Shared Prosperity Fund indicators

The total square footage of new commercial floor space completed or improved. Commercial space includes, but is not limited to: retail, hospitality, office and industrial space.

• A retail space means a fixed location for the display or retail sale of goods or services. Examples include, but are not limited to: supermarkets, shops selling clothing, electronics, furniture, books, etc.
• A hospitality space means a space whose primary purpose is for accommodation or food service. Examples include, but are not limited to: restaurants, cafes, pubs, bars, catering, hotels, campsites and other accommodation.
• Office space means a fixed location where the primary activities are concerned with financial services, professional services (other than health or medical services), or any other appropriate services in a commercial, business or service locality.
• Industrial space means space used for industrial processes, storage or distribution.
• Other commercial space means non-public or community spaces that do not fall into the categories above.
• Completed means physical completion of the facilities and space is ready for occupancy immediately. A building should be classified as complete once it is on the non-domestic rating list.
• Improvement means adding, renovating or repairing facilities with the aim of creating a better space. It does not include maintenance of existing facilities.

The total square footage of green or blue space completed or improved.

• Green or blue space means any vegetated land, or water, within an urban area or public space. The includes: parks, public gardens, playing fields, children's play areas, woods and other natural areas, grassed areas, cemeteries, allotments, as well as green corridors like paths. It does not include paved spaces between or around buildings; for this, see indicators relating to "public realm".
• Created means physical creation of a green or blue space that did not exist previously and the space is open to the public.
• Improved means adding, renovating or repairing facilities and landscaping. It does not include maintenance of existing greenspace, such as grass cutting, pruning, and cleaning.

The total square footage of public realm that is created or improved.

• Public realm means the spaces between and around buildings that are publicly accessible, including squares, courtyards and streets.
• Created means new public realm, "improved" means adding, renovating or repairing facilities with the aim of creating better public space. It does not include maintenance of existing facilities.
• Improved means adding, renovating or repairing facilities with the aim of creating better public space. It does not include maintenance of existing facilities.
• This indicator should not include parks and green/blue space, for which there is a distinct and separate indicator.

The total square footage of derelict land that has been rehabilitated.

• Amenities/facilities means any services contained within a physical structure, including, but not limited to, magistrates courts, police stations, town halls, open facilities, hospitals and public toilets.
• Created means the amenity/facility did not previously exist.
• Improved means adding, renovating or repairing facilities with the aim of creating better public space. It does not include maintenance of existing facilities.
• If amenities/facilities are counted as being improved or created in another output indicator (e.g. number of cultural assets supported/or owned) they should be counted through this indicator as well. The Local Authority should select where they feel it best fits with the definition.

Number of low or zero carbon energy infrastructure and/or installations completed. This may be within existing residential units, non-domestic buildings or other.

• A residential unit means a home to a 'household' as defined in the ZDTTCensus as being 'one person living alone, or a group of people not necessarily related living at the same address who share cooking facilities and share a living room or sitting room or dining area'. This includes, but isn't limited to, flats, and permanent homes.
• A non-residential building means any building that is not used for permanent or semi-permanent accommodation. This includes, but is not limited to, hospitals, universities, hotels, hostels, retail, and offices.
• Low or zero carbon infrastructure means any improvements to new units that reduce energy demand, promote the diversification of energy sources, or drive more appropriate use of energy.
• Completed means physical completion of the low or zero carbon energy infrastructure and the space is ready for occupancy immediately.

The km of new or improved cycle ways or foot paths completed.

• New means a cycle way or foot path that has not been there previously did not exist. Converting cycle ways to existing roads counts as new cycle way.
• Improved means the capacity or the quality of the cycle or foot path (including beautification and illumination) that is improved. This includes routine maintenance of cycle way or foot paths.
• Completed means the cycle way or foot path is fully operational and open to the public, and all planned improvements have been fully implemented and operationalised.*

Number of new tourism, cultural or heritage assets created or improved.

• Cultural assets mean permanent public buildings or sites for the exhibition or promotion of arts and culture, including, but not limited to: museums, art venues, exhibition centres, theatres, libraries, and film facilities.
• Heritage assets mean any buildings or on appropriate heritage site (for example the national heritage list for England (EHLE).
• Tourism assets mean permanent public buildings or sites that act as an attraction for visitors to the location.
• Created means the asset or site did not exist previously and is open to the public.
• Improved means adding, renovating, or repairing significant repairs to facilities. It does not include maintenance of existing facilities.
• If assets are counted as being improved or created in another output indicator (e.g. number of facilities supported/owned) they should be counted through this indicator as well. The Local Authority should select where they feel it best fits with the definition.

