South West Regional Skills Enterprise and Employment Analysis 2007/2008

Final Report

Tables and Figures

Table 1: Regional objectives and priorities
Table 2: Key features of the South West Labour Market
Table 3: Skills Challenges
Table 4: Enterprise Challenges
Table 5: Employment Challenges
Table 6: Occupations by expansion and replacement demand
Table 7: Expansion demand in the South West to 2014
Table 8: Summary of Sector Analysis-
Table 9: Ranked Priorities of SSCs
Table 10: Management & Leadership priorities by sector
Table 11: GSCE Results, South West 2005 and 2006
Table 12: South West Learner Numbers
Table 13: Percentage of Employers supplying training in the past year, South West and England, 2003 and 2005
Table 14: Percentages of employers supplying training in past year, by sector, South West, 2005
Table 15: On and off the job training by sectors, South West 2005
Table 16: Estimated expenditure on training (‘out of pocket’ only), South West and England, 2005
Table 17: Groups which may experience difficulty
Table 18: Barriers
Table 19: Proportion of Rural Households within specific distances of Key Services by Region - 2005
Table 20: Gaps
Table 21: Partner Plans and Priorities
Table 22: Government Expenditure in South West Region
Table 23:SW LSC - Year on Year Expenditure Comparison 2005-06 to 2007-08

Figure 1: Qualifications of the working age population, by region, 2006
Figure 2: Volume and intensity of skills shortages by SSC, South West, 2005
Figure 3: Employment, hard-to-fill and skills shortage vacancies by occupation, South West, 2005, percentages of total
Figure 4: Employees who are not proficient, by SSC, 2005
Figure 5: Volume and intensity of skills gaps by SSC, South West, 2005
Figure 6: Structural demand and net requirements in the South West by occupation, 2004-2014
Figure 7: Productivity and Level 2+ skills, by region
Figure 8: Population of the South West and England by sex and age-band, 2006
Figure 9: Percentage of workforce over 50 years, by SSC, 2005
Figure 10: Highest qualification level of the economically active population, 2005, percentages
Figure 11: Highest level of qualifications of working age adults in the South West, 2005, percentages
Figure 12: Participation in education and work-based learning, England, 2000-2004
Figure 13: Total HE Applications in the South West, 2001-2005
Figure 14: Accepted HE Applications in the South West, 2001-2005
Figure 15: Accepted HE Applications in the South West by Subject, 2001-2005
Figure 16: Adult (16-69) participation in taught learning, 2004-2005, percentages
Figure 17: Distribution of Level 2 and Level 3 enrolments across sector subject areas
Figure 18: Annual Achievements in Skills for Life, South West and England
Figure 19: Information, Advice and Guidance, South West, 2003-2005
Figure 20: Self-employment as a proportion of the working-age population, South West, 2005
Figure 21: Rate of unemployment by region, 2004
Figure 22: Employment rate by qualification level, South West, 2005
Figure 23: Incapacity Benefit and Severe Disability Allowance (IB/SDA) claimants in South West, 2006
Figure 24: Economic inactivity and those who want to engage in the labour market, South West 2005
Figure 25: Employment rates of disadvantaged groups
Figure 26: Number of SOAs in the most deprived 20% of SOAs in England on the Education, Skills and Training Domain
Figure 27: Number of SOAs in the most deprived 20% of SOAs in England on the Skills Sub-domain of the Education, Skills and Training Domain
Figure 28: SOAs in the most deprived 20% of SOAs in England on the Children and Young People Sub-domain of the Education, Skills and Training Domain
Figure 29: SOAs in the most deprived 20% of SOAs in England on the Income Deprivation Affecting Children Sub-domain of the Income Domain