BASSETLAW CVS SEMINAR BASSETLAW THE STATE WERE IN

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BASSETLAW CVSSEMINAR BASSETLAW THE STATE
WERE IN

• 23 May 2007
• Richard Money
• Nottinghamshire County Council

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Population Vital Statistics
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Rurality

• 43.9 of Bassetlaws population live in rural
  areas (47,000 people)
• 20,000 of these live in towns in rural areas
• 24,000 live in villages
• 42.4 of Bassetlaws households are in rural
  areas
• 24.4 of rural households are single person
  households
• 7.7 of rural households are lone parent family
  households

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Population in Rural Areas
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Labour Market
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Unemployment (JSA) April 07
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Long-term unemployment (12 months) as a
proportion of all unemployment (September 2006)
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Unemployment Flows
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Change in employment (1998-2004)
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Labour Market Vacancies

• In April 2007 there were 837 notified vacancies
  in Bassetlaw
• 149 were for Customer Service Occupations
• 238 were for Elementary Occupations
• 192 were for Process, Plant Machine Operators
• 105 were for Skilled Trades Occupations
• 34 were for Associated Professional Technical
  Occupations

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Skills and qualifications score GB100 (residence
based) ('August 2006)
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Qualifications
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Proportion of the working age population
qualified to NVQ levels 45 (2001)
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Qualifications
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Economic Activity / Inactivity
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Migrant Workers

• In 2005/6 Bassetlaw had 550 NINO registered
  workers, 18.4 of the county total only
  Broxtowe had more
• Where did they come from?
• Poland 310
• India 50
• Hungary 20
• Slovakia 20
• Bulgaria 20

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Earnings (Gross weekly pay)
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Benefits (IB/SDA, Nov 2006)
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Income support claimants per 000 16 population
('February 2006)
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Income Support Claimants (Dec 2006)
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Businesses per 000 population (2004)
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Small Firms (VAT registered)
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Indices of Deprivation 2004
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Deprivation
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Health and Care

• Lifestyle indicators worse than average
  particularly on healthy eating obesity
• Premature death rates are higher than average for
  most major causes, especially cancers
• Road injuries / deaths better than average
• Childrens tooth decay better than average
• Housing quality better than average

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Health
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Children and Young People

• Number of C YP aged 0-17 grew by 5.5 between
  91 2001 (Notts 2.3) and grew by 3.3 between
  93 2003 (Notts -1.6)
• Population projections for 2003-2013 suggest a
  growth of 5.9 in Bassetlaw and a growth of 3.8
  in Nottinghamshire

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Pupil Absence
Bassetlaw has one of the lowest rates of
exclusions 0.70 against a county average of 1.42
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Teenage Pregnancy(under 18s conception rates
per 1,000 2002-04)

• Bassetlaw has double the county rate (42 compared
  with 22)
• Worst wards
• Worksop South East 83
• Carlton 82
• Worksop East 63
• Harworth 60
• 10 wards recorded no teenage pregnancies during
  this period

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Teenage Conceptions
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Education Performance

• KS1 Bassetlaw has slightly below the
  Nottinghamshire average performance on Reading,
  Writing and Maths in 2006
• KS2 Bassetlaw lags further behind Notts average
  in 2006
• KS3 Ditto at this level, 7 behind Notts
• 5A-C GCSEs The same pattern continues, 9
  behind Nottinghamshire

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Young People in HE

• Ranges from less than 16 in
• Worksop South East
• Worksop East
• Hodsock
• Harworth East and West
• To over 43 in
• Rampton
• Everton

Young people classed NEET 5.1 (Notts 4.8)
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Free School Meals

• In primary schools Bassetlaws take up of FSMs
  at 8.7 matches the county average
• In secondary schools Bassetlaw has a take up of
  8.7 against a Notts average of 7.2

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Disabled Children
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Child Protection Register
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Youth Crime
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Anti-Social Behaviour - Noise
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ASB Street Drinking
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Anti-Social Behaviour - Total
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Alcohol

• North Notts districts tend to be above average
  for alcohol related harms Mansfield worst,
  Bassetlaw second
• Alcohol misuse to cost health service (Notts)23m
  and criminal justice system 27m
• Contributes to domestic violence, criminal
  damage, sexual assaults
• Concerns in some parts of Bassetlaw and NS re
  potential problems in East European communities
• 114,000 people in Notts hazardous or harmful
  drinkers. 9,500 dependent drinkers

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Alcohol Dependency all people
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Drug Mapping

• 2 Worksop wards in worst 30 matrix areas in 2006
  Worksop SE ranked 6th, Worksop NW ranked 27th
• Other Bassetlaw wards in top 10 Divisional
  Retford W (32), East Markham (41), Worksop S /
  Welbeck (50), Carlton / Langold / Blyth (56)
• Shop theft, Worksop SE ranked highly
• Increase in numbers in early 2006, turned around
  in next few months
• Drugs markets in both Worksop and Retford for
  heroin, crack and amphetamine

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Crime
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Total Crime
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Social Need in Nottinghamshire 2004
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Satisfaction with Area versus Deprivation -
Districts
Net satisfaction with area
Rushcliffe
Newark Sherwood
Gedling
Mansfield
Broxtowe
Bassetlaw
Ashfield
Deprivation Score (IMD 2004)
Base all Ipsos MORI districts. BVPI General
Survey 2006. Fieldwork Sept. to December 2006
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Cohesion broadly links to deprivation
Q To what extent do you agree or disagree that
this local area is a place where people from
different backgrounds get on well together?
Green above Notts district average Red below
Notts district average
Nottinghamshire District Average
Agree Dis.
Authority Rushcliffe 75 11 Gedling 71 13 Newa
rk S. 68 13 Broxtowe 70 16 Mean
Score 68 17 Mansfield 67 20 Bassetlaw 64 21 Ashfie
ld 57 26
Too few people
Definitely agree
All same background
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Definitely disagree
Tend to disagree
Tend to agree
Net agree score 51
Base 6,190 residents expressing an opinion.
Self-completion survey. Fieldwork Sept. to Dec.
2006
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They cant influence local decisions
Q Do you agree or disagree that you can influence
decisions affecting your local area?
Green above Notts district average Red below
Notts district average
Nottinghamshire District Average
Definitely agree
Agree Dis.
Authority Rushcliffe 37 63 Broxtowe 37 63 Man
sfield 34 66 Gedling 34 66 Mean
Score 33 67 Bassetlaw 31 69 Newark
S. 30 70 Ashfield 28 72
Strongly disagree
Tend to agree
Tend to disagree
Net agree score -34
Base 6,314 residents expressing an opinion.
Self-completion survey. Fieldwork Sept. to Dec.
2006
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Quality of life score (2006)
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Wellbeing score (2006)
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SOURCES

• www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk
• www.nomisweb.co.uk
• www.statistics.gov.uk
• www.empho.org.uk
• www.jinpartnership.org.uk
• http//notts.localknowledge.co.uk then username
  notts_at_localfutures.com then password notts

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Final thoughts and questions

• Theres stats and theres knowledge
• Democratisation of access
• The rise of localism and the need for more
  precise measurement
• Greater need for real community involvement
• QUESTIONS?