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East Midlands

Introduction

The East Midlands is geographically England’s fourth largest region in terms of area (15,607sq km) and the second smallest region in terms of population. The region consists of five counties and four unitary districts: Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, Northamptonshire and Derby City, Leicester City, Nottingham City and Rutland County, and is one of England’s most diverse regions.Tram in Nottingham

Unlike most other regions, the East Midlands has no dominant regional capital but Nottingham is the centre of public administration for a range of organisations. It is one of England’s nine core cities but is small relative to most of the others. Derby, Leicester, Lincoln, Northampton, Chesterfield and Mansfield are also significant population centres. In recent years, Nottingham, Derby and Leicester have cooperated as a Three Cities partnership, with the support of their county councils.

Recent Visits

  • 12 June 2008 - Phil Hope MP, Minister for the Third Sector and Minister for the East Midlands attended the Employment Skills Partnership's annual public meeting in Nottingham
  • 10 June 2008 - Parmjit Dhanda, Communities and Local Government Parliamentary Under Secretary of State visited the Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue Association
  • 10 June 2008 - Ben Bradshaw MP, Minister of State for Health Services and Minister for the South West visited hospitals in the Nottingham area



* See Audit Commission web site for more. Council Tax bands were averaged from Parish Precepts.

Demographics for the East Midlands

Mid-2006 Population Estimates

 

 

Population

All ages

2006

(Thousands)

Percentage of

Children 0-15

2006

Percentage of

Working Age

16-64 Males / 60 Females

2006

Percentage of

Older People

65 Males / 60 Females and over

2006

Live births

(Thousands)

2006

Deaths

(Thousands)

2006

East Midlands

4,364.2

18.8

62.1

19.1

50.0

41.8

England

50,762.9

19.1

62.3

18.6

623.3

474.5


Figures updated annually. Last update August 2007. Source: Office for National Statistics.


Regional Minister for the East Midlands: Phil Hope MP

Children and Learners

• the number of 15 year-old pupils in maintained schools in the East Midlands achieving five or more GCSEs at grades A* to C (or equivalent) has risen from forty three per cent to fifty five per cent since 1997-98. Provisional results for 2007 show increases of between 1.7 and 4.9 per cent in six local authorities
• since 2000-01 over £97m has been allocated under the New Deal for Schools initiative for school renovation schemes. Including £8.8m for Derbyshire, £7.4m for Leicestershire and £8.4m for Northamptonshire
• the results of the 14-19 Diploma Gateway round Two were announced on 19 March 2008. The East Midlands has done well with 76 out of a total of 92 bids being successful
• Nottingham City and Northamptonshire have been successful in their bids to run Family Nurse Partnerships from April 2008. This is the same programme that is currently operating in Derby City

• Lincolnshire and Nottingham City are participating in a national 'Parenting Implementation Project' testing out new approaches to commissioning - particularly in relation to work with fathers

• a total of 234 children’s centres were designated over Phases One and Two (2004-2008) in the East Midlands

 

Health and Well Being

 

• there are four NHS walk-in centres in the East Midlands, located in Nottingham, Derby, Loughborough and Stapleford
• the NHS East Midlands Strategic Health Authority comprises the counties of Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Lincolnshire and Rutland. It covers a population of over 4.3 million people and 23 NHS organisations

• funding for the region is up from £3.5bn in 2003-04 to £5.9bn in 2008-09

• a new £333m Private Finance Initiative (PFI) funded hospital for Derby is due for completion in 2008 and is to open to the public in early 2009. The first phase of relocation has been completed in line with planned expectations
• the £320m rebuild of King's Mill Hospital and Mansfield Community Hospital is due for completion in 2011. The state of the art hospital facilities will serve the people of Mansfield, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Newark and the surrounding towns and villages
• the £30m PFI-funded Danetre Hospital in Daventry opened to its first patients in September 2006

• the new £12.8m Charnwood Health & Social Care Centre is due to open in early 2009. This development is funded through the Leicester Local Improvement Finance Trust Public/Private Partnership

