About Us

Based within the Policy Unit of Lancashire County Council the role of the Corporate Research and Intelligence Team is to contribute towards social and economic well-being for all sections of the community within the Lancashire sub-region by:

"Providing a comprehensive and responsive information and intelligence service to the County Council, local and strategic partnerships, Lancashire residents, industry and commerce and others who have a general interest in the social and economic well-being of Lancashire"

The Team undertakes this task by:

Acquiring, collating, analysing and disseminating reliably sourced official and non-official data and intelligence, including public opinion polls, about Lancashire's social and economic position and its performance across a wide range of measures and indicators relative to the nation and the region.
Contributing to regional, county and sub-county policy development and supporting the evaluation and impact of policy decisions and strategies.
Incorporating information and intelligence into strategic and policy initiatives and to represent and advocate Lancashire's case for social and economic funding assistance at regional, national and European levels
Maintaining and extending data sharing, intelligence and joint working partnerships with external public and private sector organisations in support of intelligence driven decision making.
Through the use of socio-economic information and intelligence, promoting the merits of Lancashire as a place to both live and work and the industrial and commercial investment opportunities within the sub-region. This includes, where appropriate, the organisation and co-ordination of special events, presentations and exhibitions.
Providing content for the Lancashire Profile , Life in Lancashire and (External) Safer Lancashire websites.

Members of the Corporate Research and Intelligence Team

Name Responsibilities Mike Walker
Corporate Research and Intelligence Manager
Mike.Walker@lancashire.gov.uk Team manager, market and social research and consultation, Life in Lancashire Shaju Ahmed
Data Analyst (Elevate)
Shaju.Ahmed@lancashire.gov.uk Providing and supporting the research and strategic intelligence function to (External) Elevate East Lancashire Housing Market Renewal Pathfinder Paul Ayre
Principal Research and Intelligence Officer
Paul.Ayre@lancashire.gov.uk Social and economic intelligence, including employment and unemployment, Population Census and Index of Multiple Deprivation John Baker
Technical Development Officer
John.Baker@lancashire.gov.uk Technical support and responsibility for the maintenance and development of the Lancashire Profile and Life in Lancashire websites Gemma Barrow
Research Officer (JSNA)
Gemma.Barrow@lancashire.gov.uk Development of the Joint Strategic Needs Analysis (JSNA) of Health and Wellbeing in Lancashire Parvinder Bhatoa
Research Officer (MADE)
Parvinder.Bhatoa@lancashire.gov.uk Management of the (External) Multi-Agency Data Exchange (MADE) Project , a data warehouse for community safety information in Lancashire Heather Catt
Research Analyst (JSNA)
Heather.Catt@lancashire.gov.uk Development of the Joint Strategic Needs Analysis (JSNA) of Health and Wellbeing in Lancashire Jacqueline Evans
Principal Research and Intelligence Officer
Jacqueline.Evans@lancashire.gov.uk Analysis and dissemination of national, LCC and partner agency secondary datasets for the purpose of informing policy, strategy development and monitoring Melanie Greenslade
Principal Research and Intelligence Officer (MADE)
Melanie.Greenslade@lancashire.gov.uk Management of the (External) Multi-Agency Data Exchange (MADE) Project , a data warehouse for community safety information in Lancashire Steven Knuckey
Principal Research and Intelligence Officer (Research and Consultation) Life in Lancashire public opinion surveys Marie Marosics
Research Support Officer
Marie.Marosics@lancashire.gov.uk Updating the Lancashire Profile website and supporting the Life in Lancashire opinion surveys Bryan Moulding
Principal Research and Intelligence Officer Economic intelligence, and health and wellbeing information Nicola Pemberton
Senior Research and Intelligence Officer Life in Lancashire public opinion surveys Ann Weaver
Principal Research and Intelligence Officer
Ann.Weaver@lancashire.gov.uk Economic and environmental intelligence, monthly newsletter

The Corporate Research and Intelligence Team
Policy Unit
Christ Church Precinct
PO Box 78
County Hall
Preston
PR1 8XJ
Tel 01772 534147
Fax 01772 533353
Email EconInfo@lancashire.gov.uk

For general enquiries about the County Council and its services, ring the Contact Centre on 0845 053 0000.

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