Every year we will report the progress we have made in moving towards the vision. This will include reporting on the following eight "quality of life" indicators, based on those devised by the Government, which measure the overall economic, social and environmental well-being of the District:

1 - GDP per head (measures economic productivity).

2 - Unemployment rate.

3 - Number of households receiving income support (measures poverty).

4 - Number of expected years of healthy life.

5 - Percentage of housing meeting basic "healthy homes" standard.

6 - Percentage of 19 year-olds with five or more A*-C grade GCSEs.

7 - Number of recorded crimes.

8 - Percentage of people satisfied that the environment is clean and healthy.

Because we are particularly concerned about polarisation, we will monitor the variation in these indicators between different parts of the District and between different groups, as well as looking at District averages.