is driven primarily by Rail cancellations (GB), Industrial electricity price premium and Local road condition (England). Data confidence is medium across its component metrics.", "trend": [ { "period": "2018", "score": 82 }, { "period": "2019", "score": 82 }, { "period": "2020", "score": 79 }, { "period": "2021", "score": 68 }, { "period": "2022", "score": 56 }, { "period": "2023", "score": 36 }, { "period": "2024", "score": 54 }, { "period": "2025", "score": 28 }, { "period": "2026", "score": 33 } ] }, { "id": "trust_wellbeing", "name": "Trust and Wellbeing", "weight": 6, "purpose": "Measures legitimacy, cohesion and human wellbeing.", "score": 47, "averageScore": 46.9, "riskBand": "strained", "metricIds": [ "tw_life_satisfaction", "tw_anxiety", "tw_loneliness", "tw_institutional_trust", "tw_community_participation", "tw_safe_after_dark", "tw_belonging" ], "previousScore": 56, "delta": -9, "deltaDirection": "improving", "topContributorMetricId": "tw_loneliness", "avgConfidence": 0.77, "interpretation": "Trust and Wellbeing is currently rated Strained. The domain score is driven primarily by Chronic loneliness, Life satisfaction and Anxiety. 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A FYE2022 admin-data switch is a structural break, so year-on-year deltas across that boundary are misleading.", "normalisation": "bounds", "verified": true, "provenance": { "provider": "Department for Work and Pensions", "seriesId": "dwp_hbai", "sourceTitle": "Households Below Average Income (HBAI), FYE 1995 to FYE 2025", "sourceUrl": "https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/households-below-average-income-for-financial-years-ending-1995-to-2025", "frequency": "Annual", "note": "% of population below 60% of median income after housing costs, UK. 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"verified", "provider": "ONS", "seriesId": "LF69/LMS", "sourceUrl": "https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peoplenotinwork/economicinactivity/timeseries/lf69/lms/data", "sourceTitle": "LFS: Econ. inactivity reasons: Long Term Sick: UK: 16-64:000s:SA", "frequency": "annual", "accessedAt": "2026-06-13T17:46:12Z" } }, { "id": "wp_output_per_hour", "name": "Output per hour worked", "domainId": "work_productivity", "description": "Index of GDP output per hour worked (2023=100), measuring underlying labour productivity growth.", "unit": "index, 2023 = 100", "latestValue": 99.4, "previousValue": 99.2, "latestPeriod": "2025", "updateFrequency": "Quarterly", "directionOfBadness": "lower_is_worse", "stressScore": 26, "trendScore": 49, "volatilityScore": 8, "confidenceScore": 0.85, "trendDirection": "stable", "sourceId": "ons_productivity", "notes": "Verified official value from ONS (LZVB/PRDY), accessed 2026-06-13.", "previousStressScore": 28, "delta": -2, "deltaDirection": "improving", "sourceQuality": "official", "weakness": "Quarterly estimates are subject to significant revision as national accounts data is refined, and services productivity is notoriously difficult to measure.", "normalisation": "percentile", "verified": true, "provenance": { "status": "verified", "provider": "ONS", "seriesId": "LZVB/PRDY", "sourceUrl": "https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/labourproductivity/timeseries/lzvb/prdy/data", "sourceTitle": "UK Whole Economy: Output per hour worked SA: Index 2023 = 100", "frequency": "annual", "accessedAt": "2026-06-13T17:46:12Z" } }, { "id": "wp_business_births_closures", "name": "Business births minus closures", "domainId": "work_productivity", "description": "Net business formation rate expressed as birth rate minus death rate in percentage points, indicating whether the enterprise base is growing or contracting.", "unit": "percentage points (birth rate − death rate)", "latestValue": 1.3, "previousValue": 0.2, 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Cited years only; 2020-23 (approximate) and 2012-14 (awareness effect) dropped; 2019->2024 gap.", "status": "verified", "method": "manual-transcription", "accessedAt": "2026-06-14" } }, { "id": "ps_rtt_waiting_list", "name": "NHS referral-to-treatment waiting list (England)", "domainId": "public_services", "description": "Total number of incomplete referral-to-treatment pathways in England, measuring accumulated unmet demand for elective NHS care.", "unit": "million incomplete pathways", "latestValue": 7.11, "previousValue": 7.25, "latestPeriod": "March 2026", "updateFrequency": "Monthly", "directionOfBadness": "higher_is_worse", "stressScore": 61, "trendScore": 40, "volatilityScore": 100, "confidenceScore": 0.95, "trendDirection": "improving", "sourceId": "nhse_rtt", "notes": "Verified official value from NHS England (RTT incomplete pathways), accessed 2026-06-13.", "previousStressScore": 59, "delta": 2, "deltaDirection": "worsening", "sourceQuality": "official", "weakness": "Covers England only; pathway counting rules have changed over time, and the list excludes patients who have given up seeking treatment.", "normalisation": "bounds", "verified": true, "provenance": { "status": "verified", "method": "transcribed", "provider": "NHS England", "seriesId": "RTT incomplete pathways", "sourceUrl": "https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/rtt-waiting-times/", "sourceTitle": "NHS England Referral to Treatment waiting times, total incomplete pathways, March 2026 (7.11m)", "frequency": "monthly", "accessedAt": "2026-06-13", "note": "Lowest in 3.5 years; down from 7.25m in January 2026.", "historyBackfill": "NHS England, Consultant-led RTT waiting times, incomplete pathways, England. Cited annual points only; 2013-2018 interpolations from the research pass were dropped. https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/rtt-waiting-times/" } }, { "id": "ps_ae_4hr_performance", "name": "A&E four-hour performance (England)", "domainId": "public_services", "description": "Percentage of A&E attendances seen and discharged, admitted or transferred within four hours, against the 95% national standard.", "unit": "% attendances within 4 hours (target 95)", "latestValue": 75.7, "previousValue": 76.9, "latestPeriod": "May 2026", "updateFrequency": "Monthly", "directionOfBadness": "lower_is_worse", "stressScore": 62, "trendScore": 58, "volatilityScore": 40, "confidenceScore": 0.95, "trendDirection": "deteriorating", "sourceId": "nhse_ae", "notes": "Verified official value from NHS England (A&E 4-hour performance (all types)), accessed 2026-06-13.", "previousStressScore": 46, "delta": 16, "deltaDirection": "worsening", "sourceQuality": "official", "weakness": "England-only; the four-hour target has been paused and reintroduced at different points, and Type 1 (major A&E) performance differs markedly from the blended figure.", "normalisation": "percentile", "verified": true, "provenance": { "status": "verified", "method": "transcribed", "provider": "NHS England", "seriesId": "A&E 4-hour performance (all types)", "sourceUrl": "https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/ae-waiting-times-and-activity/", "sourceTitle": "NHS England A&E attendances, % within 4 hours (all types), May 2026 (75.7%)", "frequency": "monthly", "accessedAt": "2026-06-13", "note": "Standard is 95%. 1.86m of 2.46m attendances within 4 hours; down from 76.9% in April 2026.", "historyBackfill": "NHS Digital, Hospital A&E Activity, % all-type attendances within 4 hours, England (financial year). 2020-21 uplift is a COVID artefact. https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/hospital-accident--emergency-activity/" } }, { "id": "ps_cancer_62day", "name": "Cancer 62-day treatment standard (England)", "domainId": "public_services", "description": "Percentage of cancer patients starting treatment within 62 days of urgent GP referral, against the 85% national standard.", "unit": "% treated within 62 days of referral (target 85)", "latestValue": 72.8, "previousValue": 68.6, "latestPeriod": "March 2026", "updateFrequency": "Monthly", "directionOfBadness": "lower_is_worse", "stressScore": 35, "trendScore": 19, "volatilityScore": 50, "confidenceScore": 0.9, "trendDirection": "improving", "sourceId": "nhse_cancer", "notes": "Verified official value from NHS England (Cancer 62-day standard), accessed 2026-06-13.", "previousStressScore": 53, "delta": -18, "deltaDirection": "improving", "sourceQuality": "official", "weakness": "England-only; the 62-day clock can be paused for patient-initiated delays, and pathway complexity means like-for-like comparisons over time require care.", "normalisation": "bounds", "verified": true, "provenance": { "status": "verified", "method": "transcribed", "provider": "NHS England", "seriesId": "Cancer 62-day standard", "sourceUrl": "https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/cancer-waiting-times/", "sourceTitle": "NHS England Cancer Waiting Times, 62-day standard, March 2026 provisional (72.8%)", "frequency": "monthly", "accessedAt": "2026-06-13", "note": "Standard is 85%. March 2026 provisional; up from 68.6% in February 2026." } }, { "id": "ps_gp_access_pressure", "name": "GP access pressure (England)", "domainId": "public_services", "description": "Proportion of GP appointments booked more than 14 days in advance, indicating difficulty accessing timely primary care.", "unit": "% appointments more than 14 days after booking", "latestValue": 19.1, "previousValue": 19.1, "latestPeriod": "April 2026", "updateFrequency": "Monthly", "directionOfBadness": "higher_is_worse", "stressScore": 54, "trendScore": 50, "volatilityScore": 50, "confidenceScore": 0.75, "trendDirection": "stable", "sourceId": "nhsd_gp_appointments", "notes": "Verified official value from NHS England (Appointments in General Practice) (GP appointments booked >2 weeks ahead), accessed 2026-06-13.", "previousStressScore": 54, "delta": 0, "deltaDirection": "flat", "sourceQuality": "official_in_development", "weakness": "GP appointments dataset is still classified as official statistics in development; practice coverage and booking system compatibility vary, affecting completeness.", "normalisation": "bounds", "verified": true, "provenance": { "status": "verified", "method": "transcribed", "provider": "NHS England (Appointments in General Practice)", "seriesId": "GP appointments booked >2 weeks ahead", "sourceUrl": "https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/appointments-in-general-practice", "sourceTitle": "Appointments in General Practice, April 2026, 80.9% within 2 weeks (so 19.1% beyond)", "frequency": "monthly", "accessedAt": "2026-06-13", "note": "Published cut is 'within 2 weeks' (= 14 days). Single transcribed point." } }, { "id": "ps_delayed_discharges", "name": "Delayed hospital discharges (England)", "domainId": "public_services", "description": "Average number of patients per day in English hospitals who are medically fit for discharge but remain in a hospital bed.", "unit": "thousand patients per day not discharged when ready", "latestValue": 13.29, "previousValue": 13.75, "latestPeriod": "May 2026", "updateFrequency": "Monthly", "directionOfBadness": "higher_is_worse", "stressScore": 51, "trendScore": 33, "volatilityScore": 50, "confidenceScore": 0.8, "trendDirection": "improving", "sourceId": "nhse_discharge_delays", "notes": "Verified official value from NHS England (Acute Discharge SitRep) (patients no longer meeting criteria to reside), accessed 2026-06-23.", "previousStressScore": 58, "delta": -7, "deltaDirection": "improving", "sourceQuality": "administrative", "weakness": "Administrative data; the definition of 'delayed discharge' has changed in reporting criteria over time, and reporting compliance varies across trusts.", "normalisation": "bounds", "verified": true, "provenance": { "status": "verified", "method": "transcribed", "provider": "NHS England (Acute Discharge SitRep)", "seriesId": "patients no longer meeting criteria to reside", "sourceUrl": "https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/discharge-delays/acute-discharge-situation-report/", "sourceTitle": "NHS England Acute Discharge SitRep: patients remaining in hospital who no longer meet the criteria to reside, about 13,291 per day, May 2026", "frequency": "monthly", "accessedAt": "2026-06-23", "note": "Live series is the Acute Discharge Situation Report (the older discharge-delays-acute-data page is frozen at Oct 2024). Uses the \"remaining in hospital who no longer meet the criteria to reside\" measure, not the broader count of about 22,400 per day." } }, { "id": "ps_crown_court_backlog", "name": "Crown Court outstanding