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Evidence and sources

The data, reports and publications referenced throughout the Regeneration proposal, grouped by theme. Sources are cited as published; domain references are listed where a direct link is not available.

Deprivation and place

  1. East Sussex County Council, Indices of Deprivation 2025 by district — Hastings' rank, LSOA deciles and neighbourhood rankings.

    Source: eastsussexinfigures.org.uk/iod25-districts

  2. Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.

    Source: gov.uk

  3. ONS, Census 2021, and Hastings and Rother Housing and Economic Development Needs Assessment 2024 — household numbers and social grade.

    Source: ons.gov.uk

  4. East Sussex in Figures, earnings and income briefing — local wage data.

    Source: eastsussexinfigures.org.uk

  5. Get Sussex Working Plan, 2025 — adult skills levels.

    Source: eastsussex.gov.uk

Education and attainment

  1. Department for Education, "New missions to transform childhoods of most disadvantaged", May 2026 — Attainment 8 scores for disadvantaged Hastings pupils, and the Mission Coastal announcement.

    Source: gov.uk

  2. Department for Education, Secondary accountability measures: Progress 8 and Attainment 8 — definition and grade conversion.

    Source: gov.uk

  3. Education Policy Institute, Annual Report 2026: Regional Gaps — the South East disadvantage gap.

    Source: epi.org.uk

  4. Education Policy Institute, Annual Report 2026: Disadvantage — how the gap compounds, the post-16 gap, and Year 12 participation.

    Source: epi.org.uk

  5. Joint Council for Qualifications and FFT Education Datalab, 20 August 2026 — 2026 GCSE results, regional breakdown, resit entries and vocational results.

    Source: ffteducationdatalab.org.uk

  6. FE News, results day 2026 — post-16 resit pass rates.

    Source: fenews.co.uk

  7. Department for Education, 16–18 destination measures — Hastings school leaver destinations.

    Source: gov.uk

  8. Department for Education, Key Stage 4 performance data and Compare School Performance.

    Source: gov.uk

  9. Sussex Learning Network, Profile of the Working Class in Sussex (2019) — free school meals and HE participation by ward.

    Source: sussexlearningnetwork.org

Higher education, apprenticeships and earnings

  1. Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education, Digital Marketer (Integrated Degree), Level 6, standard ST0481.

    Source: instituteforapprenticeships.org

  2. Department for Education, Apprenticeships: Explore Education Statistics — starts by local authority district, age and level.

    Source: explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk

  3. Department for Education, Widening participation in higher education.

    Source: explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk

  4. Student Loans Company / GOV.UK, Student loans in England, financial year 2025-26 — average balance entering repayment.

    Source: gov.uk

  5. House of Commons Library, Student loan statistics — repayment terms.

    Source: commonslibrary.parliament.uk

  6. Universities UK, graduate outcomes analysis — graduate and non-graduate employment.

    Source: universitiesuk.ac.uk

  7. ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings 2025 — national and occupational median pay.

    Source: ons.gov.uk

  8. GOV.UK, National Minimum and Living Wage rates, from 1 April 2026.

    Source: checkyourpay.campaign.gov.uk

  9. ONS and House of Commons Library, young people not in education, employment or training.

    Source: ons.gov.uk

T Levels and industry placements

  1. National Audit Office, report on T Levels, March 2025 — programme underspend and take-up.

    Source: feweek.co.uk

  2. FE Week, Freedom of Information data from the Department for Education — T Level Employer Support Fund clawback.

    Source: feweek.co.uk

  3. Policy Connect, analysis of the NAO report.

    Source: policyconnect.org.uk

  4. Curriculum and Assessment Review, final report.

    Source: gov.uk

Regeneration, coastal towns and the creative economy

  1. House of Lords Select Committee on Regenerating Seaside Towns, The future of seaside towns, HL Paper 320, April 2019.

    Source: committees.parliament.uk

  2. Hansard, House of Lords debate on the report, 1 July 2019.

    Source: theyworkforyou.com

  3. Gutierrez-Posada, Kitsos, Nathan and Nuccio, "Creative Clusters and Creative Multipliers: Evidence from UK Cities", Economic Geography 99(1), 2022 — the creative job multiplier.

    Source: tandfonline.com

  4. The Brighton Fuse — AHRC, University of Brighton, University of Sussex, Wired Sussex and NCUB.

    Source: brightonfuse.com

  5. University of Dundee, Abertay University and InGAME — the Dundee games cluster.

    Source: dundee.ac.uk

  6. University of Warwick and Coventry University, Coventry UK City of Culture 2021 evaluation; and administrators' reports on Coventry City of Culture Trust, 2023–25.

    Source: artsprofessional.co.uk

  7. Tate St Ives; De La Warr Pavilion; Turner Contemporary and Visit Kent; Folkestone Creative Quarter — visitor and economic impact data.

    Source: tate.org.uk

  8. Brook, O'Brien and Taylor, Panic! Social Class, Taste and Inequalities in the Creative Industries, AHRC, 2018 — unpaid work in the creative sector.

    Source: arts council / AHRC

  9. Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre, Getting in and getting on (2020); Sutton Trust, A Class Act (2024).

    Source: pec.ac.uk

  10. New Economics Foundation, Local Multiplier 3 (LM3) methodology.

    Source: neweconomics.org

  11. Hastings Borough Council, local creative and cultural multiplier.

    Source: hastings.gov.uk

  12. Locate East Sussex — creative sector employment in Hastings.

    Source: locateeastsussex.org

  13. ONS, Business Demography and Business Population Estimates.

    Source: ons.gov.uk

  14. Ipsos with Professor Mark Ritson, Marketing Anchors (2026) — marketing capability benchmarking.

    Source: ipsos.com