Derby
Introduction
Derby is located on the banks of the River Derwent and is surrounded by the shire county of Derbyshire. It was given city status in 1977.The two biggest employers in Derby are Rolls-Royce plc and the Toyota Motor Corporation. Egg, the Internet and telephone bank, also has its national base in the city.
The development of the new Westfield Centre is part of £2bn master plan for Derby, which will regenerate key areas of the city centre and reinvigorate Derby to ensure that it is meeting its potential. Westfield has made a £340m investment that has created 3,000 new jobs and provided a million square feet of retail and leisure space. This has kick started the £2bn master plan very positively, leading other investors to express an interest in the city and, since the Westfield investment; a further £340m has already been committed across the city centre. Added to the £360m scheme at Derby’s City Hospital, Derby has already hit the first billon towards achieving its vision.
Derby City is a local authority in the ‘excellent’ category, and crime and mortality levels are lower than the national average for cities. It has areas of affluence as well as significant deprivation.
Recent Visits
- 28 May 2008 - Phil Hope MP, Minister for the Third Sector and Minister for the East Midlands addressed the East Midlands Public Health Conference
- 21 May 2008 - Phil Hope MP, attended the regional launch of the Sub-National Review
- 2 April 2008 - Rt Hon Ruth Kelly MP, Secretary of State for Transport opened a new Network Rail/East Midlands Trains integrated control centre
* See Audit Commission web site for more. Council Tax bands were averaged from Parish Precepts.
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Derby City Council |
MPs |
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Address: The Council House, Corporation Street, Derby, Derbyshire, DE1 2FS
Tel: 01332 293111
Website: www.derby.gov.uk
Chief Executive: Ray Cowlishaw
Leader of the Council: Hilary Jones (Liberal Democrat)
Regional Minister for the East Midlands: Phil Hope MP
Council - Political Control: No overall control but Liberal Democrats have the largest number of elected members following the May 2008 local elections |
Bob Laxton – Derby North (Labour)
Margaret Beckett – Derby South (Labour)
Mark Todd – South Derbyshire (Labour) |
Demographics for Derby
Mid-2006 Population Estimates
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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 |
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Derby |
236.3 |
19.8 |
62.1 |
18.2 |
3.1 |
2.3 |
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East Midlands |
4,364.2 |
18.8 |
62.1 |
19.1 |
50.0 |
41.8 |
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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.
Children and Learners
• Derby City has been awarded £11.4m from the Targeted Capital Fund. Around £5.6m is to replace primary schools in the Normanton area of the city and £5.8m for the replacement of one of the city’s special schools
• rebuilding of two secondary (Merrill College and Da Vinci Community College) and three primary schools (Hardwick, Lakeside and Sinfin) have now been completed as part of a £40m Private Finance Initiative (PFI) contract
• £1m of New Deal for Communities money is to be spent in the Derwent area on improvements to three primary schools
• Derby City designated 14 children’s centres over Phases One and Two (2004-2008)
• Derby City is participating in the Extended Services subsidy pathfinder for disadvantaged children
Health and Well Being
• a new £333m PFI-funded hospital 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 Village Community Medical Centre, a £4.1m project opened in February 2007. It provides new purpose built accommodation for a full range of primary care services, including a seven-doctor GP practice
• a purpose built walk in centre, close to Derby city centre opened in July 2007. It is also be a base for other services such as Social Services and Out of Hours services
Crime
• Derby is one of 40 priority Respect Action Areas in England, for being a Council who has a strong record in tackling anti-social behaviour. The Department for Children, Schools and Families has backed the scheme with £6m of funding in 2007-08 for parenting classes in the 40 areas
• to support the last Home Office Crime Reduction Public Service Agreement Derby had a target to achieve a 20 per cent reduction from the March 2004 baseline of 21,653 offences by the end of March 2008. By March 2007 Derby had exceeded this three-year target and had achieved a 23.3 per cent reduction against the baseline
• £150,000 was awarded to Derby for 2005-06 and 2006-07, to supplement the Drug Interventions Programme (DIP) main grant, to support the implementation of the comprehensive rent deposit model and the development and maintenance of a comprehensive rent deposit scheme