caseload (E&W)", "domainId": "public_services", "description": "Total number of open Crown Court cases awaiting hearing in England and Wales, measuring the depth of the criminal justice backlog.", "unit": "thousand open cases", "latestValue": 78.3, "previousValue": 76.8, "latestPeriod": "End Jun 2025", "updateFrequency": "Quarterly", "directionOfBadness": "higher_is_worse", "stressScore": 85, "trendScore": 60, "volatilityScore": 100, "confidenceScore": 0.9, "trendDirection": "deteriorating", "sourceId": "moj_criminal_court_stats", "notes": "Verified official value from Ministry of Justice (Crown Court outstanding caseload), accessed 2026-06-13.", "previousStressScore": 100, "delta": -15, "deltaDirection": "improving", "sourceQuality": "official", "weakness": "Caseload counts reflect court listing practices and capacity rather than purely demand, and case complexity is not captured in simple caseload totals.", "normalisation": "percentile", "verified": true, "provenance": { "status": "verified", "method": "transcribed", "provider": "Ministry of Justice", "seriesId": "Crown Court outstanding caseload", "sourceUrl": "https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-court-statistics-quarterly-april-to-june-2025", "sourceTitle": "Criminal court statistics quarterly, Apr–Jun 2025, 78,329 open cases (series high)", "frequency": "quarterly", "accessedAt": "2026-06-13", "note": "Series high; up from 76,811 (Mar 2025) and 70,893 (Jun 2024).", "historyBackfill": "MoJ, Criminal Court Statistics Quarterly, Crown Court outstanding caseload, E&W, 31 December. https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/criminal-court-statistics" } }, { "id": "ps_social_care_requests", "name": "Adult social care requests", "domainId": "public_services", "description": "New requests for adult social care support received by local authorities (millions), England, by financial year.", "unit": "million new requests for adult social care support", "latestValue": 2.02, "previousValue": 2.086, "latestPeriod": "2024-25", "updateFrequency": "Annual", "directionOfBadness": "higher_is_worse", "stressScore": 63, "trendScore": 34, "volatilityScore": 20, "confidenceScore": 0.8, "trendDirection": "improving", "sourceId": "nhse_ascfr", "notes": "Verified official value from NHS England Digital / DHSC (nhse_ascfr), accessed 2026-06-14.", "previousStressScore": 80, "delta": -17, "deltaDirection": "improving", "sourceQuality": "official", "weakness": "England; counts requests with a determined outcome (not pure demand), and the 2024-25 switch to Client Level Data breaks comparability with earlier years.", "normalisation": "percentile", "verified": true, "provenance": { "provider": "NHS England Digital / DHSC", "seriesId": "nhse_ascfr", "sourceTitle": "Adult Social Care Activity and Finance Report", "sourceUrl": "https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/adult-social-care-activity-and-finance-report", "frequency": "Annual", "note": "New requests for adult social care (millions), England, financial year (labelled by end year). 2024-25 switched to Client Level Data (break).", "status": "verified", "method": "manual-transcription", "accessedAt": "2026-06-14" } }, { "id": "ps_care_workforce_vacancy", "name": "Adult social care vacancies", "domainId": "public_services", "description": "Share of adult social care roles that are vacant, England, by financial year.", "unit": "% of adult social care roles vacant", "latestValue": 7.0, "previousValue": 8.3, "latestPeriod": "2024-25", "updateFrequency": "Annual", "directionOfBadness": "higher_is_worse", "stressScore": 33, "trendScore": 0, "volatilityScore": 100, "confidenceScore": 0.75, "trendDirection": "improving", "sourceId": "skills_for_care", "notes": "Verified official value from Skills for Care (skills_for_care), accessed 2026-06-14.", "previousStressScore": 57, "delta": -24, "deltaDirection": "improving", "sourceQuality": "independent", "weakness": "England; a Skills for Care modelled estimate (sector body, not official statistics), and high international recruitment has suppressed recent headline vacancy rates.", "normalisation": "percentile", "verified": true, "provenance": { "provider": "Skills for Care", "seriesId": "skills_for_care", "sourceTitle": "The state of the adult social care sector and workforce in England", "sourceUrl": "https://www.skillsforcare.org.uk/Adult-Social-Care-Workforce-Data/Workforce-intelligence/publications/national-information/The-state-of-the-adult-social-care-sector-and-workforce-in-England.aspx", "frequency": "Annual", "note": "Adult social care vacancy rate (%), England, financial year (labelled by end year). Skills for Care modelled estimate (sector body).", "status": "verified", "method": "manual-transcription", "accessedAt": "2026-06-14" } }, { "id": "ho_price_to_earnings", "name": "House price to earnings ratio (England)", "domainId": "housing", "description": "Ratio of median house prices to median full-time earnings in England, the standard measure of housing affordability for buyers.", "unit": "ratio, median price / median full-time earnings", "latestValue": 7.6, "previousValue": 7.8, "latestPeriod": "2025", "updateFrequency": "Annual", "directionOfBadness": "higher_is_worse", "stressScore": 40, "trendScore": 37, "volatilityScore": 43, "confidenceScore": 0.9, "trendDirection": "improving", "sourceId": "ons_housing_affordability", "notes": "Verified official value from ONS (house price to workplace earnings, England (median)), accessed 2026-06-13.", "previousStressScore": 38, "delta": 2, "deltaDirection": "worsening", "sourceQuality": "official", "weakness": "England-only and annual frequency; median price conceals large regional variation, and the measure does not account for interest rates or deposit requirements.", "normalisation": "percentile", "verified": true, "provenance": { "status": "verified", "method": "transcribed", "provider": "ONS", "seriesId": "house price to workplace earnings, England (median)", "sourceUrl": "https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/housing/bulletins/housingaffordabilityinenglandandwales/2025", "sourceTitle": "Housing affordability in England and Wales: 2025, median home 7.6× earnings", "frequency": "annual", "accessedAt": "2026-06-13", "note": "England median; eased from 7.8 in 2024.", "historyBackfill": "ONS, Ratio of house price to residence-based earnings (median), England. https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/housing/datasets/ratioofhousepricetoresidencebasedearningslowerquartileandmedian" } }, { "id": "ho_rent_to_income", "name": "Rent to income ratio", "domainId": "housing", "description": "New-let private rent as a share of gross income, measuring the affordability burden of entering the private rented sector.", "unit": "% of gross income on new-let private rent", "latestValue": 36.3, "previousValue": 34.2, "latestPeriod": "FYE 2024", "updateFrequency": "Annual", "directionOfBadness": "higher_is_worse", "stressScore": 52, "trendScore": 81, "volatilityScore": 41, "confidenceScore": 0.8, "trendDirection": "deteriorating", "sourceId": "ons_housing_affordability", "notes": "Verified official value from ONS (private rental affordability, England), accessed 2026-06-13.", "previousStressScore": 16, "delta": 36, "deltaDirection": "worsening", "sourceQuality": "official", "weakness": "New-let rents diverge significantly from renewal rents, so this measure overstates the burden for long-term tenants while understating entry barriers for new renters.", "normalisation": "percentile", "verified": true, "provenance": { "status": "verified", "method": "transcribed", "provider": "ONS", "seriesId": "private rental affordability, England", "sourceUrl": "https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/housing/bulletins/privaterentalaffordabilityengland/2024", "sourceTitle": "Private rental affordability, England: 2024, 36.3% of income", "frequency": "annual", "accessedAt": "2026-06-13", "note": "ONS uses mean rent against median income of existing private-renting households.", "historyBackfill": "ONS, Private rental affordability, England (FYE). Series begins 2015/16; no clean pre-2016 series. https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/housing/bulletins/privaterentalaffordabilityengland/2024" } }, { "id": "ho_new_homes_vs_household_growth", "name": "Net additional dwellings", "domainId": "housing", "description": "Net additional dwellings delivered in England in the year, measuring housing supply against the ~300,000-a-year ambition.", "unit": "thousand net additional dwellings (England)", "latestValue": 208.6, "previousValue": 221.4, "latestPeriod": "2024–25", "updateFrequency": "Annual", "directionOfBadness": "lower_is_worse", "stressScore": 63, "trendScore": 79, "volatilityScore": 77, "confidenceScore": 0.75, "trendDirection": "deteriorating", "sourceId": "mhclg_housing_supply", "notes": "Verified official value from MHCLG (net additional dwellings, England), accessed 2026-06-13.", "previousStressScore": 47, "delta": 16, "deltaDirection": "worsening", "sourceQuality": "official", "weakness": "A gross supply count; it does not net off demolitions beyond the standard adjustment or directly compare with household formation, so it speaks to supply volume rather than adequacy.", "normalisation": "percentile", "verified": true, "provenance": { "status": "verified", "method": "transcribed", "provider": "MHCLG", "seriesId": "net additional dwellings, England", "sourceUrl": "https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/housing-supply-net-additional-dwellings-england-2024-to-2025", "sourceTitle": "Housing supply: net additional dwellings, England 2024–25, 208,600", "frequency": "annual", "accessedAt": "2026-06-13", "note": "6% fall year-on-year; near-decade low. Metric redefined to absolute net additions.", "historyBackfill": "MHCLG, Housing supply: net additional dwellings, England (financial year). https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/housing-supply-net-additional-dwellings-england-2024-to-2025" } }, { "id": "ho_temporary_accommodation", "name": "Households in temporary accommodation (England)", "domainId": "housing", "description": "Number of households placed in temporary accommodation by local authorities in England, a direct indicator of acute housing system failure.", "unit": "thousand households", "latestValue": 134.21, "previousValue": 127.84, "latestPeriod": "Q4 2025", "updateFrequency": "Quarterly", "directionOfBadness": "higher_is_worse", "stressScore": 83, "trendScore": 75, "volatilityScore": 29, "confidenceScore": 0.9, "trendDirection": "deteriorating", "sourceId": "mhclg_homelessness", "notes": "Verified official value from MHCLG (households in temporary accommodation, England), accessed 2026-06-13.", "previousStressScore": 91, "delta": -8, "deltaDirection": "improving", "sourceQuality": "official", "weakness": "England-only administrative data; local authorities are the gatekeepers of the metric, so resource constraints affecting council capacity may suppress recorded numbers.", "normalisation": "percentile", "verified": true, "provenance": { "status": "verified", "method": "transcribed", "provider": "MHCLG", "seriesId": "households in temporary accommodation, England", "sourceUrl": "https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statutory-homelessness-in-england-october-to-december-2025", "sourceTitle": "Statutory homelessness in England: Oct–Dec 2025, 134,210 households in TA", "frequency": "quarterly", "accessedAt": "2026-06-13", "note": "Up 5.0% year-on-year; first quarterly dip since 2022.", "historyBackfill": "MHCLG, Statutory homelessness live tables (TA1), households in temporary accommodation, England, Q4 each year. https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-homelessness" } }, { "id": "ho_social_housing_waiting", "name": "Social housing waiting lists (England)", "domainId": "housing", "description": "Number of households on local authority waiting lists for social housing in England, indicating pent-up demand for affordable rented homes.", "unit": "million households", "latestValue": 1.34, "previousValue": 1.33, "latestPeriod": "31 Mar 2025", "updateFrequency": "Annual", "directionOfBadness": "higher_is_worse", "stressScore": 61, "trendScore": 54, "volatilityScore": 53, "confidenceScore": 0.75, "trendDirection": "stable", "sourceId": "mhclg_social_housing", "notes": "Verified official value from MHCLG (LA housing register, England), accessed 2026-06-13.", "previousStressScore": 