Labour Market Performance Indicators are changing and a national framework is currently being developed.
Historically, the South West operated the Healthy Labour Market Review process. Further information about labour market terminology and concepts is available from The Labour Market Handbook, which provides an introductory guide to understanding the labour market.
Find out more about the Healthy Labour Market Review.
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Adult participation in learning
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| These indicators look at adult participation in both learning and job-related training in the region. |
[xls - 91KB] |
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Adult participation in learning (historic)
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| These indicators look at adult participation in both learning and job-related training in the region. |
[xls - 185KB] |
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Apprenticeships
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| Apprenticeships |
[xls - 714KB] |
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Size of business
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| This set of indicators looks at the economically active population overall. |
[xls - 23KB] |
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Business start-ups
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| This section looks at businesses in the South West in terms of the generation of new businesses, business survival and expenditure on research and development. It also provides links to further related data, intelligence and resources. |
[xls - 76KB] |
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Business survival
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| This section looks at indicators related to the survival of businesses. A healthy labour market is one that is able to support and sustain newly-generated businesses over a period of time. |
[xls - 27KB] |
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DFES qualifications data
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| DFES qualifications data |
[xls - 149KB] |
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Economically active population
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| This set of indicators looks at the economically active population overall. |
[xls - 55KB] |
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Economically active population (historic)
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| This set of indicators looks at the economically active population overall. |
[xls - 116KB] |
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Employment rates and growth
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| This set of indicators looks at the economically active population overall. |
[xls - 54KB] |
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Employment rates and growth (historic)
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| This set of indicators looks at the economically active population overall. |
[xls - 114KB] |
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HE student numbers
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| Higher Education student numbers |
[xls - 24KB] |
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Industrial employment
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| This set of indicators looks at those who are employed within the region and the way in which this employment is structured. |
[xls - 29KB] |
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Industrial employment (historic)
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| This set of indicators looks at those who are employed within the region and the way in which this employment is structured. |
[xls - 97KB] |
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Inter-regional migration
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| These indicators look at the migration of people into and out of the region. |
[xls - 25KB] |
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Self-containment and job density
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| This set of indicators looks at the economically active population overall. |
[xls - 27KB] |
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Occupational employment
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| This set of indicators looks at those who are employed within the region and the way in which this employment is structured. |
[xls - 57KB] |
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Occupational employment (historic)
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| This set of indicators looks at those who are employed within the region and the way in which this employment is structured. |
[xls - 102KB] |
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Population
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| This page looks at the population profile of the South West and the migration of people into and out of the region. |
[xls - 83KB] |
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Economically active qualifications
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| This indicator looks at the qualification levels of working age adults in the South West who are economically active. |
[xls - 31KB] |
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Working age qualifications
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| This indicator looks at the qualification levels of working age adults in the South West. |
[xls - 134KB] |
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Working age qualifications (historical)
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| This indicator looks at the qualification levels of working age adults in the South West. |
[xls - 134KB] |
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RandD expenditure
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| These indicators relate to research and development activities undertaken by businesses, government and Higher Education Institutions in the region. Innovation and technical progress and important factor in economic growth. A healthy labour market is one |
[xls - 21KB] |
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Total Vacancies
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| This section reviews available data and intelligence on the recruitment difficulties reported by employers in the region.
The majority of this data and intelligence comes from the National Employers Skills Survey (NESS), an Learning & Skills Council (LSC |
[xls - 86KB] |
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Redundancies
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| This section looks at redundancies in the South West. Redundancies can occur for a number of reasons such as exisiting skills becoming obsolete, national economic policy, or as a result of barriers to business development and growth. A healthy labour mark |
[xls - 108KB] |
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Regional output data
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GDP measures provide an indicator of total economic activity or output. This is represented by regional data as Gross Value Added (GVA) at basic prices.
Comparisons of GVA growth are based either on the difference between regional increases at cu |
[xls - 46KB] |
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Regional productivity data
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| Productivity refers to how well an economy uses the resources it has available by relating the quantity of inputs to outputs. Measures of productivity are generally headed under two of the primary economic inputs, labour and capital. There are a number of |
[xls - 35KB] |
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Self-employment
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| This set of indicators looks at the economically active population overall. |
[xls - 52KB] |
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Self-employment (historic)
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| This set of indicators looks at the economically active population overall. |
[xls - 243KB] |
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Student numbers
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| These indicators look at applications to and student numbers in higher education institutions in the region. The indicators also look at the subjects students are applying and studying for. |
[xls - 24KB] |
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Subregional output data
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GDP measures provide an indicator of total economic activity or output. This is represented by regional data as Gross Value Added (GVA) at basic prices.
Comparisons of GVA growth are based either on the difference between regional increases at cu |
[xls - 157KB] |
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Unemployment (2004)
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| These indicators look at unemployment in the region. Unemployment is generally measured under the International Labour Organisation (ILO) definition [.pdf 132KB] and this counts those who are u |
[xls - 51KB] |
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Unemployment (historic)
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| These indicators look at unemployment in the region. Unemployment is generally measured under the International Labour Organisation (ILO) definition [.pdf 132KB] and this counts those who are u |
[xls - 107KB] |
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Equity of employment - Wage rates
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| This set of indicators looks at the wage rates of those who are employed within the region and the way in which these rates are structured between occupations and industries. |
[xls - 98KB] |
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Participation of young people in learning and training data
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| This indicator provides information on the participation of young people in learning and training in the region. |
[xls - 59KB] |
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