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Walsall Worklessness Assessment

Walsall Worklessness Assessment. Defining Worklessness. Working Age Population. Economically Active. Economically Inactive. The Workless. Employed 99,200. Unemployed 14,900. Claiming Benefit 34,610. No Benefits 8,190. Overview.

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Walsall Worklessness Assessment

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  1. Walsall Worklessness Assessment

  2. Defining Worklessness Working Age Population Economically Active Economically Inactive The Workless Employed 99,200 Unemployed 14,900 Claiming Benefit 34,610 No Benefits 8,190

  3. Overview • Walsall is ranked 34th most deprived local authority on employment factors • 156,900 residents are of working age • More than one third are workless (57,700) • Approx 18,000 households with at least one adult claiming benefits (approx 15,000 children) • 57% of workless households are lone parents • Multi-generational worklessness

  4. Employed • 99,200 residents of working age are employed • 63.2% of population are working (68.5% WM) • Despite decline, Manufacturing is still a large employing sector with vast majority being SME’s • Growth sectors include: • public sector health and social care, • niche & high value manufacturing, • waste management / recycling, • financial, professional and management services, • creative & digital, logistics • Job density has reduced to 0.66% (2008)

  5. Benefit Claimants

  6. Claimants Density Jobseekers Allowance Incapacity / ESA Benefits

  7. Jobseekers

  8. Out of Work Benefit breakdown • Jobseekers allowance claimants doubled (10,810) • 6.9% of working age are claiming JSA (West Midlands average 5.1% and England average 3.9%) • ⅔ of Jobseekers are Male (⅓ of these 18- 24 yrs) • Youth unemployment continues to rise • Female Jobseekers are above regional averages • 80% of Jobseekers have dependent children • Average length on Jobseekers is 23 weeks • 21% of Jobseekers have claimed for 12 mths+

  9. Out of Work Benefit breakdown • Incapacity benefit accounts for 45% of out of work benefits claimed (13,180 residents) • Represent 8.4% of working age population • IB claimants not changed significantly over time • 35-44 years / 45-59 years above average claimants • 24% of claimants have MSD (muscular skeletal disorders) (BC 20%) • 9% of claimants have hearing and sight disorders (BC 6%) • Lone parent benefits accounts for 14% (4,160) • Income related benefit accounts for 4% (1,180) • Other economically inactive benefits include carers allowance, pension credits, disability living allowance

  10. Economically Inactive

  11. Barriers • Supply-side factors (the skills, qualifications, work ethic, confidence & attitudes of the workless) • Demand-side factors (the number, type and location of jobs and local recruitment practices) • Institutional factors (the way in which housing markets, transport systems, childcare availability, health support services, financial exclusion etc. often work to support employment but for some these also may hinder access to work)

  12. Qualifications Source: ONS Labour market Information (Jan 2009 to Dec 2010

  13. Worklessness Characteristics • Characteristics that increase the probability and length of being workless: • Being a young person (aged 16-24 years) • Being an older person (aged 50 to retirement age) • Being from a Black, or Bangladeshi/Pakistani ethnic group • Having a long term health problem or disability • Being a lone parent • Having no qualifications • Poor literacy and numeracy levels • Having no relevant work experience • Walsall has higher proportions of all these risk characteristics compared to the regional and national

  14. Economic Wellbeing TeamJane Kaur-GillScott DegvilleJiva Odedra 01922 652573 econregen@walsall.gov.uk

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