63, "delta": -2, "deltaDirection": "improving", "sourceQuality": "official", "weakness": "Register inflation is a known limitation: local authorities apply different eligibility criteria and removal processes, causing list sizes to be incomparable across areas.", "normalisation": "percentile", "verified": true, "provenance": { "status": "verified", "method": "transcribed", "provider": "MHCLG", "seriesId": "LA housing register, England", "sourceUrl": "https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/social-housing-lettings-in-england-april-2024-to-march-2025", "sourceTitle": "Social housing lettings, England 2024–25, 1.34m households on waiting lists", "frequency": "annual", "accessedAt": "2026-06-13", "note": "Highest since 2014.", "historyBackfill": "MHCLG, Live Table 600, households on LA housing registers, England, 31 March. NB 2012→2018 fall is largely policy-driven (Localism Act 2011 register reclassification), not solely reduced need. https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-rents-lettings-and-tenancies" } }, { "id": "ch_child_poverty_ahc", "name": "Child poverty after housing costs", "domainId": "childhood_social_floor", "description": "Proportion of children living in households below 60% of median income after housing costs, the principal measure of child poverty in the UK.", "unit": "% of children", "latestValue": 27.0, "previousValue": 27.0, "latestPeriod": "FYE 2025", "updateFrequency": "Annual", "directionOfBadness": "higher_is_worse", "stressScore": 44, "trendScore": 50, "volatilityScore": 50, "confidenceScore": 0.85, "trendDirection": "stable", "sourceId": "dwp_cilif", "notes": "Verified official value from Department for Work and Pensions (dwp_cilif), accessed 2026-06-16.", "previousStressScore": 44, "delta": 0, "deltaDirection": "flat", "sourceQuality": "official", "weakness": "Annual publication carries a 12-month lag; the relative measure can show falling child poverty during recessions when median income also falls. A FYE2022 admin-data switch is a structural break, so year-on-year deltas across that boundary are misleading.", "normalisation": "bounds", "verified": true, "provenance": { "provider": "Department for Work and Pensions", "seriesId": "dwp_cilif", "sourceTitle": "Households Below Average Income (HBAI), FYE 1995 to FYE 2025", "sourceUrl": "https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/households-below-average-income-for-financial-years-ending-1995-to-2025", "frequency": "Annual", "note": "% of children below 60% of median income after housing costs, UK. Admin-data switch from FYE2022 is a structural break, so year-on-year deltas are misleading (previous=latest).", "status": "verified", "method": "manual-transcription", "accessedAt": "2026-06-16" } }, { "id": "ch_persistent_absence", "name": "Persistent school absence (England)", "domainId": "childhood_social_floor", "description": "Share of pupils in state-funded schools in England missing 10% or more of possible school sessions, indicating a systemic attendance crisis.", "unit": "% pupils missing ≥10% of sessions", "latestValue": 18.1431, "previousValue": 19.95, "latestPeriod": "2024", "updateFrequency": "Termly", "directionOfBadness": "higher_is_worse", "stressScore": 50, "trendScore": 5, "volatilityScore": 100, "confidenceScore": 0.9, "trendDirection": "improving", "sourceId": "dfe_absence", "notes": "Verified official value from DfE (019d209c/TuAuP), accessed 2026-06-13.", "previousStressScore": 67, "delta": -17, "deltaDirection": "improving", "sourceQuality": "official", "weakness": "England-only; the 10% threshold is a policy definition rather than an evidence-based harm threshold, and the metric cannot distinguish school-refusing from poverty-related absence.", "normalisation": "percentile", "verified": true, "provenance": { "status": "verified", "provider": "DfE", "seriesId": "019d209c/TuAuP", "sourceUrl": "https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/pupil-absence-in-schools-in-england", "sourceTitle": "Persistent absence, % of pupil enrolments (state-funded, England), DfE EES API", "frequency": "AY (DfE EES API)", "accessedAt": "2026-06-13T17:46:12Z" } }, { "id": "ch_disadvantage_gap", "name": "Disadvantage attainment gap (KS4, England)", "domainId": "childhood_social_floor", "description": "Disadvantage gap index at Key Stage 4, measuring the attainment difference between pupils eligible for free school meals and their peers.", "unit": "gap index", "latestValue": 3.92, "previousValue": 3.93, "latestPeriod": "2024", "updateFrequency": "Annual", "directionOfBadness": "higher_is_worse", "stressScore": 62, "trendScore": 49, "volatilityScore": 17, "confidenceScore": 0.85, "trendDirection": "stable", "sourceId": "dfe_ks4", "notes": "Verified official value from DfE (18e39901/CdRId), accessed 2026-06-13.", "previousStressScore": 66, "delta": -4, "deltaDirection": "improving", "sourceQuality": "official", "weakness": "Annual frequency and definitional changes to the gap index methodology in 2019 limit long-run comparability before and after the reform.", "normalisation": "percentile", "verified": true, "provenance": { "status": "verified", "provider": "DfE", "seriesId": "18e39901/CdRId", "sourceUrl": "https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/key-stage-4-performance", "sourceTitle": "KS4 disadvantage attainment gap index (England), DfE EES API", "frequency": "AY (DfE EES API)", "accessedAt": "2026-06-13T17:46:12Z" } }, { "id": "ch_neet_rate", "name": "Young people not in education, employment or training (16–24)", "domainId": "childhood_social_floor", "description": "Proportion of 16–24 year-olds who are not in education, employment or training, indicating the depth of youth disengagement from productive activity.", "unit": "%", "latestValue": 13.3372, "previousValue": 13.6014, "latestPeriod": "2025", "updateFrequency": "Quarterly", "directionOfBadness": "higher_is_worse", "stressScore": 53, "trendScore": 40, "volatilityScore": 60, "confidenceScore": 0.8, "trendDirection": "improving", "sourceId": "dfe_neet", "notes": "Verified official value from DfE (019cc380/6DPUr), accessed 2026-06-13.", "previousStressScore": 73, "delta": -20, "deltaDirection": "improving", "sourceQuality": "official", "weakness": "Derived from LFS so inherits the declining-response-rate uncertainty; NEET status is a snapshot measure that does not capture duration or severity of disengagement.", "normalisation": "percentile", "verified": true, "provenance": { "status": "verified", "provider": "DfE", "seriesId": "019cc380/6DPUr", "sourceUrl": "https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/neet-statistics-annual-brief", "sourceTitle": "NEET rate, ages 16–24, % (England, LFS Q4), DfE EES API", "frequency": "CY (DfE EES API)", "accessedAt": "2026-06-13T17:46:12Z" } }, { "id": "ch_camhs_access_pressure", "name": "Children's mental-health caseload", "domainId": "childhood_social_floor", "description": "Number of children and young people with an open referral to NHS Children and Young People's Mental Health Services, a measure of demand pressure on the service.", "unit": "thousand children with an open referral to CYP mental-health services", "latestValue": 521.2, "previousValue": 521.2, "latestPeriod": "March 2026", "updateFrequency": "Monthly", "directionOfBadness": "higher_is_worse", "stressScore": 59, "trendScore": 50, "volatilityScore": 50, "confidenceScore": 0.65, "trendDirection": "stable", "sourceId": "nhse_camhs", "notes": "Verified official value from NHS England (Mental Health Services Monthly Statistics) (CYP in contact with mental health services), accessed 2026-06-13.", "previousStressScore": 59, "delta": 0, "deltaDirection": "flat", "sourceQuality": "official_in_development", "weakness": "Published as 'in contact with services' (open referrals), which includes those receiving care as well as those waiting, not a pure waiting list; counting methodologies vary across NHS trusts.", "normalisation": "bounds", "verified": true, "provenance": { "status": "verified", "method": "transcribed", "provider": "NHS England (Mental Health Services Monthly Statistics)", "seriesId": "CYP in contact with mental health services", "sourceUrl": "https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/mental-health-services-monthly-statistics", "sourceTitle": "Mental Health Services Monthly Statistics, March 2026, 521,201 CYP in contact with services", "frequency": "monthly", "accessedAt": "2026-06-13", "note": "Open-referral / in-contact caseload (includes those receiving care, not only those waiting), metric redefined accordingly. Single transcribed point." } }, { "id": "ch_infant_mortality", "name": "Infant mortality", "domainId": "childhood_social_floor", "description": "Deaths of infants under one year per 1,000 live births, England and Wales.", "unit": "infant deaths per 1,000 live births", "latestValue": 3.9, "previousValue": 3.9, "latestPeriod": "2024", "updateFrequency": "Annual", "directionOfBadness": "higher_is_worse", "stressScore": 58, "trendScore": 50, "volatilityScore": 28, "confidenceScore": 0.9, "trendDirection": "stable", "sourceId": "ons_infant_mortality", "notes": "Verified official value from Office for National Statistics (ons_infant_mortality), accessed 2026-06-16.", "previousStressScore": 59, "delta": -1, "deltaDirection": "improving", "sourceQuality": "official", "weakness": "England & Wales; small annual death counts make single-year moves noisy, so read the multi-year trend (flat-to-rising since the 2014 low).", "normalisation": "percentile", "verified": true, "provenance": { "provider": "Office for National Statistics", "seriesId": "ons_infant_mortality", "sourceTitle": "Child and infant mortality in England and Wales", "sourceUrl": "https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/bulletins/childhoodinfantandperinatalmortalityinenglandandwales/2024", "frequency": "Annual", "note": "Infant deaths (under 1) per 1,000 live births, E&W. Small counts -> year-to-year noise; flat-to-rising since the 2014 low.", "status": "verified", "method": "manual-transcription", "accessedAt": "2026-06-16" } }, { "id": "ch_looked_after", "name": "Children looked after", "domainId": "childhood_social_floor", "description": "Children looked after by local authorities per 10,000 children, England, at 31 March.", "unit": "children looked after per 10,000", "latestValue": 67, "previousValue": 70, "latestPeriod": "Year ending 31 Mar 2025", "updateFrequency": "Annual", "directionOfBadness": "higher_is_worse", "stressScore": 52, "trendScore": 29, "volatilityScore": 19, "confidenceScore": 0.85, "trendDirection": "improving", "sourceId": "dfe_looked_after", "notes": "Verified official value from Department for Education (dfe_looked_after), accessed 2026-06-14.", "previousStressScore": 66, "delta": -14, "deltaDirection": "improving", "sourceQuality": "official", "weakness": "England; the rate reflects both underlying need and local-authority thresholds and policy, which vary.", "normalisation": "percentile", "verified": true, "provenance": { "provider": "Department for Education", "seriesId": "dfe_looked_after", "sourceTitle": "Children looked after in England including adoptions", "sourceUrl": "https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoptions/2025", "frequency": "Annual", "note": "Children looked after per 10,000, England, at 31 March. 2011 interpolated value dropped.", "status": "verified", "method": "manual-transcription", "accessedAt": "2026-06-14" } }, { "id": "ch_ehcp_timeliness", "name": "EHC plan timeliness", "domainId": "childhood_social_floor", "description": "Share of new Education, Health and Care plans issued within the statutory 20 weeks (excluding exception cases), England.", "unit": "% of new EHC plans issued within 20 weeks", "latestValue": 46.4, "previousValue": 50.3, "latestPeriod": "2024", "updateFrequency": "Annual", "directionOfBadness": "lower_is_worse", "stressScore": 90, "trendScore": 89, "volatilityScore": 65, "confidenceScore": 0.85, "trendDirection": "deteriorating", "sourceId": "dfe_ehcp", "notes": "Verified official value from Department for Education (dfe_ehcp), accessed 2026-06-14.", "previousStressScore": 68, "delta": 22, "deltaDirection": "worsening", "sourceQuality": "official", "weakness": "England; excludes statutory exception cases, and a 2022 reporting-scope change coincides with the sharp fall in performance.", "normalisation": "percentile", "verified": true, "provenance": { "provider": "Department for Education", "seriesId": "dfe_ehcp", "sourceTitle": "Education, health and care plans", "sourceUrl": "https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/education-health-and-care-plans/2025", "frequency": "Annual", "note": "% new EHC plans issued within 20 weeks (excl. exceptions), England. 