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These follow-up papers contain brief analyses of statistical data relating to Apprenticeships in the proposed local areas. It covers recent trends in the uptake and achievement of Apprenticeship frameworks locally compared to wider trends, and also briefly looks at the demand for Apprentices among local employers. These data reports should be read in conjunction with:

“Delivering Apprenticeships: The Challenge for the South West“ 2011 and
“Apprenticeships: Delivering the Coalition’s Vision“ 2011.

Download 2011 Apprenticeship Reports:

Bournemouth, Dorset & Poole [359Kb] Cornwall & Isles of Scilly [360Kb]
Swindon [358Kb] Gloucestershire [357Kb]
  Wiltshire [357Kb]
Heart of the South West [356Kb] West of England [359Kb]

The reports and data on this page were developed by SLIM in February and March 2010 to provide an evidence base for Local Employment and Skills Boards. The reports have also been produced to inform the development of Work and Skills Plans and development of local priorities for the Skills Funding Agency. See also the individual ESB websites.


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Bournemouth, Dorset & Poole [3MB] Cornwall & Isles of Scilly [2MB]
Devon [2.47MB] Gloucestershire [2.42MB]
Torbay [2.07MB] Plymouth [2.46MB]
Swindon [2.38MB] West of England [3.98MB]
Somerset [2.48MB] Wiltshire [2.28MB]

The Excel files below give access to the data used to generate the Figures in our Sub-Regional Employment and Skills Analyses.

We are providing access to them as they may be useful to LESBs looking to undertake additional benchmarking or analysis.

