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35 A reduction in the difference between employment rates in the most deprived local authority areas and the overall employment rate, over the economic cycle (Great Britain).
Baseline and trends: Baseline year –2000. There has been a rise in the employment rate for the 25 most deprived local authority areas from 61.6 per cent in 2000 to 65.7 per cent in 2006. There is a break in the data from 2007 due to the movement to Q2 data. The overall employment rate was relatively stable over the period 2000-06 and consequently the employment rate gap narrowed gap for 2007 is eight percent age points.
| Employment rate for the
25 deprived areas in target since 2001 (per cent) |
Great Britain employment rate (per cent) |
Employment rate gap (percentage points) |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline | 2000 | 61.6% | 74.4% | 12.8 |
| 2001 | 61.7% | 74.7% | 13.0 | |
| 2002 | 62.6% | 74.6% | 12.0 | |
| 2003 | 63.0% | 74.7% | 11.7 | |
| 2004 | 63.3% | 74.8% | 11.5 | |
| 2005 | 64.4% | 74.9% | 10.5 | |
| 2006 | 65.7% | 74.7% | 9.0 | |
| 2007 | 66.3% | 74.3% | 8.0 | |
| Note: Figures before 2007 are based on four-quarter averages to spring. The figure from 2007 is not comparable with previous years as it is drawn from calendar quarters (Q2 data). | ||||
Definition: Employment rates are for working-age people, aged 16 - 59 for women and 16 - 64 for men. The 25 most deprived areas are the local authority areas with the worst initial labour market position listed below. The employment rate for these areas is the total number of working-age people in employment in all 25 areas as a proportion of the total working-age population in all 25 areas.
The 25 local authority areas which have appeared consistently since 2001 are: Newham; Tower Hamlets; Hackney; Liverpool; Manchester; Haringey; Blaenau Gwent; Neath Port Talbot; Easington; Hartlepool; Knowsley; Glasgow City; Nottingham; Merthyr Tydfil; Islington; Middlesbrough; Rhondda, Cynon, Taff; Southwark; Redcar and Cleveland; Newcastle upon Tyne; Wear Valley; South Tyneside; Carmarthenshire; Caerphilly; and Anglesey.
Data Source: Labour Force Survey, Quarter 2 of each year and four-quarters average to spring.
Further information
Further information about the Labour Force Survey can be found at: www.statistics.gov.uk/ssd/surveys/labour_force_survey.asp
Research Evidence
“Understanding workless people and communities: A literature review”
http://research.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd5/rports2005-2006/rrep255.pdf
“Evaluation of the Working Neighbourhoods Pilot: Final Report ”
http://research.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd5/rports2007-2008/rrep411.pdf