2022 reporting-scope change + genuine deterioration.", "status": "verified", "method": "manual-transcription", "accessedAt": "2026-06-14" } }, { "id": "rl_csew_victimisation", "name": "Crime Survey victimisation (headline crime)", "domainId": "rule_of_law", "description": "Percentage of adults in England and Wales who experienced any CSEW headline crime in the past 12 months.", "unit": "% adults victimised in last 12 months", "latestValue": 17.07, "previousValue": 17.07, "latestPeriod": "YE Mar 2025", "updateFrequency": "Quarterly", "directionOfBadness": "higher_is_worse", "stressScore": 52, "trendScore": 50, "volatilityScore": 50, "confidenceScore": 0.85, "trendDirection": "stable", "sourceId": "ons_csew", "notes": "Verified official value from ONS (Crime Survey for England & Wales) (CSEW headline victimisation), accessed 2026-06-13.", "previousStressScore": 52, "delta": 0, "deltaDirection": "flat", "sourceQuality": "survey", "weakness": "CSEW excludes fraud from its headline crime category in older series; survey suspension during COVID created a multi-year gap in the time series.", "normalisation": "bounds", "verified": true, "provenance": { "status": "verified", "method": "transcribed", "provider": "ONS (Crime Survey for England & Wales)", "seriesId": "CSEW headline victimisation", "sourceUrl": "https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/bulletins/crimeinenglandandwales/yearendingmarch2025", "sourceTitle": "Crime in England and Wales: year ending March 2025, headline victimisation (incl. fraud & computer misuse)", "frequency": "annual", "accessedAt": "2026-06-13", "note": "Single transcribed point; full series ingestion pending. Includes fraud and computer misuse." } }, { "id": "rl_fraud_incidents", "name": "Fraud incidents (CSEW)", "domainId": "rule_of_law", "description": "Estimated total fraud incidents per year in England and Wales based on CSEW, the largest crime type by volume.", "unit": "million incidents per year", "latestValue": 4.2, "previousValue": 3.2, "latestPeriod": "YE Mar 2025", "updateFrequency": "Quarterly", "directionOfBadness": "higher_is_worse", "stressScore": 83, "trendScore": 100, "volatilityScore": 100, "confidenceScore": 0.75, "trendDirection": "deteriorating", "sourceId": "ons_csew", "notes": "Verified official value from ONS (Crime Survey for England & Wales) (CSEW fraud incidents), accessed 2026-06-13.", "previousStressScore": 16, "delta": 67, "deltaDirection": "worsening", "sourceQuality": "survey", "weakness": "CSEW fraud estimates have wide confidence intervals and the survey was redesigned to capture fraud more comprehensively in 2015, creating a structural break in the series.", "normalisation": "percentile", "verified": true, "provenance": { "status": "verified", "method": "transcribed", "provider": "ONS (Crime Survey for England & Wales)", "seriesId": "CSEW fraud incidents", "sourceUrl": "https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/articles/natureoffraudandcomputermisuseinenglandandwales/yearendingmarch2025", "sourceTitle": "Nature of fraud and computer misuse in England and Wales: YE March 2025 (4.2m incidents)", "frequency": "annual", "accessedAt": "2026-06-13", "note": "Highest since fraud was first measured (YE Mar 2017). Prior year YE Mar 2024 = 3.2m.", "historyBackfill": "ONS, Crime in England and Wales, CSEW fraud incidents, millions (YE March); series from 2017. https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/bulletins/crimeinenglandandwales/latest" } }, { "id": "rl_theft_robbery_burglary", "name": "Theft, robbery and burglary (CSEW)", "domainId": "rule_of_law", "description": "Combined CSEW estimate of theft, robbery and burglary incidents per year in England and Wales, measuring conventional acquisitive crime.", "unit": "million incidents per year", "latestValue": 2.88, "previousValue": 2.88, "latestPeriod": "YE Mar 2025", "updateFrequency": "Quarterly", "directionOfBadness": "higher_is_worse", "stressScore": 41, "trendScore": 50, "volatilityScore": 70, "confidenceScore": 0.8, "trendDirection": "stable", "sourceId": "ons_csew", "notes": "Verified official value from ONS (Crime Survey for England & Wales) (CSEW theft (incl. burglary) + robbery), accessed 2026-06-13.", "previousStressScore": 50, "delta": -9, "deltaDirection": "improving", "sourceQuality": "survey", "weakness": "CSEW is a household survey and does not capture crime against commercial premises; theft (incl. burglary) and robbery are published separately, so the combined figure here sums the two.", "normalisation": "percentile", "verified": true, "provenance": { "status": "verified", "method": "transcribed", "provider": "ONS (Crime Survey for England & Wales)", "seriesId": "CSEW theft (incl. burglary) + robbery", "sourceUrl": "https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/bulletins/crimeinenglandandwales/yearendingmarch2025", "sourceTitle": "Crime in England and Wales: YE March 2025, theft 2.8m (incl. burglary) + robbery 83k", "frequency": "annual", "accessedAt": "2026-06-13", "note": "Composite: 2.8m theft (includes domestic burglary) + ~0.083m robbery, published separately by ONS.", "historyBackfill": "ONS, Crime in England and Wales, CSEW theft offences, millions (YE March). NB ONS 'theft offences' excludes robbery. https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/bulletins/crimeinenglandandwales/latest" } }, { "id": "rl_charge_rate", "name": "Offences resulting in charge or summons (E&W)", "domainId": "rule_of_law", "description": "Proportion of recorded crimes in England and Wales that result in a charge or summons, measuring the system's ability to hold offenders accountable.", "unit": "% of recorded offences", "latestValue": 6.3, "previousValue": 6.4, "latestPeriod": "YE Mar 2025", "updateFrequency": "Quarterly", "directionOfBadness": "lower_is_worse", "stressScore": 72, "trendScore": 58, "volatilityScore": 100, "confidenceScore": 0.85, "trendDirection": "deteriorating", "sourceId": "home_office_crime_outcomes", "notes": "Verified official value from Home Office (charge/summons rate, E&W), accessed 2026-06-13.", "previousStressScore": 53, "delta": 19, "deltaDirection": "worsening", "sourceQuality": "official", "weakness": "The denominator is recorded crime, which is itself incomplete; forces vary in recording practices, and changes in recording standards affect the ratio independently of investigative performance.", "normalisation": "percentile", "verified": true, "provenance": { "status": "verified", "method": "transcribed", "provider": "Home Office", "seriesId": "charge/summons rate, E&W", "sourceUrl": "https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/crime-outcomes-in-england-and-wales-2024-to-2025", "sourceTitle": "Crime outcomes in England and Wales 2024–25, 6.3% victim-based charged", "frequency": "annual", "accessedAt": "2026-06-13", "note": "Victim-based crimes (excl. fraud/CMA); closest published headline.", "historyBackfill": "Home Office, Crime outcomes in England and Wales, % charged/summonsed (YE March). 2016 dropped (interpolated). https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/crime-outcomes-in-england-and-wales-statistics" } }, { "id": "rl_court_delay", "name": "Crown Court timeliness (E&W)", "domainId": "rule_of_law", "description": "Median number of days from offence to completion in Crown Court in England and Wales, measuring the responsiveness of the criminal justice system.", "unit": "median days, offence to completion", "latestValue": 338, "previousValue": 345, "latestPeriod": "Q2 2025", "updateFrequency": "Quarterly", "directionOfBadness": "higher_is_worse", "stressScore": 45, "trendScore": 40, "volatilityScore": 100, "confidenceScore": 0.85, "trendDirection": "improving", "sourceId": "moj_criminal_court_stats", "notes": "Verified official value from Ministry of Justice (Crown Court median days offence→completion), accessed 2026-06-13.", "previousStressScore": 40, "delta": 5, "deltaDirection": "worsening", "sourceQuality": "official", "weakness": "Median conceals large variation by case type; the offence date is not always accurately recorded, and case complexity changes over time affect average timeliness independently of capacity.", "normalisation": "bounds", "verified": true, "provenance": { "status": "verified", "method": "transcribed", "provider": "Ministry of Justice", "seriesId": "Crown Court median days offence→completion", "sourceUrl": "https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-court-statistics-quarterly-april-to-june-2025", "sourceTitle": "Criminal court statistics quarterly, Apr–Jun 2025, 338 median days", "frequency": "quarterly", "accessedAt": "2026-06-13", "note": "Down from 345 days prior quarter; pre-COVID baseline ~254 days.", "historyBackfill": "MoJ, Criminal Court Statistics Quarterly, median days offence-to-completion, Crown Court, E&W (Q4). https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/criminal-court-statistics" } }, { "id": "rl_prison_capacity", "name": "Prison capacity utilisation (E&W)", "domainId": "rule_of_law", "description": "Prison population as a percentage of usable operational capacity in England and Wales, measuring the margin of safety in the custodial estate.", "unit": "% of usable operational capacity", "latestValue": 96.2, "previousValue": 97.8, "latestPeriod": "22 June 2026", "updateFrequency": "Monthly", "directionOfBadness": "higher_is_worse", "stressScore": 56, "trendScore": 42, "volatilityScore": 50, "confidenceScore": 0.95, "trendDirection": "improving", "sourceId": "moj_prison_population", "notes": "Verified official value from Ministry of Justice (prison population vs usable operational capacity, E&W), accessed 2026-06-23.", "previousStressScore": 63, "delta": -7, "deltaDirection": "improving", "sourceQuality": "administrative", "weakness": "Usable operational capacity is a managed administrative figure that can be adjusted by HMPPS; capacity reductions (e.g. cell refurbishments) can mechanically worsen the ratio.", "normalisation": "bounds", "verified": true, "provenance": { "status": "verified", "method": "transcribed", "provider": "Ministry of Justice", "seriesId": "prison population vs usable operational capacity, E&W", "sourceUrl": "https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/prison-population-weekly-estate-figures-2026", "sourceTitle": "MoJ: prison population 85,808 vs usable operational capacity 89,230 (22 Jun 2026) = 96.2%", "frequency": "periodic", "accessedAt": "2026-06-23", "note": "Population and usable operational capacity are published together in the weekly population bulletin, so both are date consistent (22 Jun 2026)." } }, { "id": "fi_debt_to_gdp", "name": "Public sector net debt", "domainId": "fiscal_resilience", "description": "Public sector net debt as a percentage of GDP, the headline measure of government indebtedness relative to the size of the economy.", "unit": "% of GDP", "latestValue": 94.7, "previousValue": 94.7, "latestPeriod": "2025", "updateFrequency": "Monthly", "directionOfBadness": "higher_is_worse", "stressScore": 71, "trendScore": 50, "volatilityScore": 79, "confidenceScore": 0.9, "trendDirection": "stable", "sourceId": "ons_public_sector_finances", "notes": "Verified official value from ONS (HF6X/PUSF), accessed 2026-06-13.", "previousStressScore": 71, "delta": 0, "deltaDirection": "flat", "sourceQuality": "official", "weakness": "GDP is itself subject to revision, meaning the ratio can shift without any change in the stock of debt; the measure excludes off-balance-sheet liabilities.", "normalisation": "percentile", "verified": true, "provenance": { "status": "verified", "provider": "ONS", "seriesId": "HF6X/PUSF", "sourceUrl": "https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/governmentpublicsectorandtaxes/publicsectorfinance/timeseries/hf6x/pusf/data", "sourceTitle": "PS: Net Debt (excluding public sector banks) as a % of GDP: NSA", "frequency": "annual", "accessedAt": "2026-06-13T17:46:12Z" } }, { "id": "fi_borrowing_to_gdp", "name": "Public sector net borrowing", "domainId": "fiscal_resilience", "description": "Annual public sector net borrowing as a percentage of GDP, measuring the flow of new borrowing relative to economic capacity.", "unit": "% of GDP", "latestValue": 4.2, "previousValue": 5.2, "latestPeriod": "2026", "updateFrequency": "Monthly", "directionOfBadness": "higher_is_worse", "stressScore": 