The Department for Communities and Local Government recently released updates for the indices of deprivation for 2007. They measure relative levels of deprivation in small areas of England called Lower layer Super Ouput Areas (LSOAs).
The key results included tha fact that over 5m people lived in the most deprived areas in England and 38% of these were income deprived in 2008. The most deprived areas of England in terms of high proportions of LSOAs were Liverpool (51%), Middlesbrough (47%), Manchester (46%), Knowsley (45%), Hull (43%), Hackney (42%) and Tower Hamlets (40%).
Most of the deprived areas are urban (98%) but pockets of deprivation exist in rural areas. Over half of Local Authorities (56%) contain at least one LSOA of the 10% most deprived in England. Many of the most deprived areas of 2007 are still among the most deprived in 2010. The percentage is very high at 88%. 5,055,000 people live in the most deprived areas and 1,919,000 are income deprived.
The indices are concerned with deprivation not affluence, they refer to unment needs caused by lack of all kinds of resources not just financial, but not everyone in the deprived areas will be deprived themselves.
The most deprived LSOA in England is to the east of Jaywick in Clacton on Sea and the least deprived in north west of Chorleywood. Both of these areas are in the East of England. Over half (52%) of the 1% most deprived areas are in the North West, 17% in Yorkshire and The Humber and 12% in the North East and 35% of the most deprived areas are also in the North West, 18% in Yorkshire and The Humber, 17% in the West Midlands and 10% in the North East. The highest proportion of LSOAs that are the least deprived were in Hart (77%), Wokingham (69%), Surrey Heath (58%), Elmbridge (57%) and Waverley (51%).
The largest rductions were in the London area (80 LSOAs, -17%). The largest increases were in the West Midlands (36 LSOAs, 7%) and the South East (29 LSOAs, 31%).
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Tuesday, 13 July 2010
Employment Position Of Disadvantaged Groups Has Improved
Most of the groups who face barriers to work have increased their position relative to the rest of the workforce over the last 10-15 years according to the Economic and Labour Market Review from the ONS.
The Public Service Agreements 2007 identified six groups as facing barriers in employment: the disabled, lone parents, ethnic minorities, the over 50s, the lowest qualified and those living in the most deprived local authority wards. The gap closed most was for lone parents who were only 17 percentage points behind the rest of the population in 2009 compared with 30 points in 1997. The disabled gap has closed to 31 percentage points in 2009 from 41 in 1998. Those in deprived areas saw little change between 2003 and 2009.
The only group for whom the gap widened was those with the lowest qualifications increasing from 17 to 22 percentge points between 1995 and 2009. The workforce has become better qualified since then and fewer peole are in that category now.
The report also suggests that those who are in more than one disadvantaged group are less likely to be employed. The employment rate for those who are not in any disadvantaged group was 82%, for those in one disadvantaged group it was 75%, in two groups 62% and for those in five or six disadvantaged groups the employment rate went down to 15%. People are also more likely to become economically inactive rather than unemployed the more disadvantaged groups they are in. The proportion of the population that were unemployed did not change much according to the number of disadvantaged groups a person was in, 5.1% to 8.2% for those in five or six groups, but the economically inactive increased from 12% to 77% for those in five or six groups.
The Public Service Agreements 2007 identified six groups as facing barriers in employment: the disabled, lone parents, ethnic minorities, the over 50s, the lowest qualified and those living in the most deprived local authority wards. The gap closed most was for lone parents who were only 17 percentage points behind the rest of the population in 2009 compared with 30 points in 1997. The disabled gap has closed to 31 percentage points in 2009 from 41 in 1998. Those in deprived areas saw little change between 2003 and 2009.
The only group for whom the gap widened was those with the lowest qualifications increasing from 17 to 22 percentge points between 1995 and 2009. The workforce has become better qualified since then and fewer peole are in that category now.
The report also suggests that those who are in more than one disadvantaged group are less likely to be employed. The employment rate for those who are not in any disadvantaged group was 82%, for those in one disadvantaged group it was 75%, in two groups 62% and for those in five or six disadvantaged groups the employment rate went down to 15%. People are also more likely to become economically inactive rather than unemployed the more disadvantaged groups they are in. The proportion of the population that were unemployed did not change much according to the number of disadvantaged groups a person was in, 5.1% to 8.2% for those in five or six groups, but the economically inactive increased from 12% to 77% for those in five or six groups.
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