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

DRAFT
5. Economic development - Are they economically secure?
Are they economically active where possible?
STATUS
Individuals
• 76.2% of the population of Lambeth is economically active; this compares
with 75.1% for London and 78.6% nationally. 30
• 23.8% of the population of Lambeth is economically inactive, this compares
with 24.9% for London and 21.4% nationally.
• 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. 31
• 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%.
• The unemployment rate in Lambeth is 9.5% of the economically active
population compared with 6.9% for London and 5.3% nationally.
• In 2006-07, 66.9% of supervised juveniles in Lambeth were in full-time
education, employment or training (EET), compared with 70.3% in our
Nearest Neighbour (NN) group and 70.2% nationally 32 . In 2007-08 this has
improved to 68.9%, compared with 73.5% for our NN and 70.3% nationally.
• 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. 33
• The Lambeth Year 11 Annual Activity survey 2007 of 1,783 pupils showed
that 90.4% remained in education, compared with 87% in 2006. 1.7% are in
full-time training, compared to 1.4% in 2006. 1.8% are in full-time
employment, compared to 1.4% in 2006.
• When asked which things would do most to make their life better, 19% of
Lambeth schoolchildren indicated that they would like more help to plan for
their future, compared with 17% who gave this response nationally.
• 16% of young people have made use of Connexions in the last 12 months.
64% said they had used the Connexions in their local area (Residents
Survey 2007).
30 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.
31 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.
32 NN = nearest neighbour group consists of a comparable group of local authorities; Southwark, Hackney,
Islington, Haringey, Lewisham, Hammersmith and Fulham, Tower Hamlets & City of London, Greenwich,
Brent.
33 London Borough of Lambeth. CYPS Performance Digest Report. March 2008
Lambeth JSNA – Preliminary Assessment
Version 4
October 2008
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