The Taking Part Survey has run since 2005 and is the key evidence source for DCMS. It is a continuous face to face household survey of adults aged 16 and over in England and children aged 5 to 15 years old.

The child Taking Part report can be found here.

The Taking Part Survey provides reliable national estimates of engagement with the arts, heritage, museums, libraries, digital and social networking. It carries the National Statistics badge, meaning that it meets the highest standards of statistical quality.

• Released - 16 September 2020
• Period covered - April 2019 to March 2020
• Geographic coverage - National and Regional level data for England.
• Next release date – Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, face-to-face data collection was paused for the survey year from April 2020. Data will therefore not be published in the normal annual report in September 2021.

Summary

The Taking Part Survey provides reliable national estimates of adult engagement with the arts, heritage, museums, libraries, digital and social networking and of barriers to engagement. The latest data cover the period April 2019 to March 2020.

• 1. Arts
• 2. Heritage
• 3. Museums and Galleries
• 4. Libraries
• 5. Internet Usage
• 6. Social Networking
• 7. Gambling and Lotteries
• 8. COVID-19
• 9. Annexes

Data tables for the Archive, Charitable Giving and Volunteering estimates can be found here:

• Archives
• Charitable Giving
• Volunteering

Fieldwork for the Taking Part survey was terminated before its intended end date due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. We do not expect that either the pandemic or reduced fieldwork has affected the accuracy of our estimates. A summary of the analysis of the possible effects of early termination of fieldwork can be found the Taking Part Year 15 https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/916246/Taking_Part_Technical_Report_2019_20.pdf" class="govuk-link">technical report

The previous Taking Part release was published on 19 September 2019, covering the period April 2018 to March 2019.

The pre-release access document above contains a list of ministers and officials who have received privileged early access to this release of Taking Part data. In line with best practice, the list has been kept to a minimum and those given access for briefing purposes had a maximum of 24 hours. Details on the pre-release access arrangements for this dataset are available in the accompanying material.

This release is published in accordance with the Code of Practice for Statistics (2018), as produced by the UK Statistics Authority. The Authority has the overall objective of promoting and safeguarding the production and publication of official statistics that serve the public good. It monitors and reports on all official statistics, and promotes good practice in this area.

The responsible statistician for this release is Alistair Rice. For enquiries on this release, contact takingpart@dcms.gov.uk.

Headline measures

Taking Part is a household survey in England that measures engagement with the cultural sectors. The sur

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• https://khub.net/documents/135939561/1085558580/HIV+in+the+UK+2024+slide+set.odp/ed361c78-a636-3286-b225-42c47d876c62" class="govuk-link">HIV in the UK 2024 slide set
• https://khub.net/documents/135939561/1085558580/HIV+in+England+2024+slide+set.odp/c6e5bf84-4fb8-8053-2687-debc67073678" class="govuk-link">HIV in England 2024 slide set

New HIV diagnoses, AIDS and deaths are collected from HIV outpatient clinics, laboratories and other healthcare settings. Data relating to people living with HIV is collected from HIV outpatient clinics. Data relates to England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland, unless stated.

HIV testing, pre-exposure prophylaxis, and post-exposure prophylaxis data relates to activity at sexual health services in England only.

View the pre-release access lists for these statistics.

Previous reports, data tables and slide sets are also available for:

• https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20240925200724/https:/www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hiv-annual-data-tables" class="govuk-link">data to end of December 2022
• https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20231002190443/https:/www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hiv-annual-data-tables" class="govuk-link">data to end of December 2021
• https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20221003075142/https:/www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hiv-annual-data-tables" class="govuk-link">data to end of December 2020
• https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20211130025031/https:/www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hiv-annual-data-tables" class="govuk-link">data to end of December 2019
• https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20201102200934/https:/www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hiv-annual-data-tables" class="govuk-link">data to end of December 2018
• https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20190803043139/https:/www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hiv-annual-data-tables" class="govuk-link">data to end of December 2017
• https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20180807160626/https:/www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hiv-annual-data-tables" class="govuk-link">data to end of December 2016
• https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20170908213812/https:/www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hiv-annual-data-tables" class="govuk-link">data to end of December 2015

Our statistical practice is regulated by the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR). The OSR sets the standards of trustworthiness, quality and value in the https://code.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/" class="govuk-link">Code of Practice for Statistics that all producers of Official Statistics should adhere to.