• Enterprise means a sole trader, micro business, small and medium-sized enterprise, or large business. It also includes social enterprises where these engage in economic activity.
• Grant means a cash payment by the project that is not repaid.

• Enterprise means a sole trader, micro business, small and medium-sized enterprise, or large business. It also includes social enterprises where these engage in economic activity.
• Non-financial support means business advice, guidance, mentoring and training. This must involve some form of direct interaction with members of the enterprises, in other words it cannot be broadcasted advice.
• Improved performance means reductions in costs or increases in turnover/profit.
• Support must be ongoing.

• Number of entrepreneurs having been assisted to be enterprise ready.
• Entrepreneurs mean individuals aged 18 and over currently in employment, unemployed or economically inactive with an interest in exploring creating their own business.
• Assistance means business advice, guidance, mentoring and training. This must involve some form of direct interaction with members of the entrepreneurs, in other words it cannot be broadcasted advice.

• Number of local events or activities supported. An event refers to planned activities. These should fall into the below categories:
• Those related to (1) Film, TV, Music, Radio (2) Heritage (3) Arts, Museums and Libraries.
• Other activities and events include, for example but not limited to, sports, volunteering, tourism and social action.

• Number of tournaments, league and teams supported.
• A tournament is a series of contests between a number of competitors, competing for an overall prize.
• A sports league is a group of sports teams or individual athletes that compete against each other and gain points in a specific sport.
• A sports team is a group of individuals who play sports on the same team.
• Support means provision to aid the regeneration, creation or maintenance of sport facilities.

• Economically inactive people are those not in-work and not actively seeking work but are unemployed individuals who are actively seeking work. Not all economically inactive individuals claim benefits. For those that do, this would include those claiming either 'legacy' benefits or those within specific conditionally regimes in Universal Credit (UC). The former here includes Employment Support Allowance (ESA), Incapacity Benefit (IB) and Income Support (IS). The latter includes claimants within the Preparation for Work or Voiid Focused Interview Requirement conditionally regimes (or equivalent for all of the above). There is no length of time an inactivity required.
• Keyworkers are frontline staff supporting residents as part of the UKSPF's intervention.
• Additional services include but are not limited to: local training in maths and digital skills, employment support, health support groups, counselling, mental health and advice services, financial support, specialist support, enrichment activities and housing support.

• Number of people participating in courses designed to improve numeracy skills (numeracy skills are the ability to recognise and apply maths concepts in all areas of life).

• Number of people directly impacted by the UKSPF intervention. The definition of direct impact is by access to interventions e.g.:
• Energy efficiency improvements - those whose living within the treated premises.
• Those who undertake training (but is not limited to financial literacy/digital skills).
• Direct impact should only be recorded where it can be directly attributed.

• Economically inactive people, or people who have been unemployed, who are receiving support to be in employment, including self-employment, for at least a 2 week or 4 week or 12 week period following support.

• Economically inactive individuals are those not in-work and not actively seeking work but are unemployed individuals who are actively seeking work. Not all economically inactive individuals claim benefits. For those that do, this would include those claiming either 'legacy' benefits or those within specific conditionally regimes in Universal Credit (UC). The former here includes Employment Support Allowance (ESA), Incapacity Benefit (IB) and Income Support (IS). The latter here includes claimants within the Preparation for Work or Voiid Focused Interview Requirement conditionally regimes (or equivalent for all of the above). There is no length of time an inactivity required. People Count they are 18+.
• Unemployed as defined by the International Labour Organization (ILO), are those:
• Without a job, have been actively seeking work in the last 4 weeks, and are available to start in the next two weeks.
• Out of work, have found a job and are waiting to start in the next 2 weeks.
• Not all unemployed people claim employment-related benefits. This is a criteria in not being entitled to claim employment-related benefits or choosing not to do so. Here, unemployment-related benefits is defined as those in receipt of Job Seekers Allowance (JSA) or are in the Intensive Work Search Regime (Universal Credit (UC)).
• Employed individuals are people aged 16 and over who work one hour or more of paid work per week, or are temporarily away from work (e.g. because are temporarily sick or on holiday). This includes:
• Employees (permanent and temporary workers, the latter including those on fixed-period contracts, agency temps etc.)
• Self-employed persons.
• People on government-supported training programmes, engaging in any form of work, work experience or work-related training.
• Persons on maternity or paternity leave.
• Number of people receiving support to create employment.
• Support includes courses in digital skills, counselling, personalised support and other activities.