 

Crime

• Derby, Leicester and Nottingham have been named as three of 40 priority Respect Action Areas in England, for being councils who have a strong record in tackling anti-social behaviour. £1.6m was allocated to the region in 2007-08 for parenting programmes and family intervention projects

• Over £5m has been allocated in 2008-09 through the Stronger Safer Communities element of the Area Based Grant allocations for the region’s Local Area Agreements (Derby, Derbyshire, Leicester, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire and Rutland)

• £315,000 has been allocated across the region to support domestic violence work

• £130,000 was allocated through the Tackling Violent Crime Programme in 2007-08 (Nottingham, Leicester, Boston, Bassetlaw, Mansfield and Charnwood)

• the region’s police forces were given £3.8m in 2007-08 through the Basic Command Unit Fund to assist local partnership working and deliver crime reduction activity


Transport

• the Local Transport Settlement announcement made on 27 November 2007 allocated £131m in 2008-09 for the region for smaller (sub-£5m) integrated transport and maintenance schemes (funding for larger schemes is made on a case-by-case basis throughout the year). As assessed by GOEM and the Department for Transport (DfT) in 2006, the East Midlands has six 'excellent' and three 'good' second (2006-11) Local Transport Plans
• major transport schemes progressed recently include Oakham Bypass in Rutland, opened in January 2007 with £9.3m of DfT funding; the £11.7m Derby Inner Ring Road Integrated Maintenance Scheme which opened in March 2007; Gedling Integrated Transport Scheme in Nottinghamshire, which opened in May 2007 with £7.5m from DfT; the £13.6m A158 Burgh Le Marsh Bypass in Lincolnshire which opened in November 200 7; and the new M1 junction 29A, opened in June 2008, part of a £14.5m scheme giving access to the Markham Vale Regeneration Zone in Derbyshire. A number of other schemes are being progressed by local authorities including the £10.4m A6096 Ilkeston-Awsworth Link in Derbyshire and the £18.2m Upperton Road Viaduct scheme in Leicester and the £69.8m A1073 Spalding to Eye Improvement which commenced construction in February 2008
• the Three Cities/Counties Transport Innovation Fund project, modelling and testing alternative road pricing schemes to tackle congestion in the sub-region, reported in April 2008. The authorities announced in May that, although they had decided not to submit a bid to DfT for further funding to implement a road pricing scheme, they would continue to work together to develop proposals to tackle congestion
• the Secretary of State for Transport has awarded programme entry approval for Phase Two (lines Two and Three) of the Nottingham Express Transit tram with Government funding, in the
form of PFI credits, capped at £437m. Transport Works Act Order powers for Phase Two were applied for by Nottinghamshire County Council and Nottingham City Council. Following the public objection period a Public Inquiry was held in late 2007. The Inspector's Report is currently being considered by the Secretary of State for Transport. Subject to all processes being completed successfully, construction of the new lines could start in 2010
• the East Midlands rail franchise was awarded to Stagecoach Midlands Rail Ltd in June 2007 and commenced in November 2007. The franchise will deliver a new hourly service between Kettering and London (with agreement to extend this service to Corby from December 2008); a nine per cent increase in peak capacity into and out of London St Pancras by 2010; a new station at East Midlands Parkway served by two trains an hour each way from December 2008; a daily direct service between Lincoln and London; faster journeys and improved performance
• the new InterCity East Coast (East Coast Main Line) franchise was awarded to NXEC Trains Ltd, a subsidiary of National Express Group, in August 2007 (commenced November 2007). NXEC has proposed extra train services and more carriages to deliver increased capacity from December 2010; a two-hourly direct London - Lincoln service (from December 2010); faster journeys and better performance
• the Highways Agency is currently implementing a £345m scheme to widen the M1 motorway from dual-3 to dual-4 lanes, between junctions 25 (Derby/Nottingham) and 28 (Mansfield). Work started in late October 2007 and
is due to complete during 2010
• the draft East Midlands Regional Spatial Strategy (RSS) for the period to 2026 was issued for consultation by the East Midlands Regional Assembly in September 2006, with an Examination-in-Public (EiP) being held between May and July 2007. The EiP panel published its report in November 2007. After considering the panel's recommendations, the next step is for the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government to publish proposed changes to the RSS in July with a 12-week consultation period. It is hoped that a final version of the RSS could be published before the end of the year
 