Additional information on HIV surveillance can be found in the HIV Action Plan for England monitoring and evaluation framework reports. Other HIV in the UK reports published by Public Health England (PHE) are available online.

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) collects data on all sexually transmitted infection (STI) diagnoses made at sexual health services in England. This page includes information on trends in STI diagnoses, as well as the numbers and rates of diagnoses by demographic characteristics and UKHSA public health region.

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Previous reports, data tables, slide sets, infographics, and pre-release access lists are available online:

• https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20250521191602/https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/sexually-transmitted-infections-stis-annual-data-tables" class="govuk-link">data to end of December 2023
• https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20240503171913/https:/www.gov.uk/government/statistics/sexually-transmitted-infections-stis-annual-data-tables" class="govuk-link">data to end of December 2022
• https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20230503112152/https:/www.gov.uk/government/statistics/sexually-transmitted-infections-stis-annual-data-tables" class="govuk-link">data to end of December 2021
• https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20220929154802/https:/www.gov.uk/government/statistics/sexually-transmitted-infections-stis-annual-data-tables" class="govuk-link">data to end of December 2020
• https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20210827221835/https:/www.gov.uk/government/statistics/sexually-transmitted-infections-stis-annual-data-tables" class="govuk-link">data to end of December 2019
• https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20200828013604/https:/www.gov.uk/government/statistics/sexually-transmitted-infections-stis-annual-data-tables" class="govuk-link">data to end of December 2018
• https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20190508232927/https:/www.gov.uk/government/statistics/sexually-transmitted-infections-stis-annual-data-tables" class="govuk-link">data to end of December 2017
• https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20180510183040/https:/www.gov.uk/government/statistics/sexually-transmitted-infections-stis-annual-data-tables" class="govuk-link">data to end of December 2016
• https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20170517101539/https:/www.gov.uk/government/statistics/sexually-transmitted-infections-stis-annual-data-tables" class="govuk-link">data to end of December 2015

The STI quarterly surveillance reports of provisional data for diagnoses of syphilis, gonorrhoea and ceftriaxone-resistant gonorrhoea in England are also available online.

Our statistical practice is regulated by the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR). The OSR sets the standards of trustworthiness, quality and value in the https://code.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/" class="govuk-link">Code of Practice for Statistics that all producers of Official Statistics should adhere to.

Our Price Paid Data includes information on all property sales in England and Wales that are sold for value and are lodged with us for registration.

Using or publishing our Price Paid Data

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Price Paid Data is released under the http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/" class="govuk-link">Open Government Licence (OGL). You need to make sure you understand the terms of the OGL before using the data.

Under the OGL, HM Land Registry permits you to use the Price Paid Data for commercial or non-commercial purposes. However, OGL does not cover the use of third party rights, which we are not authorised to license.

Price Paid Data contains address data processed against Ordnance Survey’s AddressBase Premium product, which incorporates Royal Mail’s PAF® database (Address Data). Royal Mail and Ordnance Survey permit your use of Address Data in the Price Paid Data:

• for personal and/or non-commercial use
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If you want to use the Address Data in any other way, you must contact Royal Mail. Email address.management@royalmail.com.

Address data

The following fields comprise the address data included in Price Paid Data:

• Postcode
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• Street
• Locality
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• District
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June 2025 data (current month)

The June 2025 release includes:

• the first release of data for June 2025 (transactions received from the first to the last day of the month)
• updates to earlier data releases
• Standard Price Paid Data (SPPD) and Additional Price Paid Data (APPD) transactions

As we will be adding to the June data in future releases, we would not recommend using it in isolation as an indication of market or HM Land Registry activity. When the full dataset is viewed alongside the data we’ve previously published, it adds to the overall picture of market activity.

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We update the data on the 20th working day of each month. You can download the:

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This Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) Official Development Assistance (ODA) data covers financial year 2018 to 2019 onwards.

