The Annual Population Survey from the Office of National Statistics will achieve approximately 65,000 household interviews a year. When combined with results from the Labour Force Survey and English Local Labour Force Survey, the survey will provide enhanced annual data for England covering a target sample of at least 500 economically active persons for each Unitary Authority/Local Authority District and at least 450 economically active persons in Greater London Boroughs.

A wide range of data and themed tables from the Census

Currently three Economic & Labour Market Assessments have been published. Northamptonshire County Council commissioned Matters of Fact to produce the first one in 2004 and the Northamptonshire Observatory published the subsequent ones in 2007, 2008 and 2009

The government publishes Indices of Multiple Deprivation.

Local Area Agreements are a new Government initiative which provides the framework to find local solutions for local people. They have the potential to bring about a real improvement in collaborative working, by ensuring that all sectors improve their understanding of each other.

The Regional Planning Guidance for the South East (RPG9, March 2001) identifies the general area of Milton Keynes and the South Midlands as one of four potential major growth areas in the wider South East.

The Scarborough Tourism Activity Monitor(STEAM) is derived from a model developed by David Jones and Frank Hart in the process of developing a 10-year tourism policy for the province of Saskatchewan, Canada in 1981. Explore Northamptonshire commissioned a STEAM report for Northamptonshire in 2005.