04a JSNA Appendix , item 5. PDF 6 MB - Lambeth Council

DRAFT
• Many carers in Lambeth come from Black and Minority Ethnic (BME)
communities, with a disproportionate number coming from the Asian
communities.
• The majority of carers (68%) provide 1-19 hours of care per week. 13%
provide 20-49 hrs and the remaining 19% provide 50+ hrs each week.
• In 2001 over half of carers worked full or part-time. 782 carers combined
work with 50+ hours of care each week.
How many people are economically active?
• 76.2% of the population of Lambeth is economically active; this compares
with 75.1% for London and 78.6% nationally. 3
• The overall employment rate in Lambeth is 68.5%. This compares with the
London employment rate of 69.8% and a national figure of 74.3%.
• 18.7% of the economically inactive are neither in employment nor
unemployed and do not want a job; this compares with 18.0% for London
and 16.1% nationally. 4
• In May 2008, 3.6% of the resident working age population for Lambeth is
claiming Job Seekers Allowance (JSA), compared with 2.6% for London
and 2.2% nationally. At 63.10% of claimants, Lambeth is below the London
average (65.50%) for claiming up to 6 months JSA, but higher than London
averages for claimants over 6 up to 12 months and over 12 months. 5
• Lambeth has 9.6% of young people aged 16-18 not in education,
employment or training (NEET), compared with 9% for Southwark, 5.5% in
Wandsworth and just 0.8% above the London average. This is down from
15.3% in 2004. Projections show that just 8.6 % will not be in paid work or
preparing for it in Lambeth by 2009-10, closing the gap on the England
average. 6
How many people are claiming benefits?
• The percentage of working age people on out of work benefits is16.5%. In
the worst performing neighbourhoods this increases to 27.7% (Q2 2007).
• Just over a third (36%) 7 of children in Lambeth live in families on key
benefits compared with 28% in London. Lambeth ranks as the 11th highest
rate for this nationally and 27th out of the 33 London boroughs.
• The number of people claiming incapacity benefits represents
approximately 7.1% of the working age population (London 6.1% and
nationally 7.2%).
• The number of people claiming lone parent benefits represents
approximately 4.0% of the total working age population (compared with
London 3.1% and nationally 2.0%).
3 NOMIS Official Labour Market Statistics (Oct 2006 – Sep 2007). Percentages are for those of working age
(16-59/64). Economically active are people who are either in employment or unemployed.
4 People who are neither in employment nor unemployed includes, for example, all those who were looking
after a home or retired. Also people wanting a job, these are those not in employment who want a job but are
not classed as unemployed because they have either not sought work in the last four weeks or are not
available to start work.
5 The Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) is payable to people under pensionable age who are available for, and
actively seeking, work of at least 40 hours a week.
6 London Borough of Lambeth. CYPS Performance Digest Report. March 2008
7 Government Office for London /DWP August 2008, based on 5% sample.
Lambeth JSNA – Preliminary Assessment
Version 4
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