To be consistent with the data we have provided to the https://iatistandard.org/en/" class="govuk-link">International Aid Transparency Initiative, the complete data set includes data from previous financial years.

These funds provide support to arms length bodies and to the following FCDO-led soft power programmes.

Wilton Park conferences

https://www.wiltonpark.org.uk/" class="govuk-link">Wilton Park is an executive agency of the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office. It provides a platform to discuss global development challenges. Our support allows participants from ODA recipient countries to attend events and share their expertise.

International Leaders Programme

The International Leaders Programme supports ODA eligible partner countries. It invests in a network of talented, rising and influential leaders from key sectors such as government, media, academia and business. Participants access UK professional expertise during targeted working visits to the UK.

Great Britain-China Centre

The http://www.gbcc.org.uk/" class="govuk-link">Great Britain-China Centre (GBCC) is a non-departmental public body (NDPB) receiving core funding from the FCDO. It works for shared UK-China prosperity through dialogue and the promotion of the rule of law, good governance and sustainable economic development in China. The GBCC builds mutual trust, understanding, and long-term connections between decision makers in the UK and China. Through its work, the GBCC has in turn aided the establishment of economic growth and prosperity outcomes for the UK as a secondary benefit.

Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD)

The https://www.wfd.org/" class="govuk-link">Westminster Foundation for Democracy is a non-departmental public body (NDPB) receiving core support from the FCDO. ODA funding enables the WFD to advance multi-party representative democracy in ODA-eligible developing countries. Through its parliamentary programmes in developing countries, the WFD supports civil society, electoral bodies and other independent institutions by building their capability and expertise.

Chevening scholarships

http://www.chevening.org/" class="govuk-link">Chevening helps to develop future leaders, decision makers and influencers professionally and academically. It supports scholars across a wide range of subject areas including in science and technology, media and creative industries, law and business, finance and economics, and public services and civil society. Chevening scholars are required under the terms of their awards to return to their country of origin following the completion of their courses. This enables them to utilise their new skills and abilities to contribute to the development of their home countries.

Find out more about all ODA spend data for the FCDO.

The whole of government ODA data is on:

• http://devtracker.dfid.gov.uk" class="govuk-link">devtracker, the UK’s development aid tracker
• http://www.d-portal.org" class="govuk-link">d-portal, which contains development data from the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) registry

Rural transport and travel

Differences in travel behaviour, levels of mobility and access to services for people living in different settlement types.

Metadata

Indicators:

• travel behaviour
• distance travelled
• car and bus availability
• overall measure of accessibility of services

Data Source: Department for Transport - National Travel Survey

Coverage: England

Rural classification used: Office for National Statistics Rural Urban Classification

Rural accessibility to services

Measuring accessibility by the time taken to travel to particular service locations.

Metadata

Indicators:

• the number of key service locations and the percentage of people with ‘reasonable’ access by using public transport /walking and car

Data source: Department for Transport core accessibility indicators at Lower Super Output Area level

Coverage: England

Rural classification used: Office for National Statistics Rural Urban Classification

Additional information:

• Department for Transport travel time, destination and origin indicators to key sites and services, by Lower Super Output Area
• Rural services statistical series

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Reports summarising the levels of influenza across the UK for the winter period.

You can also find:

• pre-release access lists for these reports

• previous flu reports for https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20220401215804/https:/www.gov.uk/government/statistics/annual-flu-reports" class="govuk-link">year 2012 to 2013 to year 2020 to 2021 that were published by Public Health England (PHE)

• reports for https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20140629102650/http:/www.hpa.org.uk/Publications/InfectiousDiseases/Influenza/" class="govuk-link">year 2010 to 2011 and year 2011 to 2012 that were published by the Health Protection Agency (HPA)

The Government has surveyed UK businesses and charities to find out they approach cyber security and help them learn more about the cyber security issues faced by industry. The research informs Government policy on cyber security and how Government works with industry to make Britain one of the most secure places to do business online. This year’s report also surveyed the education sector for the first time, and analysis of this is published on an experimental basis as an annex to the main report.