• Derby is one of the national TOGETHER Action Areas, part of the Respect Action Plan
Transport
• over £6.1m was awarded to the Derby Joint Second Local Transport Plan (LTP) area in the 2008-09 settlement (announced November 2007) for small (sub-£5m) integrated transport and maintenance schemes. Both the second LTP (covering 2006-11) and the five-year Delivery Report (2001-06) were assessed as ‘excellent’ in 2006
• a bid for LTP funding of some £26.7m for the completion of phases two and three of the Connecting Derby City Centre Major Public Transport Scheme, including completion of the inner orbital road network, new transport links to parts of the city centre and anti-congestion measures, has been agreed by the Department for Transport (DfT) and the scheme has been awarded Programme Entry
• in addition to the £10.9m DfT funding previously provided for the Derby Inner Ring Road Maintenance Scheme, £800,000 was granted by DfT to enable the replacement of an unsafe city centre footbridge with a new joint pedestrian and cycle bridge
• 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
• Derby is one of 17 Cycle Demonstration Towns and a Cycling Demonstration City, each pioneering innovative ways to increase cycling in their areas, supported by DfT funding via Cycle England
Social Inclusion and Regeneration
• Communities and Local Government confirmed Derby as part of the Three Cities new Growth Point (along with Nottingham and Leicester) in October 2006, establishing a long term partnership for growth. £3.6m was secured for 2007-08 to upgrade the public realm of the Cathedral Green area, including a new bridge over the River Derwent. The Three Cities Growth Point has been awarded an additional £24.2m over 2008-11 to support the growth outlined in their Program of Development
European Funding
• Derbyshire Learning and Skills Council was awarded £1.9m of Objective 3 European Social Fund (ESF) for 2002, over £10m for 2003-05 and a further £16.5m for 2004-06
• approximately £10.3m was allocated from the Objective 3 ESF for 2003-05, and a further £10.5m for 2004-06 was awarded to East Midlands Job Centre Plus to support projects across the region
• the Derby City Partnership has been allocated £9.7m of European Regional Development Fund, £1.1m ESF Objective 2 and £7.6m URBAN II funding, for projects in the Derby area
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Derby |
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Labour market |
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Employment |
Oct 2006/Dec 06 |
Oct 2007/Dec 07 |
% Change |
Claimant Unemployment |
Apr 2007 |
Apr 2008 |
% Change |
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Derby |
95,370 |
105,510 |
+10.6 |
Derby |
4,441 |
4,031 |
-9.2 |
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East Midlands |
1,994,547 |
2,018,041 |
+1.2 |
East Midlands |
62,207 |
55,969 |
-10.0 |
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England |
22,943,890 |
23,636,750 |
+3.0 |
England |
767,702 |
695,260 |
-9.4 |
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Youth Unemployment |
Apr 2007 |
Apr 2008 |
% Change |
Long-term Unemployment |
Apr 2007 |
Apr 2008 |
% Change |
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Derby |
255 |
185 |
-27.5 |
Derby |
760 |
375 |
-50.7 |
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East Midlands |
3,815 |
2,640 |
-30.8 |
East Midlands |
9,955 |
6,445 |
-35.3 |
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England |
45,915 |
33,125 |
-27.9 |
England |
130,110 |
89,270 |
-31.4 |
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Education |
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Average Funding Per Pupil |
2004/ 05(£) |
2005/ 06(£) |
% Change |
Number of Teachers |
Jan 2006 |
Jan 2007 |
% Change |
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Derby |
4,090 |
4,260 |
+4.2 |
Derby |
2,110 |
2,150 |
+1.9 |
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East Midlands |
3,890 |
4,090 |
+5.1 |
East Midlands |
36,900 |
37,000 |
+0.3 |
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England |
4,350 |
N/A |
N/A |
England |
435,600 |
435,200 |
-0.1 |
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% 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 |
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Derby |
75 |
N/A |
N/A |
Derby |
73 |
72 |
-1.4 |
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East Midlands |
79 |
80 |
+1.3 |
East Midlands |
76 |
77 |
+1.3 |
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England |
79 |
80 |
+1.3 |
England |
76 |
77 |
+1.3 |
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% of 15yr olds achieving 5 or more GCSEs A-C (or equivalent) |
Sep 2005/Aug 06(%) |
Sep 2006/Aug 07(%) |
Change |
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Derby |
55 |
54.3 |
-1.3 |
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East Midlands |
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