Guidance on preparing an Economic Impact Report
Table of contents
- Front cover
- Foreword
- 1. The need for an Economic Impact Report (EIR)
- Introduction
- The SACTRA Report: Transport and the Economy
- This Guidance
- Regeneration Areas (RAs)
- Regional Development
- Models and Methodology
- Structure of the EIR
- 2. Transport and jobs
- Transport, jobs and the EIR
- The linkages between transport and jobs
- 3. An outline of the process
- When is an EIR Required?
- The Tasks
- Figure 3.1 Preparing an EIR
- 4. The area to be covered by the EIR
- Identifying the regeneration areas
- Hinterlands
- The proposed scheme and the regeneration area(s)
- Zones
- If no schemes have yet been identified
- 5. Audit of existing position: constraints and market weaknesses in the RA
- The need for an audit
- Sector based audit of existing employers
- Total employment in the RA and its hinterland
- The workforce
- Other Constraints
- 6. The transport scheme
- Accessibility
- Access to a suitable workforce
- Access to customers and suppliers
- Access to suitable employment
- 7. Identifying the impact of the scheme
- Description of the economy in the RA(s) and the role of transport
- Estimation of impacts and consistency checks
- Tourism
- Baseline and Time Horizon
- Uncertainty
- Table 7.1 Bands for new jobs claimed
- 8. EIR: the report
- The EIR
- Target years
- Overview: The scheme and its location
- Transport and the economy in the regeneration area(s)
- Jobs and people in the regeneration area
- Jobs and people in the RA hinterlands
- Total accessible jobs and vacancies
- Quantified impacts of the scheme
- Access to existing jobs outside the RA
- Changes to the accessible workforce for employers in the RA
- Access to markets and suppliers
- Summary of gains in employment
- Risks
- Summary of changes in employment
- Table 8.1 Summary of impact on employment in the RA
- Appendix A: A1 - EIR Worksheet
- Economic Impact Report Work Sheet.
- Appendix B: B1 - Measuring Accessibility
- Introduction
- Accessibility and mode choice
- Divide the RA and hinterland into zones
- Estimate the workforce in each zone
- Estimate the number of existing jobs in each zone
- Calculate travel times and costs between zones, with and without the scheme
- Select an access time weighting method
- Table B1: Assigning weights to travel times
- Figure B1 Deterrence Function for Travel to Work
- Calculation of accessibility measures
- First sheet(s): zone to zone costs and times
- Second Sheets: Population and Jobs
- Third sheets: Outputs
- Table B3: Example summary table for accessibility analysis
- Appendix C: C1 - Questionnaires for business interviews
- Introduction
- Table C.1 Outline Business Questionnaire
- Appendix D: D1 - Data sources
- Introduction
- Transport Network
- Private car: Maps and ruler
- Private car: Route-finding software
- Public transport: timetables
- Transport Direct
- Walk
- Employers and jobs
- Table D1: Mapping between SIC and SEG
- Table D2: Mapping between SEG and Skill Levels
- The Workforce
- Tourism
- Footnote: Definitions
- Employment
- Workforce Jobs
- Civilian Workforce Jobs
- ILO Unemployment
- Claimant Count
- Economically Active
- Economically Inactive
- Labour Market Attachment
- Discouraged Workers
- Rates
- Employment Rate
- ILO Unemployment Rate
- Claimant Count Rate
- Economic Activity Rate
- Economic Inactivity Rate
- Earnings
- Jobcentre Vacancies
- Abbreviations