Released

25 March 2020

Period covered

Respondents were asked about their approach to cyber security and any breaches or attacks over the 12 months before the interview. Main survey interviews took place between October and December 2019. Qualitative follow up interviews took place in January and February 2020.

Geographic coverage

UK

Further Information

The survey is part of the Government’s National Cyber Security Programme. Cyber security guidance and information for businesses, including details of free training and support, can be found on the https://www.ncsc.gov.uk" class="govuk-link">National Cyber Security Centre website.

The survey was carried out by Ipsos MORI.

The UK Statistics Authority

This release is published in accordance with the Code of Practice for Statistics (2018), as produced by the UK Statistics Authority. The UKSA has the overall objective of promoting and safeguarding the production and publication of official statistics that serve the public good. It monitors and reports on all official statistics, and promotes good practice in this area.

Pre-release access

The document above contains a list of ministers and officials who have received privileged early access to this release. In line with best practice, the list has been kept to a minimum and those given access for briefing purposes had a maximum of 24 hours.

Contact information

The responsible analyst for this release is Emma Johns. For any queries please contact 07990 602870 or cyber.survey@culture.gov.uk.

The responsible statistician for this release is Rishi Vaidya. For any queries relating to official statistics please contact 020 7211 2320 or evidence@culture.gov.uk.

These statistics on NI 8, 9, 10 and 11 produced by DCMS were released on 17 December 2009 according to the arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority.

Last release date: 17 December 2009

Period covered: October 2007 to October 2009

Geographic coverage: England

Next release dates:

• December 2010 - Final assessment of progress for NI9, 10 and 11 using data collected from October 2009 to October 2010
• June 2010 - Interim data will be published for NI8. Further interim data for NI8 will be published in December 2010 and June 2011 with final progress reported in December 2011 based on data collected in Active People 5.

National Indicator Set

In June 2008, local authorities agreed Local Area Agreements (LAAs) with Government and their partners. The LAAs include targets to improve public services and the quality of life for people living and working in the area. Local authorities chose 35 targets from a possible 198 in the National Indicator Set (the set has since been reduced to 188 in April 2008). DCMS has four National Indicators (NIs) within the Set:

NI 8 Participation in sport and active recreation
NI 9 Use of public libraries
NI 10 Visits to museums and galleries
NI 11 Engagement in the arts

This report presents interim progress for those local authorities that selected one or more of the cultural National Indicators, 8, 9, 10 and 11. For NI8, data published for County Councils and those authorities that have boosted samples will be based on Active People Survey 3 (October 2008 to October 2009). For the other authorities, the NI8 statistic will be based on the APS2 and APS3 (October 2007 to October 2009) surveys combined giving a sample size of 1000. For NI9, 10, and 11, the release will be based on data collected between October 2008 and October 2009. Interim progress will be assessed for all the indicators against the relevant baseline estimates.

The report is accompanied by a workbook containing baseline and interim progress estimates for each of the indicators.

For details on NI 8, participation in sport and active recreation, http://www.sportengland.org/index/get_resources/research/active_people.htm" class="govuk-link">please refer to Sport England’s website.

Link to report

• http://www.culture.gov.uk/images/research/NI_Cultural_sport_indicators_stat_release.pdf" class="govuk-link">National Indicators 8, 9, 10 and 11: Interim progress PDF (56kb)

Workbook

The estimates are available in the Excel workbook and will open in a new window. A series of maps are also provided, showing participation across the unitary and district authorities of England.

• http://www.culture.gov.uk/images/research/NI8_APS3.xls" class="govuk-link">Data for National Indicator 8 xls (271kb)
• http://www.culture.gov.uk/images/research/NI9_10_11_Regional_CC_LA.xls" class="govuk-link">Data for National Indicators 9, 10 and 11 xls (kb)