• People sustaining employment are those aged 16 and over who work one hour or more of paid work per week, or are temporarily away from work (e.g. because they are temporarily sick or on holiday). This can also include people being retained to increase their job sustaining in a specific sector, e.g. high carbon sectors.
• This includes:
• Employees (Permanent and temporary workers, the latter including those on fixed-period contracts, agency temps etc.).
• Self-employed persons.
• People on government-supported training programmes, engaging in any form of work, work experience or work-related training.
• Persons on maternity or paternity leave.

• Number of people entering training or have been offered training already obtained a qualification or developing experience in a specific role.
• People who have commenced a course aimed at improving their basic skills.
• Basic skills include, but are not limited to: skills in English (Maths, Digital and ESOL (English as Speakers of Other Languages)).

• People who have received support to engage in education (learning, formal education to training activities not: off-the-job/in-the-job training, vocational training, etc.).
• Education on training is a structured and agreed programme of:
• Lifelong learning.
• Formal education.
• Education and/or vocational training activities (this may include on the job and/or off the job vocational training or a combination of the approaches listed).

• Mandatory training e.g. job-search related, CV writing, and other non-vocational or non-educational support such as confidence building, life-skills and personal effectiveness support cannot be considered as education or vocational training in this context (even though such activities may, of course, be useful and important support measures).

• "A household" as defined in the ZDTTCensus is: 'one person living alone, or a group of people not necessarily related living at the same address who share cooking facilities and share a living room or sitting room or dining area'. Includes houses, bungalows, flats, and maisonettes.
• Support is provision that helps reduce the burden of the cost of living.

• "A household" as defined in the ZDTTCensus is: 'one person living alone, or a group of people not necessarily related living at the same address who share cooking facilities and share a living room or sitting room or dining area'. Includes houses, bungalows, flats, and maisonettes.
• Energy efficiency means any measures which could improve a Household Energy Performance Certificate rating. It is not required to shift the letter rating, only to make progress towards this.

• Organisations here will either be:
• The end beneficiary is the recipient of the award itself, for example, a local authority, higher education institute or an organisation representing specific sector who may be undertaking a feasibility study.
• An organisation that is an end beneficiary and does not fit into the above description nor can be classified under the business output indicators, for example, a charitable organisation.
• Grant means a cash payment by the project that is not repaid.

• Organisations here will either be:
• The end beneficiary is the recipient of the award itself, for example, a local authority, higher education institute or an organisation representing specific sector who may be undertaking a feasibility study.
• An organisation that is an end beneficiary and does not fit into the above description nor can be classified under the business output indicators, for example, a charitable organisation.
• Non-financial support means business advice, guidance, mentoring and training. This must involve some form of direct interaction with members of the enterprises - in other words it cannot be broadcasted advice. Support may be on-going.
• Improved performance means reductions in costs or increases in turnover/profit.

• Number of organised volunteering roles supported as a direct result of the intervention. This includes opportunities for people to volunteer on a regular basis, and opportunities for one-off volunteering.
• Formal volunteering refers to those who have given unpaid help via a group, club, or organisation, for example, leading a group, administrative support or befriending or mentoring people.

• An organisation as a result of support produces a feasibility study in relation to the investment priorities of the UKSPF. Funding for projects does not need to be sourced from UKSPF to be eligible.

• The increase in the number of properties better protected from flooding and coastal erosion due to the intervention.
• Better protected means a reduced likelihood of flooding as a result of the project.

• The increase in number of cyclists or pedestrians over a set period of time (e.g. weekly flow) along the specified length of cycleway or foot path that has been created or improved.

• The number of residential or commercial units within a specified area that are filled as a result of support at the time of measurement.
• Residential unit means a dwelling unit for residential use and occupancy, and includes the structure or part of a structure that is used as a home, residence, or sleeping place by one person who maintains a household or two or more persons who maintain a common household.
• Vacant means that the unit is not occupied and is empty.
• The geography that the measurement relates to should remain the same over time.
• The time at which the measurement is made should be regular (e.g., at 6-monthly intervals) and consistent (e.g., on the first day of the calendar month), where possible.