31, "trendScore": 0, "volatilityScore": 100, "confidenceScore": 0.9, "trendDirection": "improving", "sourceId": "ons_public_sector_finances", "notes": "Verified official value from ONS (J5IJ/PUSF), accessed 2026-06-13.", "previousStressScore": 72, "delta": -41, "deltaDirection": "improving", "sourceQuality": "official", "weakness": "Monthly estimates are heavily revised in subsequent months; cyclically adjusted borrowing (a better sustainability measure) requires OBR modelling not available monthly.", "normalisation": "percentile", "verified": true, "provenance": { "status": "verified", "provider": "ONS", "seriesId": "J5IJ/PUSF", "sourceUrl": "https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/governmentpublicsectorandtaxes/publicsectorfinance/timeseries/j5ij/pusf/data", "sourceTitle": "PS: Net Borrowing (exc PS Banks) as a % of GDP: CPNSA", "frequency": "quarterly", "accessedAt": "2026-06-13T17:46:12Z" } }, { "id": "fi_debt_interest_pressure", "name": "Debt interest as share of revenue", "domainId": "fiscal_resilience", "description": "Central government debt interest payments as a share of total public sector receipts, measuring how much of tax revenue is consumed by debt servicing.", "unit": "% of public sector receipts", "latestValue": 8.2, "previousValue": 8.2, "latestPeriod": "2024–25", "updateFrequency": "Biannual", "directionOfBadness": "higher_is_worse", "stressScore": 46, "trendScore": 50, "volatilityScore": 50, "confidenceScore": 0.85, "trendDirection": "stable", "sourceId": "obr_efo", "notes": "Verified official value from ONS / OBR (debt interest as % of receipts), accessed 2026-06-13.", "previousStressScore": 46, "delta": 0, "deltaDirection": "flat", "sourceQuality": "independent", "weakness": "Biannual OBR publication means data is updated infrequently; the ratio is sensitive to short-term interest rate movements that may reverse without structural change.", "normalisation": "bounds", "verified": true, "provenance": { "status": "verified", "method": "transcribed", "provider": "ONS / OBR", "seriesId": "debt interest as % of receipts", "sourceUrl": "https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/governmentpublicsectorandtaxes/publicsectorfinance/bulletins/publicsectorfinances/march2025", "sourceTitle": "Central government debt interest £85.0bn ÷ receipts £1,031.2bn = 8.2% (2024–25)", "frequency": "annual", "accessedAt": "2026-06-13", "note": "Derived from ONS public sector finances; OBR also quotes ~3.7% of GDP." } }, { "id": "fi_current_budget_deficit", "name": "Current budget deficit", "domainId": "fiscal_resilience", "description": "Current budget balance (excluding investment) as a percentage of GDP; positive values indicate a deficit, meaning day-to-day spending exceeds receipts.", "unit": "% of GDP (positive = deficit)", "latestValue": 1.5, "previousValue": 2.6, "latestPeriod": "2026", "updateFrequency": "Monthly", "directionOfBadness": "higher_is_worse", "stressScore": 30, "trendScore": 0, "volatilityScore": 100, "confidenceScore": 0.85, "trendDirection": "improving", "sourceId": "ons_public_sector_finances", "notes": "Verified official value from ONS (JW2V/PUSF), accessed 2026-06-13.", "previousStressScore": 64, "delta": -34, "deltaDirection": "improving", "sourceQuality": "official", "weakness": "Current budget balance is the fiscal rule metric but its definition can be adjusted by the government, meaning the threshold for 'breach' is not fixed.", "normalisation": "percentile", "verified": true, "provenance": { "status": "verified", "provider": "ONS", "seriesId": "JW2V/PUSF", "sourceUrl": "https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/governmentpublicsectorandtaxes/publicsectorfinance/timeseries/jw2v/pusf/data", "sourceTitle": "PS: Current Budget Deficit (exc PS Banks) as a % of GDP: CPNSA", "frequency": "quarterly", "accessedAt": "2026-06-13T17:46:12Z" } }, { "id": "fi_net_investment", "name": "Public sector net investment", "domainId": "fiscal_resilience", "description": "Public sector net investment as a percentage of GDP, measuring the government's contribution to the long-term productive capital stock.", "unit": "% of GDP", "latestValue": 2.7, "previousValue": 2.6, "latestPeriod": "2026", "updateFrequency": "Monthly", "directionOfBadness": "lower_is_worse", "stressScore": 30, "trendScore": 31, "volatilityScore": 100, "confidenceScore": 0.85, "trendDirection": "improving", "sourceId": "ons_public_sector_finances", "notes": "Verified official value from ONS (MUB2/PUSF), accessed 2026-06-13.", "previousStressScore": 24, "delta": 6, "deltaDirection": "worsening", "sourceQuality": "official", "weakness": "Investment spending is often subject to in-year underspend and reprinting; capital spending quality (what is being invested in) is not captured by the aggregate.", "normalisation": "percentile", "verified": true, "provenance": { "status": "verified", "provider": "ONS", "seriesId": "MUB2/PUSF", "sourceUrl": "https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/governmentpublicsectorandtaxes/publicsectorfinance/timeseries/mub2/pusf/data", "sourceTitle": "PS: Net Investment (exc PS Banks) as a % of GDP: CPNSA", "frequency": "quarterly", "accessedAt": "2026-06-13T17:46:12Z" } }, { "id": "fi_fiscal_headroom", "name": "Headroom against fiscal rules", "domainId": "fiscal_resilience", "description": "OBR estimate of the margin between forecast borrowing and the government's stated fiscal rules, in nominal billions, indicating the buffer before a breach.", "unit": "£ billion", "latestValue": 22.0, "previousValue": 9.9, "latestPeriod": "Nov 2025 EFO", "updateFrequency": "Biannual", "directionOfBadness": "lower_is_worse", "stressScore": 32, "trendScore": 0, "volatilityScore": 50, "confidenceScore": 0.7, "trendDirection": "improving", "sourceId": "obr_efo", "notes": "Verified official value from OBR (headroom against the fiscal mandate), accessed 2026-06-13.", "previousStressScore": 65, "delta": -33, "deltaDirection": "improving", "sourceQuality": "independent", "weakness": "Highly model-dependent; OBR forecasts carry substantial uncertainty bands that are not reflected in the headline number, and rules themselves may be redefined.", "normalisation": "bounds", "verified": true, "provenance": { "status": "verified", "method": "transcribed", "provider": "OBR", "seriesId": "headroom against the fiscal mandate", "sourceUrl": "https://obr.uk/efo/economic-and-fiscal-outlook-november-2025/", "sourceTitle": "OBR EFO November 2025, £22bn headroom against the current-budget rule", "frequency": "annual", "accessedAt": "2026-06-13", "note": "Up from £9.9bn (March 2025 EFO). Mandate now assessed once a year at Budget." } }, { "id": "ie_industrial_energy_price", "name": "Industrial electricity price premium", "domainId": "infrastructure_environment", "description": "UK industrial electricity price as a percentage above the IEA median for comparable industrial economies, measuring competitive disadvantage from energy costs.", "unit": "% above IEA median industrial price", "latestValue": 63, "previousValue": 63, "latestPeriod": "2024", "updateFrequency": "Quarterly", "directionOfBadness": "higher_is_worse", "stressScore": 58, "trendScore": 50, "volatilityScore": 50, "confidenceScore": 0.8, "trendDirection": "stable", "sourceId": "desnz_energy_prices", "notes": "Verified official value from DESNZ (UK industrial electricity premium vs IEA median), accessed 2026-06-13.", "previousStressScore": 58, "delta": 0, "deltaDirection": "flat", "sourceQuality": "official", "weakness": "IEA comparators and exchange-rate timing affect the premium calculation; the industrial price basket definition varies across countries making exact comparisons approximate.", "normalisation": "bounds", "verified": true, "provenance": { "status": "verified", "method": "transcribed", "provider": "DESNZ", "seriesId": "UK industrial electricity premium vs IEA median", "sourceUrl": "https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/international-industrial-energy-prices", "sourceTitle": "DESNZ international industrial energy prices, UK ~63% above IEA median (2024)", "frequency": "annual", "accessedAt": "2026-06-13", "note": "UK 26.6 p/kWh, highest of 25 IEA reporting countries; premium vs IEA median." } }, { "id": "ie_grid_connection_delay", "name": "Grid connection queue delay", "domainId": "infrastructure_environment", "description": "Median years between application and connection offer for transmission-connected projects, measuring the queue backlog constraining clean energy deployment.", "unit": "median years to connection offer", "latestValue": 7.5368, "previousValue": 8.4835, "latestPeriod": "2025", "updateFrequency": "Periodic", "directionOfBadness": "higher_is_worse", "stressScore": 36, "trendScore": 0, "volatilityScore": 32, "confidenceScore": 0.6, "trendDirection": "improving", "sourceId": "neso_connections", "notes": "Seed value. No published official figure exists for this indicator yet, so a provisional placeholder is shown in its place.", "previousStressScore": 45, "delta": -9, "deltaDirection": "improving", "sourceQuality": "administrative", "weakness": "NESO connections data is administrative and subject to revision as reform programmes cancel historic queue positions; data reliability is rated low due to ongoing queue reform.", "normalisation": "bounds", "verified": false, "provenance": { "status": "seed" } }, { "id": "ie_rail_reliability", "name": "Rail cancellations (GB)", "domainId": "infrastructure_environment", "description": "Percentage of scheduled trains in Great Britain that were cancelled or part-cancelled, measuring the reliability of the national rail network.", "unit": "% trains cancelled or part-cancelled", "latestValue": 4.1, "previousValue": 3.5, "latestPeriod": "2024–25", "updateFrequency": "Quarterly", "directionOfBadness": "higher_is_worse", "stressScore": 62, "trendScore": 100, "volatilityScore": 50, "confidenceScore": 0.85, "trendDirection": "deteriorating", "sourceId": "orr_rail_performance", "notes": "Verified official value from ORR (trains cancelled, GB), accessed 2026-06-13.", "previousStressScore": 41, "delta": 21, "deltaDirection": "worsening", "sourceQuality": "official", "weakness": "Cancellation rates are affected by industrial action and extreme weather which are temporary rather than structural; ORR methodology distinguishes planned and unplanned cancellations with different implications.", "normalisation": "bounds", "verified": true, "provenance": { "status": "verified", "method": "transcribed", "provider": "ORR", "seriesId": "trains cancelled, GB", "sourceUrl": "https://www.orr.gov.uk/annual-assessment-network-rail-2024-2025/train-service-performance", "sourceTitle": "ORR Annual Assessment 2024–25, 4.1% cancellations score (highest since 2014)", "frequency": "annual", "accessedAt": "2026-06-13", "note": "Against a 3.4% target; full=1, part=0.5 weighting." } }, { "id": "ie_road_condition", "name": "Local road condition (England)", "domainId": "infrastructure_environment", "description": "Percentage of local roads in England assessed as requiring maintenance consideration, indicating the backlog of deferred infrastructure investment.", "unit": "% local roads needing maintenance consideration", "latestValue": 17, "previousValue": 17, "latestPeriod": "To Mar 2025", "updateFrequency": "Annual", "directionOfBadness": "higher_is_worse", "stressScore": 37, "trendScore": 50, "volatilityScore": 50, "confidenceScore": 0.7, "trendDirection": "stable", "sourceId": "dft_road_conditions", "notes": "Verified official value from DfT (local roads needing maintenance (unclassified), England), accessed 2026-06-13.", "previousStressScore": 37, "delta": 0, "deltaDirection": "flat", "sourceQuality": "official", "weakness": "England-only; local authority survey response rates and road assessment methodologies are not fully standardised, and the 'maintenance consideration' threshold is a broad indicator rather than a precise engineering standard.", "normalisation": "bounds", "verified": true, "provenance": { "status": "verified", "method": "transcribed", "provider": "DfT", "seriesId": "local roads needing maintenance (unclassified), England", "sourceUrl": "https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/road-conditions-in-england-to-march-2025", "sourceTitle": "Road conditions in England to Mar 2025, 17% of unclassified roads red", "frequency": "annual", "accessedAt": "2026-06-13", "note": "Unclassified roads (the bulk of the local network); local