SEAS 2 Grow Silver Economy Stakeholder Needs Report

Annex: Local authority survey results – plots and tables

Table L1. Percentage of local government organisations considering themselves as part of the Silver

Economy (SE), segmented by region and percentage of current business in SE.

Country % SE member if 16 – 20% population 65+

% SE member if 21 – 30% population 65+

% SE member if 31 – 40% population 65+

UK 100% 100% 100%

France 67% n/a 100%

Netherlands 100% 100% n/a

Belgium 67% 67% 0%

All 4 countries 77% 80% 67%

Table L2. Percentage of local government organisations who believe they have insufficient contact

with other Silver Economy (SE) actors to realise their SE ambitions, segmented by country and

membership to the SE market.

Country % SE members who wish for more SE contact

% non-SE members who wish for more SE contact

UK 100% n/a

France 100% n/a

Netherlands 100% n/a

Belgium 100% 100%

All 4 countries 100% 100%

Table L3. Population projections of the elderly as viewed by local government organisations,

segmented by country.

Country % Increasing 65+ population

% Decreasing 65+ population

% Constant 65+ population

UK 100% 0% 0%

France 75% 0% 25%

Netherlands 100% 0% 0%

Belgium 100% 0% 0%

All 4 countries 94% 0% 6%

Figure L1. Size of total population served by local authority survey respondents in the UK (a), The

Netherlands (b), France (c), Belgium (d) and across all regions (e).

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Figure L2. Strategies used by local government organisations to identify need for innovations in the

UK (a), The Netherlands (b), France (c), Belgium (d), and across all regions with a population <200,000

(e), and a population >200,000 (f).

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Figure L3. Innovations currently being used, commissioned or purchased (blue bars) or planning to be

so in the future (orange bars) by local government organisations in the UK (a), The Netherlands (b),

France (c), Belgium (d) and across all regions (e).

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Figure L4. Barriers to local government organizations using, commissioning or purchasing innovations

for the elderly in the UK (a), The Netherlands (b), France (c), Belgium (d) and across all regions with a

population <200,000 (e), and a population >200,000 (f).

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Figure L5. Strategies used by local government organisations currently (blue bars) or in the future

(orange bars) to overcome barriers in the UK (a), The Netherlands (b), France (c), Belgium (d) and

across all regions with a population <200,000 (e), and a population >200,000 (f).

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Figure L6. Measures used by local government organisations to evaluate the impact value of

innovations for the elderly in the UK (a), The Netherlands (b), France (c), Belgium (d) and across all

regions with a population <200,000 (e), and a population >200,000 (f).

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