• The increase in number of users of facilities/amenities. Users are the people using facilities/amenities.
• Amenity/facility means any service contained within a physical structure, including, but not limited to, magistrates courts, police stations, town halls, cultural institutions, hospitals and public toilets.

• The increase in number of visitor admissions to the local area, including markets, town centre, tourist attractions, green and blue spaces and cultural and heritage venues. The count of attendance should be based on tickets / entry figures, where applicable. The sample of venues tracked should remain the same over time, unless newly established venues are created during the reporting period which can be included.

• The increase in visitor spend at venues. This is actual spend at venues and should not include induced or second order spend.
• For example, credit card transaction data could be used to understand levels/trends in consumer spending or gross revenue as recorded by venues. If gross revenue is used, other sources of revenue should be excluded to ensure only visitor spend is captured.
• Only one method to estimate consumer spending should be used and this should remain consistent for all data collection periods.
• Where possible, ensure all major venues are included and tracked.
• The sample of venues tracked should remain the same over time, unless newly established venues are created during the reporting period which can be included.

• The number of supported premises where the broadband speed accessible is increased.
• Premises means a house or building, together with its land and outbuildings.

• The number of new, permanent, paid, full-time equivalent (FTE) jobs created following support. This includes both part-time and full-time jobs, which should be recorded relative to full-time equivalent (FTE). FTE should be based on the standard full-time hours of the employer.
• New means it should not have existed with the employer before the intervention.
• Created means the job should be created by the intervention (e.g., construction).
• Permanent means it should have an intended life expectancy of at least 12 months from the point at which it is created.
• Only count each individual FTE or job once the project life of a project (i.e. it should not be counted every year).
• FTE is a measure of an employee's scheduled hours in relation to an employer's hours for a full time workweek.
• A safeguarded job is a job that would be lost if it were not for prior to support being provided, and which the support helped the business to retain. This includes sole traders and business owners.

• Safeguarded jobs exclude those created solely to deliver the intervention (e.g., construction).
• This includes both part-time and full-time jobs, which should be recorded relative to full-time equivalent (FTE). FTE should be based on the standard full-time hours of the employer.
• At risk is defined as being forecast to be lost within 6 months.
• Only count each individual FTE or job once during the lifetime of a project (i.e. it should not be counted every year).
• FTE is a measure of an employee's scheduled hours in relation to an employer's hours for a full time workweek.

• A new enterprise is one which has been registered at Companies House or HMRC as a result of the support provided.
• Enterprise means a sole trader, micro business, small and medium-sized enterprise, or large business. It also includes social enterprises where these engage in economic activity.

• The number of enterprises introducing a new to the firm product or service.
• Enterprise means a sole trader, micro business, small and medium-sized enterprise, or large business. It also includes social enterprises where these engage in economic activity.
• A product or service is new if the enterprise has not previously made this product or service available to the market before.
• Support must be for enterprises to innovate one of the following:
• Product - when it is either at a pre-launch or launched to the market.
• Service - when it has been introduced to the market.

• The number of enterprises introducing a new to the firm technology or process (through external sources e.g. suppliers).
• Enterprise means a sole trader, micro business, small and medium-sized enterprise, or large business. It also includes social enterprises where these engage in economic activity.
• A technology or process is new to the firm if it did not previously make or use this technology or process with the same functionality before, or the production technology or process is fundamentally different from those already used. This may be tangible or intangible.
• If an enterprise introduces multiple new technologies or processes, it is still counted as one enterprise.

• Number of enterprises engaged in new markets following support.
• Enterprise means a sole trader, micro business, small and medium-sized enterprise, or large business. It also includes social enterprises where these engage in economic activity.
• Engaged means they have launched a product or service into a new domestic or overseas market or have undertaken research or expanded into a new market.
• New market refers to a new product market (i.e. creation of a product/service that doesn’t compete or replace previous ones), or a new market by business or geographic market (i.e. operating in a new area which could be, for example, a new region or country).

• Number of enterprises with improved productivity.
• Enterprise means a sole trader, micro business, small and medium-sized enterprise, or large business. It also includes social enterprises where these engage in economic activity.
• Productivity refers to the gross value added per hour worked or gross value added per worker.