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ECONOMIC CONTEXT: Figure 1 NUTS 3 GVA per head, indexed, 1999 and 2007, UK = 100 [xls - 183KB]
Productivity: Figure 2 Employment Rate, Working Age Population, SW Local Areas, July 08 – Jun 09 [xls - 82KB]
Employment rate: Figure 3 Change in Employment Rate, SW & Local Areas, Apr ‘07 - Mar ‘08 to Jul ‘08 - Jun ‘08 [xls - 105KB]
Employment rate: Figure 4 Employment rate for selected disadvantaged groups, Local Areas & South West, Jul ’08 to Jun ’09 [xls - 118KB]
Employment rate: Figure 5 Total Notified redundancies, JC+ District, 8/11/08 to 08/01/10 [xls - 4618KB]
Redundancies and vacancies: Figure 6 Redundancies per 1000 Working Age Population, JC+ District, 8/11/08 to 08/01/10 [xls - 3432KB]
Redundancies and vacancies: Figure 7 Notified redundancies, 4 week periods, County / Unitary, 8/11/08 to 08/01/10 [xls - 2622KB]
Redundancies and vacancies: Figure 8 Notified Redundancies by sector, SW & LA, 8/11/08 to 08/01/10 [xls - 90KB]
Redundancies and vacancies: Figure 9 Notified & Unfilled Vacancies, Local Areas, Oct ‘08 to Dec ‘09 [xls - 100KB]
Redundancies and vacancies: Figure 10 Live Unfilled Vacancies, Jan to Dec 2009 as a % of Jan to Dec 2008 [xls - 95KB]
Redundancies and vacancies: Figure 11 Claimants per Vacancy, Apr 2008 to Aug 2009 [xls - 178KB]
Redundancies and vacancies: Figure 12 Vacancy levels by Sector, Local Areas, 2007 – 2009 (Index 2007 = 100) [xls - 170KB]
Redundancies and vacancies: Figure 13 Vacancy levels by Occupation, Local Areas, 2007 – 2009 [xls - 1022KB]
THE WORKFORCE: Figure 14 Age structure of the working age population, Local Areas, 2008 to 2028 [xls - 86KB]
Demographics: Figure 15 Economic Activity Rate, Jul 2008 to Jun 2009 [xls - 96KB]
Workforce Structure: Figure 16 Percentage of total employment by sector (2008) [xls - 98KB]
Workforce Structure: Figure 17 Employment change by sector 2007-2008 [xls - 18KB]
Workforce Structure: Figure 18 Definition of Knowledge Intensive Sectors [xls - 71KB]
Workforce Structure: Figure 19 Employment in knowledge intensive sectors, 2008 [xls - 93KB]
Workforce Structure: Figure 20 Percentage of all employees in knowledge-intensive sectors, 2008 [xls - 89KB]
Workforce Structure: Figure 21 Employment by occupation, Jul 2008 – Jun 2009 [xls - 78KB]
Workforce Structure: Figure 22 Employment in higher level occupations, Jul 2008 - Jun 2009 [xls - 94KB]
Workforce Structure: Figure 23 Employment by size of business, 2008 [xls - 85KB]
Workforce Structure: Figure 24 Self-employment as a % of all employment, Jul 2008 to Jun 2008 [xls - 85KB]
Workforce Structure: Figure 25 Part time working as a % of all employment, Jul 2008 to Jun 2008 [xls - 71KB]
Workforce Structure: Figure 26 Temporary employment, as a % of all employment, Jul 2008 to Jun 2009 [xls - 140KB]
WORKLESSNESS IN THE South West : Figure 27 LFS Unemployment & Claimant Count, Apr 2008 to Dec 2009 [xls - 107KB]
WORKLESSNESS IN THE South West : Figure 28 Claimant In-flows and Off-flows, Local Areas, Apr 2008 to Nov 2009 [xls - 87KB]
WORKLESSNESS IN THE South West : Figure 29 Total Number of Claimants, Dec 2009 [xls - 78KB]
WORKLESSNESS IN THE South West : Figure 30 Claimant Rate, December 2009 [xls - 79KB]
WORKLESSNESS IN THE South West : Figure 31 Growth Claimant Count Rate, December 2008 to December 2009 [xls - 2760KB]
WORKLESSNESS IN THE South West : Figure 32 Composition of Employment & Claimant Count, Local Areas, Dec 2009 [xls - 405KB]
WORKLESSNESS IN THE South West : Figure 33 Claimant Count by duration of claim, Local Areas, Apr 2008 – Dec 2009 (Indexed, April 2008 = 100) [xls - 223KB]
WORKLESSNESS IN THE South West : Figure 34 Percentage of Claimants unemployed for six months or longer, Aug 2008 and Dec 2009 [xls - 413KB]
WORKLESSNESS IN THE South West : Figure 35 Trends in long term unemployment by age, Local Areas, Jan 2008 – Dec 2009 [xls - 356KB]
WORKLESSNESS IN THE South West : Figure 36 Claimant Count by Age, Local Areas, Apr 2008 to Dec 2009 [xls - 150KB]
WORKLESSNESS IN THE South West : Figure 37 Proportion of total claimant count in each age band, Local Areas, Dec 2008 and Dec 2009 [xls - 82KB]
WORKLESSNESS IN THE South West : Figure 38 16-18 year old NEETs (percentage), Apr 2007 – Dec 2009 [xls - 209KB]
WORKLESSNESS IN THE South West : Figure 39 Number and proportion of NEETs, December 2009 [xls - 224KB]
WORKLESSNESS IN THE South West : Figure 40 Change in proportion of NEETs, 2008-2009 [xls - 108KB]
WORKLESSNESS IN THE South West : Figure 41 Economic Inactivity Rate of the Working Age Population, Jul 2008 - Jun 2009 [xls - 175KB]
WORKLESSNESS IN THE South West : Figure 42 Composition of Inactivity, Local Areas, Jul 2008 - Jun 2009 [xls - 93KB]