Link to maps

• http://www.culture.gov.uk/images/research/1APS3_NI8.pdf" class="govuk-link">NI 8: Participation in sport and active recreation - District and unitary authorities, 2008/09 PDF (1.3kb)
• http://www.culture.gov.uk/images/research/1APS3_NI9.pdf" class="govuk-link">NI 9: Use of public libraries - District and unitary authorities, 2008/09 PDF (1.3kb)
• http://www.culture.gov.uk/images/research/1APS3_NI10.pdf" class="govuk-link">NI 10: Visits to museums and galleries - District and unitary authorities, 2008/09 PDF (1.3kb)
• http://www.culture.gov.uk/images/research/1APS3_NI11.pdf" class="govuk-link">NI 11: Engagement in the arts - District and unitary authorities, 2008/09 PDF (1.3kb)

Pre-release access

The document below contains a list of Ministers and Officials who have received privileged early access to this release of Taking Part survey data. In line with best practice, the list has been kept to a minimum and those given access for briefing purposes had a maximum of 24 hours.

• http://www.culture.gov.uk/images/research/Early_Access_Briefing_NI.pdf" class="govuk-link">Pre-release access list PDF (16kb)

Release date 17 June 2010

Period covered

April 2008 to April 2010

Geographic coverage

England

Geographic breakdown

Local Authority level data

Previous release date

17th December 2009

The previous release can be found http://www.culture.gov.uk/reference_library/publications/6530.aspx" class="govuk-link">in the UK government web archive.

Next release dates

• December 2010: Final assessment of progress for NI9 and 11 using data collected from October 2009 to October 2010
• June 2011: Interim data will be published for NI8 with final progress reported in December 2011 based on data collected in Active People 5.

National Indicator Set

In June 2008, local authorities agreed Local Area Agreements (LAAs) with Government and their partners. The LAAs include targets to improve public services and the quality of life for people living and working in the area. Local authorities chose 35 targets from a possible 198 in the National Indicator Set. The set was reduced to 188 in April 2008 and was reviewed again in April 2010, with the set reduced by a further 18 indicators. Indicator NI 10, visits to museums and galleries, was removed from the set leaving DCMS with three National Indicators (NIs) within the Set:

NI 8 Participation in sport and active recreation
NI 9 Use of public libraries
NI 11 Engagement in the arts

Data will continue to be collected on visits to museums and galleries and will be presented alongside the final assessment of National Indicators 9 and 11 in December 2010.

This report presents interim progress for those local authorities that selected National Indicator 8. Data published for County Councils and those authorities that have boosted samples will be based on Active People Survey data from the latest 12 month rolling period (April 2009 to April 2010). For the other authorities, the NI8 statistic will be based on the latest rolling 24 month period (April 2008 to April 2010) giving a sample size of 1000.

The report is accompanied by a workbook containing baseline and interim progress estimates for the indicator.

For details on NI 8, participation in sport and active recreation, please refer to http://www.sportengland.org/research/active_people_survey.aspx" class="govuk-link">Sport England’s website.

Link to report

• http://www.culture.gov.uk/images/publications/NI8-NationalIndicator-June_StatisticalRelease.pdf" class="govuk-link">National Indicators 8: Interim progress (PDF 44kb)
• http://www.culture.gov.uk/images/publications/NI8-NationalIndicator-June_StatisticalRelease.rtf" class="govuk-link">National Indicators 8: Interim progress (RTF 236kb)

Workbook

The estimates are available in the Excel workbook and will open in a new window. A map is also provided, showing participation across the unitary and district authorities of England.

• http://www.culture.gov.uk/images/research/National_Indicators_8-APS4-Q2.xls" class="govuk-link">National Indicators 8: Dataset XLS (153kb)

Map showing sporting participation by local authority

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• http://www.culture.gov.uk/images/research/NI8-June2010.gif" class="govuk-link">View a larger image

Pre-release access

The document below contains a list of DCMS Ministers and Officials who have received privileged early access to this release of Active People survey data. In line with best practice, the list has been kept to a minimum and those given access for briefing purposes had a maximum of 24 hours.
http://www.culture.gov.uk/images/research/EarlyAccessforBriefingJune2010.pdf" class="govuk-link">Pre-release access list (PDF 10kb)

The UK Statistics Authority

This release is published in accordance with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics (2009), as produced by the UK Statistics Authority (UKSA). The UKSA has the overall objective of promoting and safeguarding the production and publication of official statistics that serve the public good. It monitors and reports on all official statistics, and promotes good practice in this area.