 

Social Inclusion and Regeneration

• between 2001 and 2008 a total of nearly £183m was allocated from the Neighbourhood Renewal Fund to help local authorities to improve services, narrowing the gap between the East Midlands' deprived areas and the rest of the country
• approximately £147m was allocated from New Deal for Communities, which aims to bridge the gap between some of the poorest members of society and the rest of Britain. In the East Midlands, this money has gone to Derwent in Derby, Braunstone in Leicester and Radford & Hyson Green in Nottingham

 

European Funding

• the Objective 3 European Social Fund (ESF) contributed around £209m across the East Midlands from the 2000-06 programme funding
• the Objective 2 programme provided around £245m European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and £23m ESF from the 2000-06 programme funding for projects in the East Midlands. More than 1.4 million people in 18 East Midlands local authority districts are eligible to benefit from this support
• the Leader+ programme will provide funding of £1.14m in Derbyshire, £2.204m in Lincolnshire Fenlands and £816,000 in Rockingham Forest
  during the new European funding programming period 2007-13, the East Midlands will receive around £190m ERDF and around £164m ESF through the new Competitiveness and Employment programme


East Midlands

Labour market

Employment

Oct 2006/Dec 06

Oct 2007/Dec 07

% Change

Claimant Unemployment

Apr 2007

Apr 2008

% Change

East Midlands

1,994,547

2,018,041

+ 1.2  

East Midlands

62,207

55,969

- 10.0  

England

22,943,890

23,636,750

+ 3.0  

England

767,702

695,260

- 9.4  

Youth Unemployment

Apr 2007

Apr 2008

% Change

Long-term Unemployment

Apr 2007

Apr 2008

% Change

East Midlands

3,815

2,640

- 30.8  

East Midlands

9,955

6,445

- 35.3  

England

45,915

33,125

- 27.9  

England

130,110

89,270

- 31.4  

Education

Average Funding Per Pupil

 2004/ 05(£)

 2005/ 06(£)

% Change

Number of Teachers

Jan 2005

Jan 2006

% Change

East Midlands

3,890

4,090

+ 5.1  

East Midlands

36,400

36,900

+ 1.4  

England

4,150

4,350

+ 4.8  

England

431,900

435,600

+ 0.9  

% of 11yr olds achieving required standard in English

Sep 2005/Aug 06(%)

Sep 2006/Aug 07(%)

Change

% of 11yr olds achieving required standard in Maths

Sep 2005/Aug 06

Sep 2006/Aug 07

% Change

East Midlands

79

80

+ 1.3  

East Midlands

76

77

+ 1.3  

England

79

80

+ 1.3  

England

76

77

+ 1.3  

% of 15yr olds achieving 5 or more GCSEs A-C (or equivalent)

Sep 2005/Aug 06(%)

Sep 2006/Aug 07(%)

Change

 

 

 

 

East Midlands

55

58

+ 4.5  

 

 

 

 

England

59

61

+ 3.9  

 

 

 

 

Crime

Recorded Crime for Six Key Offences

Apr 2005/Mar 06

Apr 2006/Mar 07

% Change

Robbery

Apr 2005/Mar 06

Apr 2006/Mar 07

% Change

East Midlands

173,667

171,903

- 1.0  

East Midlands

5,426

5,785

+ 6.6  

Domestic Burglary

Apr 2005/Mar 06

Apr 2006/Mar 07

% Change

Theft of and from a Motor Vehicle

Apr 2005/Mar 06

Apr 2006/Mar 07

% Change

East Midlands

26,272

26,810

+ 2.0  

East Midlands

57,353

55,614

- 3.0  

Police Officers