Department For Culture Media Sport
The Community Life Survey is a key evidence source for understanding more about community engagement, volunteering and social cohesion, sampling people aged 16+ throughout England. The Department for Culture, Media & Sport took on responsibility for publishing results from the Community Life survey (CLS) for 2016-17 onwards, after it was commissioned by the Cabinet Office in 2012.
The 2023/24 Community Life Survey has been commissioned in partnership with the Department for Levelling Up, Housing, and Communities (DLUHC) to boost the sample size to enable the production of reliable statistics at a lower-tier local authority level. Fieldwork for 2023/24 was delivered over two quarters (October December 2023 and January March 2024) due to an extended period earlier in 2023/24 to develop and implement the boosted design. As such there is due to be two quarterly publications in 2023/24, in addition to the annual publication.
This is the first quarterly publication from the Community Life Survey, which has previously been published annually. The quarterly releases contain headline findings only and do not contain geographical or demographic breakdowns this detail with be published through the annual publication, due in autumn 2024.
- Released: 8 May 2024
- Period covered: October to December 2023
- Geographic coverage: England
- Next release date: Autumn 2024
The pre-release access list above contains the ministers and officials who have received privileged early access to this release of Community Life 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. 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 analyst for this release is Rachel Baylis. For enquiries on this release, contact communitylifesurvey@dcms.gov.uk.