A roads 5%, B/C 7%." } }, { "id": "ie_storm_overflows", "name": "Storm overflow spill duration (England)", "domainId": "environment_climate", "description": "Total hours of storm overflow discharges from monitored assets in England per year, measuring the scale of sewage pollution of rivers and coastal waters.", "unit": "million hours of monitored spills per year", "latestValue": 1.874, "previousValue": 3.614, "latestPeriod": "2025", "updateFrequency": "Annual", "directionOfBadness": "higher_is_worse", "stressScore": 23, "trendScore": 0, "volatilityScore": 50, "confidenceScore": 0.8, "trendDirection": "improving", "sourceId": "ea_storm_overflows", "notes": "Verified official value from Environment Agency (storm overflow spill duration, England), accessed 2026-06-23.", "previousStressScore": 62, "delta": -39, "deltaDirection": "improving", "sourceQuality": "administrative", "weakness": "Event Duration Monitors have increased coverage over time, meaning rising totals may partly reflect improved monitoring rather than worsening environmental performance.", "normalisation": "bounds", "verified": true, "provenance": { "status": "verified", "method": "transcribed", "provider": "Environment Agency", "seriesId": "storm overflow spill duration, England", "sourceUrl": "https://environment.data.gov.uk/dataset/21e15f12-0df8-4bfc-b763-45226c16a8ac", "sourceTitle": "EA Event Duration Monitoring 2025: 1.87m hours of monitored spills (down from 3.61m in 2024)", "frequency": "annual", "accessedAt": "2026-06-23", "note": "1,873,751 hours in 2025, down from 3,614,427 in 2024. The fall is largely weather-driven (2025 was notably dry) and does not by itself indicate reduced reliance on storm overflows." } }, { "id": "ie_climate_adaptation", "name": "Climate adaptation readiness", "domainId": "environment_climate", "description": "Percentage of Climate Change Committee adaptation outcomes assessed as having credible delivery plans, measuring preparedness for climate change impacts.", "unit": "% CCC adaptation outcomes with credible plans", "latestValue": 34.8391, "previousValue": 33.0846, "latestPeriod": "2023", "updateFrequency": "Biennial", "directionOfBadness": "lower_is_worse", "stressScore": 47, "trendScore": 23, "volatilityScore": 16, "confidenceScore": 0.6, "trendDirection": "improving", "sourceId": "ccc_adaptation", "notes": "Seed value. No published official figure exists for this indicator yet, so a provisional placeholder is shown in its place.", "previousStressScore": 48, "delta": -1, "deltaDirection": "improving", "sourceQuality": "independent", "weakness": "CCC assessments are qualitative expert judgements rather than quantitative outcomes; biennial frequency means conditions can deteriorate significantly between reports. Latest reference: CCC 2025 progress report, 0 of 46 adaptation outcomes rated good for delivery (CCC 2025).", "normalisation": "bounds", "verified": false, "provenance": { "status": "seed" } }, { "id": "tw_life_satisfaction", "name": "Life satisfaction", "domainId": "trust_wellbeing", "description": "Mean self-reported life satisfaction score on a 0–10 scale from the ONS Annual Population Survey well-being module.", "unit": "mean score, 0–10", "latestValue": 7.5, "previousValue": 7.5, "latestPeriod": "2023", "updateFrequency": "Quarterly", "directionOfBadness": "lower_is_worse", "stressScore": 58, "trendScore": 50, "volatilityScore": 17, "confidenceScore": 0.85, "trendDirection": "stable", "sourceId": "ons_wellbeing_dashboard", "notes": "Verified official value from ONS (wellbeing-quarterly/life-satisfaction), accessed 2026-06-13.", "previousStressScore": 61, "delta": -3, "deltaDirection": "improving", "sourceQuality": "official", "weakness": "Self-reported subjective measure; mean scores compress distributional differences and the 0–10 scale is not interval-calibrated across respondents.", "normalisation": "percentile", "verified": true, "provenance": { "status": "verified", "provider": "ONS", "seriesId": "wellbeing-quarterly/life-satisfaction", "sourceUrl": "https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/wellbeing/datasets/quarterlypersonalwellbeingestimatesnonseasonallyadjusted", "sourceTitle": "Average (mean) life satisfaction, UK (NSA), ONS beta API; series currently ends 2023", "frequency": "quarterly→annual (ONS beta API)", "accessedAt": "2026-06-13T17:46:12Z" } }, { "id": "tw_anxiety", "name": "Anxiety", "domainId": "trust_wellbeing", "description": "Mean self-reported anxiety score on a 0–10 scale from the ONS well-being module (higher = more anxious), measuring population-level psychological strain.", "unit": "mean score, 0–10 (higher = more anxious)", "latestValue": 3.1, "previousValue": 3.3, "latestPeriod": "2023", "updateFrequency": "Quarterly", "directionOfBadness": "higher_is_worse", "stressScore": 52, "trendScore": 20, "volatilityScore": 43, "confidenceScore": 0.85, "trendDirection": "improving", "sourceId": "ons_wellbeing_dashboard", "notes": "Verified official value from ONS (wellbeing-quarterly/anxiety), accessed 2026-06-13.", "previousStressScore": 76, "delta": -24, "deltaDirection": "improving", "sourceQuality": "official", "weakness": "Headline mean anxiety scores mask large variation by age, gender and deprivation; the well-being module question wording creates priming effects that vary with question context.", "normalisation": "percentile", "verified": true, "provenance": { "status": "verified", "provider": "ONS", "seriesId": "wellbeing-quarterly/anxiety", "sourceUrl": "https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/wellbeing/datasets/quarterlypersonalwellbeingestimatesnonseasonallyadjusted", "sourceTitle": "Average (mean) anxiety, UK (NSA), ONS beta API; series currently ends 2023", "frequency": "quarterly→annual (ONS beta API)", "accessedAt": "2026-06-13T17:46:12Z" } }, { "id": "tw_loneliness", "name": "Chronic loneliness", "domainId": "trust_wellbeing", "description": "Percentage of adults who report feeling often or always lonely, measuring the depth of social isolation across the population.", "unit": "% adults often or always lonely", "latestValue": 8.0, "previousValue": 7.0, "latestPeriod": "May 2026", "updateFrequency": "Periodic", "directionOfBadness": "higher_is_worse", "stressScore": 60, "trendScore": 100, "volatilityScore": 50, "confidenceScore": 0.75, "trendDirection": "deteriorating", "sourceId": "ons_opn", "notes": "Verified official value from ONS (Opinions and Lifestyle Survey) (OPN chronic loneliness), accessed 2026-06-23.", "previousStressScore": 40, "delta": 20, "deltaDirection": "worsening", "sourceQuality": "survey", "weakness": "ONS Opinions and Lifestyle Survey is a small quota sample with periodic fieldwork; the loneliness question is not asked consistently, limiting time-series continuity.", "normalisation": "bounds", "verified": true, "provenance": { "status": "verified", "method": "transcribed", "provider": "ONS (Opinions and Lifestyle Survey)", "seriesId": "OPN chronic loneliness", "sourceUrl": "https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/wellbeing/datasets/publicopinionsandsocialtrendsgreatbritainpersonalwellbeingandloneliness", "sourceTitle": "Public opinions and social trends, GB: 8% feel lonely often or always (OPN, 6 to 31 May 2026)", "frequency": "periodic", "accessedAt": "2026-06-23", "note": "ONS Opinions and Lifestyle Survey, latest wave 6 to 31 May 2026 (Table 11). The current published table rounds to whole numbers (8%)." } }, { "id": "tw_institutional_trust", "name": "Trust in national government", "domainId": "trust_wellbeing", "description": "Percentage of adults reporting that they trust the national government, a headline indicator of democratic legitimacy and civic confidence.", "unit": "% reporting trust", "latestValue": 29.2, "previousValue": 27.9, "latestPeriod": "March 2026", "updateFrequency": "Annual", "directionOfBadness": "lower_is_worse", "stressScore": 47, "trendScore": 27, "volatilityScore": 50, "confidenceScore": 0.7, "trendDirection": "improving", "sourceId": "ons_trust_in_government", "notes": "Verified official value from ONS (Opinions and Lifestyle Survey) (trust in national government), accessed 2026-06-23.", "previousStressScore": 56, "delta": -9, "deltaDirection": "improving", "sourceQuality": "survey", "weakness": "Annual survey data; trust measures are highly sensitive to current political events and recent scandals at the time of fieldwork, reducing reliability as a structural trend indicator.", "normalisation": "bounds", "verified": true, "provenance": { "status": "verified", "method": "transcribed", "provider": "ONS (Opinions and Lifestyle Survey)", "seriesId": "trust in national government", "sourceUrl": "https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/wellbeing/bulletins/measuringprogresswellbeingandbeyondgdpintheuk/june2026", "sourceTitle": "ONS: 29.2% of adults tend to trust the UK government, March 2026 (Measuring progress, well-being and beyond GDP in the UK, June 2026)", "frequency": "periodic", "accessedAt": "2026-06-23", "note": "The dedicated trustingovernmentuk dataset is dormant (last 2023). The live figure is published in the ONS national well-being / beyond-GDP series from the Opinions and Lifestyle Survey." } }, { "id": "tw_community_participation", "name": "Regular formal volunteering", "domainId": "trust_wellbeing", "description": "Percentage of adults who volunteer formally at least once a month through a group, club or organisation, measuring civic engagement and social cohesion.", "unit": "% adults volunteering at least monthly", "latestValue": 17, "previousValue": 16, "latestPeriod": "2024/25", "updateFrequency": "Annual", "directionOfBadness": "lower_is_worse", "stressScore": 44, "trendScore": 19, "volatilityScore": 50, "confidenceScore": 0.7, "trendDirection": "improving", "sourceId": "dcms_community_life", "notes": "Verified official value from DCMS (formal volunteering at least monthly, England), accessed 2026-06-13.", "previousStressScore": 56, "delta": -12, "deltaDirection": "improving", "sourceQuality": "survey", "weakness": "Community Life Survey is a medium-sized annual survey; volunteering rates are affected by economic conditions that change participation without reflecting structural social change.", "normalisation": "bounds", "verified": true, "provenance": { "status": "verified", "method": "transcribed", "provider": "DCMS", "seriesId": "formal volunteering at least monthly, England", "sourceUrl": "https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/community-life-survey-202425-annual-publication", "sourceTitle": "Community Life Survey 2024/25, 17% volunteer formally at least monthly", "frequency": "annual", "accessedAt": "2026-06-13", "note": "Not a statistically significant change from 16%; peaked at 27% in 2013/14." } }, { "id": "tw_safe_after_dark", "name": "Feeling safe after dark", "domainId": "trust_wellbeing", "description": "Share of adults who feel very or fairly safe walking alone in their local area after dark, England and Wales.", "unit": "% of adults feeling safe walking alone after dark", "latestValue": 79.0, "previousValue": 79.0, "latestPeriod": "YE Mar 2024", "updateFrequency": "Annual", "directionOfBadness": "lower_is_worse", "stressScore": 26, "trendScore": 50, "volatilityScore": 23, "confidenceScore": 0.8, "trendDirection": "stable", "sourceId": "ons_csew", "notes": "Verified official value from Office for National Statistics (ons_csew), accessed 2026-06-16.", "previousStressScore": 21, "delta": 5, "deltaDirection": "worsening", "sourceQuality": "survey", "weakness": "England & Wales; the CSEW question has multiple breaks (2012/13 sub-sample move, 2016/17 omission, 2020-22 COVID suspension), so it is not a clean trend. ONS discontinued the standalone perceptions article; the figure is corroborated via the CSEW.", "normalisation": "percentile", "verified": true, "provenance": { "provider": "Office for National Statistics", "seriesId": "ons_csew", "sourceTitle": "Crime Survey for England and Wales, feelings of safety", "sourceUrl": "https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/bulletins/crimeinenglandandwales/latest", "frequency": "Annual", "note": "% adults feeling safe walking alone after dark, E&W. Breaks: 2012/13 sub-sample move, 2016/17 question omitted, 2020-22 COVID suspension. ONS discontinued the standalone perceptions article; figure corroborated via CSEW.", "status": "verified", "method": "manual-transcription", "accessedAt": "2026-06-16" } }, { "id": "tw_belonging", "name": "Neighbourhood belonging", "domainId": "trust_wellbeing", "description": "Share of adults who feel they belong strongly to their immediate neighbourhood, England.", "unit": "% of adults who feel they belong to their neighbourhood", "latestValue": 62, "previousValue": 61, "latestPeriod": "2024/25", "updateFrequency": "Annual", "directionOfBadness": "lower_is_worse", "stressScore": 42, "trendScore": 42, "volatilityScore": 34, "confidenceScore": 0.75, "trendDirection": "improving", "sourceId": "dcms_community_life", "notes": "Verified official value from Department for Culture, Media and Sport (dcms_community_life), accessed 2026-06-14.", "previousStressScore": 52, "delta": -10, "deltaDirection": "improving", "sourceQuality": "survey", "weakness": "England; the Community Life Survey has a 2016-2020 gap in published tables and a 2020/21 collection-mode change.", "normalisation": "bounds", "verified": true, "provenance": { "provider": "Department for Culture, Media and Sport", "seriesId": "dcms_community_life", "sourceTitle": "Community Life Survey, neighbourhood belonging", "sourceUrl": "https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/community-life-survey-202425-annual-publication/community-life-survey-202425-neighbourhood-and-community", "frequency": "Annual", "note": "% feeling they belong to their neighbourhood, England. 