• A product is new to the market if there are no other products available on a market that offers the same functionality, or the design or technology of the new product is much more fundamental than existing designs or technology of already existing products. Products can be tangible or intangible (incl. services and processes).
• Support must be for a business to produce one of the following:
• Product - when it is either at pre-launch or launched to the market.
• Process - when it has been introduced into the business.
• Service - when it has been introduced to the market.

• Engagement in collaborations about transferring good ideas, research results and skills between the knowledge base and businesses to enable innovative new products and services to be developed and includes but is not limited to:
• Research collaborations and free dissemination of research.
• Joint long-term development of new businesses or services.
• Creation of spin-out and spin-off companies.

• Increase in number of enterprises engaged in scientific and technological development to improve their competitive performance.
• Enterprise means a sole trader, micro business, small and medium-sized enterprise, or large business. It also includes social enterprises where these engage in economic activity.
• R&D (Research & Development) is defined as creative work undertaken on a systematic basis in order to increase the stock of knowledge.
• Enterprises actively working to develop new products or services, either internally or externally through research and development activities.
• It should be evidenced by a declaration from the enterprise that they are investing in internal R&D activity, and/or claiming R&D tax-credits from government.

• The increase in number of individuals engaged in the local area / activity during the last 12 months. Engagement can include physical and digital engagement.
• The local area is classified as the local area where events are recorded should remain consistent throughout the collection (e.g., should not include new events in neighbouring locations which were excluded/included in previous returns).

• Number of programmes started because of support provided by UKSPF interventions. This indicator focuses on programmes that are led by community groups (self-governing and not-for-profit group or organisation which works for the public benefit) and focuses on the topics of arts, culture, heritage.

• The number of people who are previously unemployed or economically inactive who have received support and who have been in employment, including self-employment, for at least a 2-week or 4-week period following that support. This includes those moving into the "working with requirements" or the "working enough i.e. no working requirements" regimes in Universal Credit system.
• Unemployed individuals, as defined by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) are those:
• Without a job, have been actively seeking work in the last four weeks, and are available to start in the next two weeks.
• Out of work, have found a job and are waiting to start in the next two weeks.
• Economically inactive people are those not in work and not actively seeking work.

• Number of people sustaining employment for 6 months after receiving support. Sustaining employment means being employed.
• Employed refers to people aged 16 and over who work one hour or more of paid work per week, or are temporarily away from work (e.g., because they are temporarily sick or on holiday). This includes:
• Employees (permanent and temporary workers, the latter including those on fixed period contracts, agency temping, etc.).
• Self-employed.
• People on government-supported training programmes, engaging in any form of work, work experience or work-related training.
• Persons on maternity or paternity leave.

• People who have received support and who are newly engaged in education (lifelong learning, formal education) or training activities (off-the-job/in-the-job training, vocational training, etc.) immediately upon leaving the project.

• Number of people with basic skills as a result of support.
• Basic skills means skills in English, Maths, Digital and ESOL (English to Speakers of Other Languages).

• Number of people who have received support to gain a qualification or completed a course following that support.

• Number of adults achieving maths qualifications up to, and including, Level 2 equivalent.

• The number of people who have been supported by UKSPF funded activity who have reported increased employability through the acquisition or improvement of interpersonal skills relevant to employment and skills settings, including but not limited to: confidence, communication skills, working with others, time management, motivation to work or do training.

• Carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) covers a wide range of greenhouse gases (GHG) that have an impact on climate change resulting from the specific UKSPF intervention. Decrease tonnes of CO2e should be measured using BEIS Conversion Factors for calculating primary energy savings.
• The estimate is based on the amount of CO2e saved in a given year, i.e., a projection of estimated savings of either one year following project completion or the calendar year after project completion through a methodology agreed by project appraisals.

• Decrease in number of neighbourhood crime reported within a specified area.
• Neighbourhood crime include domestic burglary, theft from the person, robbery and vehicle crime.
• The geography over which a neighbourhood is measured and crime data is collected, should remain consistent throughout.

• The number of organised volunteering roles created as a direct result of the intervention. This includes opportunities for people to volunteer on a regular basis, and opportunities for one-off volunteering.
• Formal volunteering refers to those who have given unpaid help via a group, club, or organisation, for example, leading a group, administrative support or befriending or mentoring people.

• Number of projects that have been supported through a feasibility study in relation to the investment priorities of the UKSPF. Funding for projects does not need to be sourced from UKSPF to be eligible.