System Status Notice

Please Note: Unfortunately, due to pressure of competing priorities, new data has been added to the website pages, but the databank does not contain the most recent data which is available on the
Scottish Neighbourhood Statistics website.

The databank content will be re-built following the review (see right), which has been examining future needs.
If you feel that there may be more recent data to which you need access, or would like to have mapped, please contact the administrator, Bob Stead (bob.stead@westlothian.gov.uk) for assistance.

WLINFO - User Guide (Nov 2007)

Community Planning Partners

• West Lothian Council
• The Community Health & Care Partnership
• NHS Lothian
• The Scottish Public Health Observatory
• Job Centre Plus
• The Pensions Service
• Lothian & Borders Police
• Lothian & Borders Fire & Rescue Service
• West Lothian College
• Scottish Enterprise - Edinburgh & Lothian
• Communities Scotland
• Scottish Water
• West Lothian Leisure
• Oatridge Agricultural College
• West Lothian Chamber of Commerce
• Scottish Water
• Association of Community Councils
• West Lothian Youth Congress

The Scottish Public Health Observatory at ISD have also agreed to participate in the data sharing working group, to provide input on local health data.

Locality Planning

Locality planning has introduced a new dimension to the community planning process by engaging with local communities to identify local priorities for action. This work started in early 2005, and initially focussed on the communities living in each of the nine non-denominational secondary school catchments. In future, work will be centred on the nine multi-member wards.

Assessing Performance

It is intended that this site will present facts and figures about each settlement, and data on a range of measurable indicators which will help to inform the work of partner agencies, and indicate whether the initiatives which are being put into place e.g. as a result of the locality & community planning process are working effectively.

Equalities Data

The public sector duties on race, disability and gender require that equality considerations are now integrated into all the functions and policies of each partner agency. There is a requirement to assess the potential impact all policies to ensure that we do not inadvertently create a negative impact for equality groups. The 'equality strands' now include age, disability, gender, race, sexuality, religion and belief.

We will endevour to present data on equalities issues, but there is still very little data available (the most recent comprehensive data on religion & ethnicity is from the Census in 2001). We have used the census data from 2001 to create area profiles. It is hoped that more comprehensive data, will be gathered in the next census in 2011.

Useful Sources & Links

The links page provides a range of general links to background papers/data sources. If you are aware of anything that could/should be added please let us know.

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