2016-2020 not in HTML tables (gap); 2020/21 mode change.", "status": "verified", "method": "manual-transcription", "accessedAt": "2026-06-14" } }, { "id": "ph_drug_deaths", "name": "Drug-poisoning deaths", "domainId": "population_health", "description": "Age-standardised rate of deaths related to drug poisoning, a direct measure of the most acute end of population health and social distress.", "unit": "deaths per million population (age-standardised)", "latestValue": 93.9, "previousValue": 82.5, "latestPeriod": "2024", "updateFrequency": "Annual", "directionOfBadness": "higher_is_worse", "stressScore": 93, "trendScore": 100, "volatilityScore": 49, "confidenceScore": 0.9, "trendDirection": "deteriorating", "sourceId": "ons_drug_poisoning", "notes": "Verified official value from Office for National Statistics (ons_drug_poisoning), accessed 2026-06-14.", "previousStressScore": 51, "delta": 42, "deltaDirection": "worsening", "sourceQuality": "official", "weakness": "England and Wales; 'drug poisoning' is broader than drug-misuse deaths, and registration delays mean the most recent years are typically revised upward.", "normalisation": "percentile", "verified": true, "provenance": { "provider": "Office for National Statistics", "seriesId": "ons_drug_poisoning", "sourceTitle": "Deaths related to drug poisoning in England and Wales", "sourceUrl": "https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/bulletins/deathsrelatedtodrugpoisoninginenglandandwales/2024registrations", "frequency": "Annual", "note": "Age-standardised rate per million, England & Wales. 2024 = record high.", "status": "verified", "method": "manual-transcription", "accessedAt": "2026-06-14" } }, { "id": "ph_suicide_rate", "name": "Suicide rate", "domainId": "population_health", "description": "Age-standardised suicide rate, a core indicator of acute population distress.", "unit": "age-standardised deaths per 100,000", "latestValue": 11.4, "previousValue": 10.4, "latestPeriod": "2024", "updateFrequency": "Annual", "directionOfBadness": "higher_is_worse", "stressScore": 91, "trendScore": 98, "volatilityScore": 36, "confidenceScore": 0.85, "trendDirection": "deteriorating", "sourceId": "ons_suicides", "notes": "Verified official value from Office for National Statistics (ons_suicides), accessed 2026-06-14.", "previousStressScore": 62, "delta": 29, "deltaDirection": "worsening", "sourceQuality": "official", "weakness": "England and Wales; ONS publishes both occurrence-year and registration-year series (mixed in the latest point), and a 2018 coroner standard-of-proof change may have raised registered counts.", "normalisation": "percentile", "verified": true, "provenance": { "provider": "Office for National Statistics", "seriesId": "ons_suicides", "sourceTitle": "Suicides in England and Wales", "sourceUrl": "https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/bulletins/suicidesintheunitedkingdom/2024registrations", "frequency": "Annual", "note": "ASMR per 100,000, England & Wales. 2010-2023 occurrence-year; 2024 registration-year.", "status": "verified", "method": "manual-transcription", "accessedAt": "2026-06-14" } }, { "id": "ph_avoidable_mortality", "name": "Avoidable mortality", "domainId": "population_health", "description": "Age-standardised rate of under-75 deaths from causes considered avoidable through timely healthcare or public-health intervention.", "unit": "age-standardised rate per 100,000", "latestValue": 227.6, "previousValue": 237.8, "latestPeriod": "2024", "updateFrequency": "Annual", "directionOfBadness": "higher_is_worse", "stressScore": 33, "trendScore": 29, "volatilityScore": 70, "confidenceScore": 0.8, "trendDirection": "improving", "sourceId": "ons_avoidable_mortality", "notes": "Verified official value from Office for National Statistics (ons_avoidable_mortality), accessed 2026-06-14.", "previousStressScore": 50, "delta": -17, "deltaDirection": "improving", "sourceQuality": "official", "weakness": "England; the definition was revised in 2014 (earlier years are not comparable) and COVID-19 was counted as an avoidable cause from 2020, inflating 2020-21.", "normalisation": "bounds", "verified": true, "provenance": { "provider": "Office for National Statistics", "seriesId": "ons_avoidable_mortality", "sourceTitle": "Avoidable mortality in England and Wales", "sourceUrl": "https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/causesofdeath/bulletins/avoidablemortalityinenglandandwales/2024", "frequency": "Annual", "note": "ASMR per 100,000, England, under-75. Current (post-2014) definition; COVID inflated 2020-21. Pre-2018 in XLSX, deferred.", "status": "verified", "method": "manual-transcription", "accessedAt": "2026-06-14" } }, { "id": "ph_mental_illness_prevalence", "name": "Common mental-health condition prevalence", "domainId": "population_health", "description": "Share of working-age adults (aged 16–64) with a common mental health condition on the Clinical Interview Schedule-Revised (CIS-R score of 12 or more), the gold-standard clinical prevalence measure.", "unit": "% of adults aged 16-64", "latestValue": 22.6, "previousValue": 18.9, "latestPeriod": "2023/4", "updateFrequency": "Periodic (~7-yearly)", "directionOfBadness": "higher_is_worse", "stressScore": 84, "trendScore": 100, "volatilityScore": 65, "confidenceScore": 0.75, "trendDirection": "deteriorating", "sourceId": "nhse_apms", "notes": "Verified official value from NHS England / NatCen (nhse_apms), accessed 2026-06-16.", "previousStressScore": 61, "delta": 23, "deltaDirection": "worsening", "sourceQuality": "official", "weakness": "The 16–64 CIS-R≥12 common-mental-health-condition measure. The Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey waves are irregular (~7-yearly: 1993, 2000, 2007, 2014, 2023/4), so the series cannot be interpolated and the latest change spans a decade.", "normalisation": "bounds", "verified": true, "provenance": { "provider": "NHS England / NatCen", "seriesId": "nhse_apms", "sourceTitle": "Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey 2023/24", "sourceUrl": "https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/adult-psychiatric-morbidity-survey/survey-of-mental-health-and-wellbeing-england-2023-24/common-mental-health-conditions", "frequency": "Periodic (~7-yearly)", "note": "% adults 16-64 with CIS-R >=12, England. 5 survey waves only; do not interpolate.", "status": "verified", "method": "manual-transcription", "accessedAt": "2026-06-16" } }, { "id": "ec_ghg_emissions", "name": "Greenhouse-gas emissions", "domainId": "environment_climate", "description": "UK territorial net greenhouse-gas emissions, the headline measure of progress against the country's legally-binding decarbonisation path.", "unit": "MtCO2e (territorial, net)", "latestValue": 373.0, "previousValue": 385.0, "latestPeriod": "2024", "updateFrequency": "Annual", "directionOfBadness": "higher_is_worse", "stressScore": 14, "trendScore": 34, "volatilityScore": 29, "confidenceScore": 0.9, "trendDirection": "improving", "sourceId": "desnz_ghg", "notes": "Verified official value from Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (desnz_ghg), accessed 2026-06-14.", "previousStressScore": 12, "delta": 2, "deltaDirection": "worsening", "sourceQuality": "official", "weakness": "UK territorial basis excludes consumption/imported emissions and treats aviation and shipping separately; figures are revised each year and final data lags by about 14 months.", "normalisation": "percentile", "verified": true, "provenance": { "provider": "Department for Energy Security and Net Zero", "seriesId": "desnz_ghg", "sourceTitle": "Final UK greenhouse gas emissions statistics 1990 to 2024", "sourceUrl": "https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/final-uk-greenhouse-gas-emissions-statistics-1990-to-2024", "frequency": "Annual", "note": "UK territorial net emissions, MtCO2e. 1990-2021 via SDG portal (DESNZ), 2022-24 DESNZ final releases.", "status": "verified", "method": "manual-transcription", "accessedAt": "2026-06-14" } }, { "id": "ec_air_quality_pm25", "name": "Air pollution (PM2.5)", "domainId": "environment_climate", "description": "Population-weighted annual mean fine-particulate (PM2.5) concentration, the air pollutant most strongly linked to mortality.", "unit": "micrograms per cubic metre (population-weighted)", "latestValue": 7.06, "previousValue": 6.97, "latestPeriod": "2024", "updateFrequency": "Annual", "directionOfBadness": "higher_is_worse", "stressScore": 33, "trendScore": 56, "volatilityScore": 75, "confidenceScore": 0.85, "trendDirection": "deteriorating", "sourceId": "defra_air_quality", "notes": "Verified official value from Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (defra_air_quality), accessed 2026-06-14.", "previousStressScore": 11, "delta": 22, "deltaDirection": "worsening", "sourceQuality": "official", "weakness": "England, from DEFRA's modelled population-weighted PCM data; concentrations are weather-sensitive year to year and the statutory 10 micrograms target is assessed on a three-year mean.", "normalisation": "percentile", "verified": true, "provenance": { "provider": "Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs", "seriesId": "defra_air_quality", "sourceTitle": "Population-weighted annual mean PM2.5 (PCM data)", "sourceUrl": "https://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/data/pcm-data", "frequency": "Annual", "note": "Population-weighted PM2.5 (ug/m3), England. Only directly-fetched years; 2012/14/16/18 interpolations dropped.", "status": "verified", "method": "manual-transcription", "accessedAt": "2026-06-14" } }, { "id": "ec_bathing_water", "name": "Bathing water quality", "domainId": "environment_climate", "description": "Share of designated bathing waters classified Excellent or Good, a tangible measure of water-environment quality.", "unit": "% of bathing waters rated Excellent or Good", "latestValue": 85.0, "previousValue": 89.6, "latestPeriod": "2024", "updateFrequency": "Annual", "directionOfBadness": "lower_is_worse", "stressScore": 82, "trendScore": 76, "volatilityScore": 23, "confidenceScore": 0.85, "trendDirection": "deteriorating", "sourceId": "ea_bathing_water", "notes": "Verified official value from Environment Agency (ea_bathing_water), accessed 2026-06-14.", "previousStressScore": 70, "delta": 12, "deltaDirection": "worsening", "sourceQuality": "official", "weakness": "England; the current four-class system began in 2015 (no comparable earlier data), the 2020 season was cancelled for COVID, and the 2024 fall partly reflects 27 newly designated, often-poorer river sites.", "normalisation": "percentile", "verified": true, "provenance": { "provider": "Environment Agency", "seriesId": "ea_bathing_water", "sourceTitle": "Bathing water quality classifications, England", "sourceUrl": "https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/bathing-water-quality-statistics", "frequency": "Annual", "note": "% Excellent or Good, England. 