Improving skills and employment in London

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Improving skills and employment in London

• June 2008

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The London Challenge

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London is a rich and prosperous city
UK GVA by region, million, 2006
Source Regional accounts, Office for National
Statistics
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but not everyone is sharing in it
Employment rate by region, 2006
Source Annual Population Survey, Office for
National Statistics
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partly due to poor skills
London and UK employment rate by qualification
Source Annual Population Survey, Office for
National Statistics
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that dont match our changing labour market
Changes in employment by sector, 1970-2004
Source GLA Economics
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The London Approach

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We have huge strategic opportunities

• Crossrail c.60,000 direct jobs.
• 2012 Olympics LDA leading London Employment and
  Skills Tasforce (LEST) to deliver 70,000
  reduction in worklessness
• Thames Gateway Huge investment in East London
  and beyond

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The Skills and Employment landscape
DIUS
DWP
DCSF
HMT
DCLG
National
Skills Alliance
Jobcentre Plus National
HEFCE
UK Commission for employment and skills
Small Business Service
National LSC
Sector Skills Councils
OFSTED
QCA
UFI/ learndirect
Quality Improvement Agency
Investors in People
Universities
Employers Employer Organisations
Trade Unions Professional Associations
Regional
London Mayor Skills and Employment Board
City Strategy Pathfinders
LDA
Regional LSC
Jobcentre Plus
Sub-regional
Local LSCs
Business Link
Jobcentre Plus Providers
New Deal for Communities
33 Local Authorities
Local Strategic Partnerships
Universities
Train to Gain Brokers
IAG Partnerships
Skills Academies
Connexions
Other Training Providers
Specialist Colleges
Schools 6th Form Colleges
FE colleges
Employment Zones
Learndirect centres
Local
Individuals
Employers
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has a key strategic role
LSEB
LDA c. 75m
London LSC c. 600m
London JCP c. 200m
33 LAs WNF
Individuals
Employers
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Its final strategy will focus on three aims(1)
Engaging and working with employers
GOAL INCREASED EMPLOYER ENGAGEMENT
Needs to make business sense
Needs to be easy to access
Needs hard-edged commitments
One stop shop approach
Employer Business case campaign
London Employer Accord
OUTCOME MORE JOBS AND SKILLS FOR LONDONERS
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(2) Better supporting Londoners
Awareness aspiration
WORKLESS AND / OR LOW-SKILLED LONDONERS
SUSTAINED EMPLOYMENT AND PROGRESSION
Coherent information
Effective advice
Employability provision
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(3) Building an integrated delivery system
Challenge Skills system focused on
qualifications not pay and job prospects,
employment system focused on job entry not
sustainability and progression Solution Single
integrated aim of sustained employment and
progression
Challenge Funding based on central plans not
individual or employer demand Solution
Demand-led funding Train to Gain for employers,
Skills Accounts for individuals
Challenge Services currently commissioned
according to agency boundaries, not individual
need Solution Joint investment planning
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Intended outcome

• All of this is intended to deliver
• An increase in Londons employment rate to 72 by
  2013 and 75 by 2020
• Significant improvements in skills and workforce
  training, particularly at the bottom end, putting
  London on track for the national goal of
  world-class skills by 2020
• Position London to make most of global economic
  change and improve prosperity and fairness

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Contact KrisKrasnowski_at_lda.gov.ukTel 020
7593 8698
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