*Amendment* - The Provision of High Streets Retailer and Vacancy Data

In order to support policymaking and to help the Authority understand how local areas are faring, the Authority wishes to purchase up-to-date data on vacancy rates in high streets, town centres and other retail centres across England, as well as unit opening and closures across the country. This data will be used to track the 'health' of local areas and individual town centres as well as aid the Authority in targeting support and funding in the most effective way. The amendment is due to the fact that the levels of geography used for providing monthly updates of key variables will be changed to include lower - tier Local Authorities. This has incurred a one - off cost for the configuration work.