4-class system from 2015; 2020 cancelled (COVID); 2024 fall partly new river sites.", "status": "verified", "method": "manual-transcription", "accessedAt": "2026-06-14" } }, { "id": "in_broadband_coverage", "name": "Gigabit broadband coverage", "domainId": "infrastructure_environment", "description": "Share of premises with access to gigabit-capable broadband, a core measure of digital-infrastructure adequacy.", "unit": "% of premises with gigabit-capable broadband", "latestValue": 89.0, "previousValue": 87.0, "latestPeriod": "2026", "updateFrequency": "Annual", "directionOfBadness": "lower_is_worse", "stressScore": 28, "trendScore": 39, "volatilityScore": 100, "confidenceScore": 0.9, "trendDirection": "improving", "sourceId": "ofcom_connected_nations", "notes": "Verified official value from Ofcom (ofcom_connected_nations), accessed 2026-06-23.", "previousStressScore": 27, "delta": 1, "deltaDirection": "worsening", "sourceQuality": "official", "weakness": "UK; measures network coverage (full-fibre plus cable) rather than take-up, and Ofcom only began reporting gigabit-capable coverage in 2020, so the series is short.", "normalisation": "bounds", "verified": true, "provenance": { "provider": "Ofcom", "seriesId": "ofcom_connected_nations", "sourceTitle": "Connected Nations Spring 2026: 89% of UK premises gigabit-capable (27.1m homes)", "sourceUrl": "https://www.ofcom.org.uk/phones-and-broadband/coverage-and-speeds/connected-nations-update-spring-2026", "frequency": "Annual", "note": "% UK premises gigabit-capable (full-fibre + cable), coverage not take-up. Series begins 2020.", "status": "verified", "method": "manual-transcription", "accessedAt": "2026-06-23" } }, { "id": "ls_inequality_gini", "name": "Income inequality (Gini, disposable)", "domainId": "living_standards", "description": "Gini coefficient of equivalised disposable household income (0=equal, higher=more unequal).", "unit": "%", "latestValue": 32.9, "previousValue": 33.1, "latestPeriod": "FYE 2024", "updateFrequency": "Annual", "directionOfBadness": "higher_is_worse", "stressScore": 49, "trendScore": 47, "volatilityScore": 35, "confidenceScore": 0.9, "trendDirection": "stable", "sourceId": "ons_income_inequality", "notes": "Verified official value from ONS (ons_income_inequality), accessed 2026-06-16.", "previousStressScore": 43, "delta": 6, "deltaDirection": "worsening", "sourceQuality": "official", "weakness": "Bulletin publishes few in-text anchor points; full annual series is in the ONS dataset. Year-on-year moves are often not statistically significant.", "normalisation": "bounds", "verified": true, "provenance": { "status": "verified", "method": "transcribed", "provider": "ONS", "seriesId": "ons_income_inequality", "sourceTitle": "Household income inequality, UK: financial year ending 2024", "sourceUrl": "https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/personalandhouseholdfinances/incomeandwealth/bulletins/householdincomeinequalityfinancial/financialyearending2024", "frequency": "Annual", "note": "Gini coefficient of equivalised disposable household income (0=equal, higher=more unequal). Bulletin publishes few in-text anchor points; year-on-year moves often not statistically significant.", "accessedAt": "2026-06-16" } }, { "id": "ph_healthy_life_expectancy", "name": "Healthy life expectancy at birth", "domainId": "population_health", "description": "Healthy life expectancy at birth, UK, mean of male (60.7) and female (60.9); ONS publishes no combined figure.", "unit": "years", "latestValue": 60.8, "previousValue": 60.8, "latestPeriod": "2022–2024", "updateFrequency": "Annual", "directionOfBadness": "lower_is_worse", "stressScore": 57, "trendScore": 50, "volatilityScore": 50, "confidenceScore": 0.85, "trendDirection": "stable", "sourceId": "ons_hle", "notes": "Verified official value from ONS (ons_hle), accessed 2026-06-16.", "previousStressScore": 57, "delta": 0, "deltaDirection": "flat", "sourceQuality": "official", "weakness": "Sex-specific only (mean used here); rolling 3-year periods overlap; latest is the lowest since the series began (2011–13).", "normalisation": "bounds", "verified": true, "provenance": { "status": "verified", "method": "transcribed", "provider": "ONS", "seriesId": "ons_hle", "sourceTitle": "Health state life expectancies, UK: between 2011 to 2013 and 2022 to 2024", "sourceUrl": "https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/healthandlifeexpectancies/bulletins/healthstatelifeexpectanciesuk/between2011to2013and2022to2024", "frequency": "Annual", "note": "Healthy life expectancy at birth, UK, mean of male (60.7) and female (60.9); ONS publishes no combined figure. Rolling 3-year periods overlap; latest is the lowest since the series began (2011–13).", "accessedAt": "2026-06-16" } }, { "id": "ec_wild_bird_index", "name": "Wild bird populations (decline since 1970)", "domainId": "environment_climate", "description": "Decline in the UK all-species wild bird index since the 1970 baseline (130 breeding species).", "unit": "% decline since 1970", "latestValue": 18, "previousValue": 18, "latestPeriod": "2024", "updateFrequency": "Annual", "directionOfBadness": "higher_is_worse", "stressScore": 51, "trendScore": 50, "volatilityScore": 50, "confidenceScore": 0.85, "trendDirection": "stable", "sourceId": "defra_wild_birds", "notes": "Verified official value from DEFRA (defra_wild_birds), accessed 2026-06-16.", "previousStressScore": 51, "delta": 0, "deltaDirection": "flat", "sourceQuality": "official", "weakness": "Stored as % decline from 1970; the full annual index is in the DEFRA dataset. Down 4% over 2019–2024.", "normalisation": "bounds", "verified": true, "provenance": { "status": "verified", "method": "transcribed", "provider": "DEFRA", "seriesId": "defra_wild_birds", "sourceTitle": "Wild bird populations in the UK", "sourceUrl": "https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/wild-bird-populations-in-the-uk", "frequency": "Annual", "note": "Decline in the UK all-species wild bird index since the 1970 baseline (130 breeding species). Stored as % decline from 1970; full annual index is in the DEFRA dataset. Down 4% over 2019–2024.", "accessedAt": "2026-06-16" } }, { "id": "ho_rough_sleeping", "name": "Rough sleeping snapshot (England)", "domainId": "housing", "description": "Estimated number of people sleeping rough on a single autumn night in England.", "unit": "people", "latestValue": 4667, "previousValue": 3898, "latestPeriod": "Autumn 2024", "updateFrequency": "Annual", "directionOfBadness": "higher_is_worse", "stressScore": 88, "trendScore": 100, "volatilityScore": 100, "confidenceScore": 0.9, "trendDirection": "deteriorating", "sourceId": "mhclg_rough_sleeping", "notes": "Verified official value from MHCLG (mhclg_rough_sleeping), accessed 2026-06-16.", "previousStressScore": 75, "delta": 13, "deltaDirection": "worsening", "sourceQuality": "official", "weakness": "England only; single-night snapshot; known undercount; consistent methodology since 2010.", "normalisation": "percentile", "verified": true, "provenance": { "status": "verified", "method": "transcribed", "provider": "MHCLG", "seriesId": "mhclg_rough_sleeping", "sourceTitle": "Rough sleeping snapshot in England: autumn 2024", "sourceUrl": "https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/rough-sleeping-snapshot-in-england-autumn-2024", "frequency": "Annual", "note": "Estimated number of people sleeping rough on a single autumn night in England. England only; single-night snapshot; known undercount; consistent methodology since 2010.", "accessedAt": "2026-06-16" } }, { "id": "ch_child_obesity", "name": "Child obesity, Year 6 (England)", "domainId": "childhood_social_floor", "description": "Obesity prevalence among Year 6 children (age 10–11), England (NCMP).", "unit": "%", "latestValue": 22.2, "previousValue": 22.1, "latestPeriod": "2024/25", "updateFrequency": "Annual", "directionOfBadness": "higher_is_worse", "stressScore": 54, "trendScore": 52, "volatilityScore": 50, "confidenceScore": 0.9, "trendDirection": "stable", "sourceId": "nhs_ncmp", "notes": "Verified official value from NHS England / OHID (nhs_ncmp), accessed 2026-06-16.", "previousStressScore": 53, "delta": 1, "deltaDirection": "worsening", "sourceQuality": "official", "weakness": "England only; only recent in-text points transcribed (full NCMP series from 2006/07 is in the dataset); above pre-pandemic levels.", "normalisation": "bounds", "verified": true, "provenance": { "status": "verified", "method": "transcribed", "provider": "NHS England / OHID", "seriesId": "nhs_ncmp", "sourceTitle": "National Child Measurement Programme, England, 2024/25 school year", "sourceUrl": "https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/national-child-measurement-programme/2024-25-school-year", "frequency": "Annual", "note": "Obesity prevalence among Year 6 children (age 10–11), England (NCMP). England only; only recent in-text points transcribed; above pre-pandemic levels.", "accessedAt": "2026-06-16" } } ], "topStressors": [ "ph_drug_deaths", "ph_suicide_rate", "ch_ehcp_timeliness", "ho_rough_sleeping", "ps_crown_court_backlog" ], "topImprovers": [ "ls_fuel_poverty", "ls_food_insecurity", "wp_business_births_closures", "ps_care_workforce_vacancy", "fi_borrowing_to_gdp" ], "review": { "releasePeriod": "June 2026", "executiveSummary": [ "As of the June 2026 release, the British Resilience Index stands at 52 out of 100, a Fragile reading. This is the first release in the series, so no previous release comparison is available; movements shown reflect each indicator's most recent data update.", "Population Health remains the largest single contributor to national stress, with a domain score of 84. Public Service Capacity and Housing and Household Formation also sit in the Fragile range. The single highest-stress indicator is Drug-poisoning deaths (93).", "The largest movement in the index at this release was Fraud incidents (CSEW), which deteriorated by 67 points at its most recent data update. 22 indicators had deteriorated and 27 improved by a material margin (≥5 points) at their latest data point; most sources publish annually or quarterly, so these movements accumulate over months rather than describing a single month.", "Data confidence is highest in official statistics series and lowest in official statistics in development measures; the overall confidence score is 0.82." ], "materialMovements": [ { "metricId": "rl_fraud_incidents", "name": "Fraud incidents (CSEW)", "domainId": "rule_of_law", "domainName": "Rule of Law and Safety", "fromScore": 16, "toScore": 83, "delta": 67, "deltaDirection": "worsening", "note": "" }, { "metricId": "ph_drug_deaths", "name": "Drug-poisoning deaths", "domainId": "population_health", "domainName": "Population Health", "fromScore": 51, "toScore": 93, "delta": 42, "deltaDirection": "worsening", "note": "" }, { "metricId": "fi_borrowing_to_gdp", "name": "Public sector net borrowing", "domainId": "fiscal_resilience", "domainName": "Fiscal Resilience", "fromScore": 72, "toScore": 31, "delta": -41, "deltaDirection": "improving", "note": "" }, { "metricId": "ie_storm_overflows", "name": "Storm overflow spill duration (England)", "domainId": "environment_climate", "domainName": "Environment and Climate", "fromScore": 62, "toScore": 23, "delta": -39, "deltaDirection": "improving", "note": "" }, { "metricId": "ho_rent_to_income", "name": "Rent to income ratio", "domainId": "housing", "domainName": "Housing and Household Formation", "fromScore": 16, "toScore": 52, "delta": 36, "deltaDirection": "worsening", "note": "" }, { "metricId": "fi_current_budget_deficit", "name": "Current budget deficit", "domainId": "fiscal_resilience", "domainName": "Fiscal Resilience", "fromScore": 64, "toScore": 30, "delta": -34, "deltaDirection": "improving", "note": "" }, { "metricId": "fi_fiscal_headroom", "name": "Headroom against fiscal rules", "domainId": "fiscal_resilience", "domainName": "Fiscal Resilience", "fromScore": 65, "toScore": 32, "delta": -33, "deltaDirection": "improving", "note": "" }, { "metricId": "ph_suicide_rate", "name": "Suicide rate", "domainId": "population_health", "domainName": "Population Health", "fromScore": 62, "toScore": 91, "delta": 29, "deltaDirection": "worsening", "note": "" }, { "metricId": "wp_business_births_closures", "name": "Business births minus closures", "domainId": "work_productivity", "domainName": "Work and Productivity", "fromScore": 48, "toScore": 22, "delta": -26, "deltaDirection": "improving", "note": "" }, { "metricId": "wp_inactivity_rate", "name": "Economic inactivity rate (16–64)", "domainId": "work_productivity", "domainName": "Work and Productivity", "fromScore": 39, "toScore": 15, "delta": -24, "deltaDirection": "improving", "note": "" }, { 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