WORKFORCE SKILLS: Figure 43 Proportion of the working age population qualified to Level 4 and above, 2008 [xls - 89KB]
WORKFORCE SKILLS: Figure 44 Proportion of the working age population qualified to Level 3 and above, 2008 [xls - 86KB]
WORKFORCE SKILLS: Figure 45 Proportion of the working age population qualified to Level 2 and above, 2008 [xls - 92KB]
WORKFORCE SKILLS: Figure 46 Proportion of the working age population without a Level 2 qualification, 2008 [xls - 79KB]
WORKFORCE SKILLS: Figure 47 Percentage of 15 year olds achieving 5+ A*-C grades at GCSE, including English and Maths, 2009 [xls - 70KB]
WORKFORCE SKILLS: Figure 48 Average points score per entry at A Level, 2009 [xls - 73KB]
WORKFORCE SKILLS: Figure 49 Proportion of 16 to 17 year olds in education and training, 2007 [xls - 78KB]
WORKFORCE SKILLS: Figure 50 Attainment of Level 2 at age 19, 2008 [xls - 78KB]
WORKFORCE SKILLS: Figure 51 Attainment of Level 3 at age 19, 2004-2008 [xls - 73KB]
WORKFORCE SKILLS: Figure 52 Participation in HE by students from the LA, 2004/05 - 2007/08 (Index 2004/05 = 100) [xls - 79KB]
WORKFORCE SKILLS: Figure 53 Proportion of adults* participating in any learning in the last 12 months, 2008 (%) [xls - 145KB]
MEETING THE JOBS AND SKILLS AMBITION: Figure 54 Baseline position against Leitch intermediate targets 2011, Local Areas vs South West [xls - 148KB]
MEETING THE JOBS AND SKILLS AMBITION: Figure 55 Baseline position against Leitch full targets 2020, Local Areas vs South West [xls - 213KB]
MEETING THE JOBS AND SKILLS AMBITION: Figure 56 Difference between Leitch targets and baseline, Local Areas vs South West and England (percentage point shortfall) [xls - 20KB]
MEETING THE JOBS AND SKILLS AMBITION: Figure 57 Difference between Leitch targets and baseline by Local Authority (Numbers) [xls - 97KB]
DEMAND FOR SKILLS: Figure 58 Employees in employment by Sector Skills Council, Local Areas vs South West and England, 2008 [xls - 76KB]
DEMAND FOR SKILLS: Figure 59 Employees in employment (% of total), Skillsmart Retail, 2008 [xls - 98KB]
MISMATCHES BETWEEN JOBS AND SKILLS: Figure 60 Employees in employment (% of total), People 1st, 2008 [xls - 88KB]
MISMATCHES BETWEEN JOBS AND SKILLS: Figure 61 Employees in employment (% of total), Skills for Health, 2008 [xls - 73KB]
MISMATCHES BETWEEN JOBS AND SKILLS: Figure 62 Employees in employment (% of total), SEMTA, 2008 [xls - 73KB]
MISMATCHES BETWEEN JOBS AND SKILLS: Figure 63 Employees in employment (% of total), Construction Skills, 2008 [xls - 87KB]
DEMAND FOR LABOUR – TOMORROW’S JOBS,: Figure 64 Projected employment change by sector, 2007-2017 (% per annum), Local Areas vs South West [xls - 20KB]
DEMAND FOR LABOUR – TOMORROW’S JOBS,: Figure 65 Projected employment change by sector, 2007-2017 (000s), Local Areas [xls - 88KB]
DEMAND FOR LABOUR – TOMORROW’S JOBS,: Figure 66 Projected Employment change by Occupation, 2007 - 2017 (000s), Sub-Regional [xls - 57KB]
DEMAND FOR LABOUR – TOMORROW’S JOBS,: Figure 67 Replacement demand, expansion demand and net requirement by occupation, 2007-2017 (000s), Local Areas [xls - 68KB]
Metadata
Updated on: ONS Crown Copyright Reserved [from Nomis on 9 February 2010]
Updated by: Section 1: Hilary Stevens / Kevin Aggett / Chris Evans / Ben Neild - Section 2: Adam Crews - Section 3: Kevin Aggett / Ben Neild - Section 4: Adam Crews
Section 5: Kevin Aggett - Section 6: Adam Crews - Section 7: Ben Neild - Section 8: Ben Neild
Next updated due: 01/02/2011
Confidence: 95% confidence interval of percent figure (+/-). - indicates figures that are missing. * Estimate and confidence interval unreliable since the group sample size is small (3-9). ! Estimate and confidence interval not available since the group sample size is zero or disclosive (0-2). ~ Estimate is less than 500.
Rounding and weighting: Data has been rounded to the nearest 5 and reweighted in line with the latest ONS estimates.
Interpretation: Interpretation of these data need to take account of changes in recent years to Jobcentre Plus procedures for taking and handling vacancies. These figures are not fully comparable over time and may not indicate developments in the labour market. A more detailed explanation is available on the nomis web site.

The data contained here is generally presented down to the smallest geographical area possible. We have tried to be as comprehensive as possible in making data available that is most relevant to Local Employment and Skills strategies. However, if you are unable to find the data you are looking for, please contact the SLIM team.

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