The DESNZ Public Attitudes Tracker is a nationally representative annual survey of adults (aged 16+) in the UK that tracks public awareness, attitudes and behaviours relating to the policies of the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ), such as energy and climate change.

This report provides a summary of the headline findings from the Spring 2024 wave of the Tracker, which ran from 18 March to 22 April 2024.

The Spring 2024 wave is the tenth wave in a series of surveys which began in autumn 2021. Between Autumn 2021 and Summer 2023, surveys were conducted every quarter, although there was no wave in Autumn 2023. From Spring 2024, the survey moved to a triannual design with waves conducted every spring, summer and winter.

Headline findings for Spring 2024

Two summary self-reported measures are used in this report:

• ‘awareness’ encompasses all respondents who said they had heard of a particular concept or technology, including those who said ‘hardly anything but I’ve heard of this’, ‘a little’, ‘a fair amount’ or ‘a lot’
• ‘knowledge’ encompasses those who said that they know ‘a fair amount’ or ‘a lot’

Net Zero and climate change

• There has been a small increase in awareness of the concept of Net Zero: 91% of people said they had heard of the concept compared to 89% in Winter 2023. The level of knowledge also increased over this period from 50% to 53%.
• Unchanged from Winter 2023, 80% of people said they were very or fairly concerned about climate change, with 37% very concerned. However, there has been a gradual decline in levels of concern over time from Autumn 2021 when 85% were concerned.

Renewable energy

• At 84%, overall support for renewable energy has increased slightly since Winter 2023 (82%) but remains below the peak (since tracking began) of 88% in Autumn 2022. Overall opposition remained very low at 2%.
• While overall support for renewable energy was high, support varied for specific types of renewable energy developments. Support remained highest for solar (88% supported overall), followed by wave and tidal (83%) and off-shore wind (83%). Slightly lower levels of support were reported for onshore wind (77%) and biomass (70%).
• Attitudes to renewable energy remained largely consistent with Spring 2022 and 2023: 74% agreed that renewable energy developments provide economic benefits to the UK, and 82% agreed that it is important for renewable energy developments to directly benefit local communities in which they are located.
• Consistent with previous years, 43% of people were happy for an onshore wind farm to be constructed in their local area, with 13% not happy and 28% offering no opinion either way. Objection to a local wind farm was highest in the East of England (19%), the South East (17%), and in rural areas (20% compared with 12% in urban areas).
• More than half of people were accepting of local solar panel farms: 53% of people would be happy for this, 9% unhappy, and 27% offered no opinion either way. Objection to solar panel farms was higher in the East Midlands (17%), East of England (16%), and in rural areas (17% compared with 7% in urban areas).
• The main reasons for being happy about the development of local onshore wind and solar panel farms were that they would ‘provide sustainable power provision’ (wind: 77%, solar: 79%), and are ‘important for reducing emissions’ (wind: 68%, solar: 67%). The main reasons for being unhappy included concerns about the ‘impact on plant and animal life’ (wind: 56%, solar: 57%) and ‘impacts on appearance and views’ (wind: 64%, solar: 51%).

Energy infrastructure and energy security

• Awareness of fusion energy has remained unchanged from Spring 2023 at 67%, while knowledge has increased to 20% from 18%. Both measures have increased over the longer period since tracking began in autumn 2021 (62% awareness, 15% knowledge).
• There has been a decline in awareness of small modular reactors (43%, down from 51% in Autumn 2022) with a similar decline in knowledge (9%, down from 12%).
• Twice as many people opposed (41%) than supported (21%) the construction of a nuclear power station in their local area; this question was asked for the first time in Spring 2024. The primary reason for opposition was fear over safety and security (80% of all who objected to this).
• Awareness of hydrogen currently being used as a fuel in some industrial processes had increased between Spring 2022 and Spring 2024 from 75% to 80%, with a similar longer-term rise in awareness of the potential future uses of hydrogen (from 73% to 78%).
• Awareness (69%) and