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.
Derby is a highly accessible city with the M1 motorway only a few miles from the city centre. It also has good links to East Midlands Airport just 15 miles away. It also lies on the Midland Mainline railway line to London St Pancras.
Recent Visits
- 12 March 2009 - Kitty Ussher, Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Work and Pensions attended the Derbyshire Unemployed Workers Centre Seminar and visited a Childrens's Centre
- 6 March 2009 - Rt Hon Ed Balls MP, Secretary of State for Children, Schools and FAmilies attended a school visit and meet with front line social workers and reception service staff
- 3 March 2009 - Mike O'Brian QC MP, Minister of State for Energy and Climate Change gave a speech to the Nuclear Industries Association "Supply Chain Programme" event held at the Rolls Royce Learning Centre
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Derby City Council |
MPs |
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Address: The Council House, Corporation Street, Derby, Derbyshire, DE1 2FS
Telephone: 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 |
Bob Laxton – Derby North (Labour)
Margaret Beckett – Derby South (Labour)
Mark Todd – South Derbyshire (Labour) |
Demographics for Derby
Mid-2007 Population Estimates
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Population
All ages
2007
(Thousands) |
Percentage of
Children 0-15
2007 |
Percentage of
Working Age
16-64 Males / 60 Females
2007 |
Percentage of
Older People
65 Males / 60 Females and over 2007 |
Live births
(Thousands)
2007 |
Deaths
(Thousands)
2006 |
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Derby |
237.9 |
19.6 |
62.2 |
18.2 |
3.3 |
2.3 |
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East Midlands |
4,399.6 |
18.6 |
62.1 |
19.4 |
52.5 |
41.8 |
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England |
51,092.0 |
18.9 |
62.2 |
18.9 |
655.4 |
474.5 |
Figures updated annually. Last update February 2009. Source: Office for National Statistics.
Children and Learners
• Derby has been allocated £28.29m over the period 2008-20011 to support the development of children's centres, early years and childcare provision
• Derby has been allocated a combined total of £1.38m revenue and capital funding between April 2008 and March 2011 to transform services for the provision of short breaks for families with disabled children
• Derby has been allocated £148.9m of capital funding during the period 1997/98 to 2007/08 and has been allocated a further £46.4m for 2008/09 to 2010/11
• between 1997/8 and 2007/08, 4 additional schools and 7 existing schools were newly built in Derby. One school had at least 50% of their buildings refurbished during the same period
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 will receive funding from the Youth Taskforce for an intensive package of measures aimed at young people involved in crime and disorder and their families, including the expansion of the city's Family intervention Project
• £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 has been awarded £135,800 from the the Home Office National Partnership Performance Improvement Fund in 2008 for the development of a Family Justice Centre. The Centre has has co-located the Community Safety Partnership;s Domestic and Sexual Violence Team with the Police's Specialist Domestic Violence Unit and a range of agencies in order to improve service delivery
• £65,000 has been allocated to Derby for 2008/09 and a further £700,000 for the following two year period in order to support delivery of the Youth Crime Action Plan as a Youth Crime Priority Area
Transport
• Derby City was awarded a total of £5.538m in the Local Transport Settlement for 2008/09 which includes allocations for the integrated transport block and maintenance
• 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 was given full approval in October 2008
• 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, just undr £10m for 2003-05 and a further £16.5m for 2004-06
• Jobcentre Plus was awarded £10.3m was allocated from the Objective 3 ESF for 2003-05, and a further £10.5m for 2004-06 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 |
Jan 2008/Mar 08 |
Jan 2009/Mar 09 |
% Change |
Claimant Unemployment |
May 2008 |
May 2009 |
% Change |
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Derby |
106,389 |
106,580 |
+0.2 |
Derby |
4,183 |
7,512 |
+79.6 |
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East Midlands |
2,071,618 |
2,051,977 |
-0.9 |
East Midlands |
56,067 |
112,183 |
+100.1 |
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England |
23,652,971 |
23,398,015 |
-1.1 |
England |
693,870 |
1,311,683 |
+89.0 |
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Youth Unemployment |
May 2008 |
May 2009 |
% Change |
Long-term Unemployment |
May 2008 |
May 2009 |
% Change |
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Derby |
185 |
385 |
+108.1 |
Derby |
380 |
515 |
+35.5 |
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East Midlands |
2,770 |
5,850 |
+111.2 |
East Midlands |
6,295 |
8,530 |
+35.5 |
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England |
33,470 |
65,290 |
+95.1 |
England |
87,690 |
107,155 |
+22.2 |
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Education |
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Average Funding Per Pupil |
2004/ 05(£) |
2005/ 06(£) |
% Change |
Number of Teachers |
Jan 2007 |
Jan 2008 |
% Change |
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Derby |
4,210 |
4,390 |
+4.3 |
Derby |
2,150 |
2,110 |
-1.9 |
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East Midlands |
4,010 |
4,220 |
+5.2 |
East Midlands |
37,000 |
36,700 |
-0.8 |
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England |
4,270 |
4,480 |
+4.9 |
England |
435,200 |
434,900 |
-0.1 |
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% of 11yr olds achieving required standard in English |
Sep 2006/Aug 07(%) |
Sep 2007/Aug 08(%) |
Change |
% of 11yr olds achieving required standard in Maths |
Sep 2006/Aug 07 |
Sep 2007/Aug 08 |
% Change |
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Derby |
75 |
78 |
+4.0 |
Derby |
72 |
76 |
+5.6 |
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East Midlands |
80 |
81 |
+1.3 |
East Midlands |
77 |
79 |
+2.6 |
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England |
80 |
81 |
+1.3 |
England |
77 |
79 |
+2.6 |
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% of 15yr olds achieving 5 or more GCSEs A-C (or equivalent) |
Sep 2006/Aug 07(%) |
Sep 2007/Aug 08(%) |
Change |
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Derby |
55 |
64 |
+16.7 |
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East Midlands |
58 |
63 |
+8.7 |
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England |
61 |
65 |
+6.6 |
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Crime |
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Recorded Crime for Six Key Offences |
Apr 2006/Mar 07 |
Apr 2007/Mar 08 |
% Change |
Robbery |
Apr 2006/Mar 07 |
Apr 2007/Mar 08 |
% Change |
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Derby |
10,333 |
9,717 |
-6.0 |
Derby |
566 |
519 |
-8.3 |
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Derbyshire |
32,430 |
30,815 |
-5.0 |
Derbyshire |
870 |
796 |
-8.5 |
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East Midlands |
171,903 |
158,759 |
-7.6 |
East Midlands |
5,785 |
4,949 |
-14.5 |
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Domestic Burglary |
Apr 2006/Mar 07 |
Apr 2007/Mar 08 |
% Change |
Theft of and from a Motor Vehicle |
Apr 2006/Mar 07 |
Apr 2007/Mar 08 |
% Change |
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Derby |
1,439 |
1,183 |
-17.8 |
Derby |
3,170 |
2,517 |
-20.6 |
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Derbyshire |
4,417 |
3,764 |
-14.8 |
Derbyshire |
10,015 |
8,459 |
-15.5 |
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East Midlands |
26,810 |
24,313 |
-9.3 |
East Midlands |
55,614 |
49,271 |
-11.4 |
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Police Officers |
Sep 2007 |
Sep 2008 |
% Change |
Community Support Officers |
Sep 2007 |
Sep 2008 |
% Change |
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Derbyshire |
2,079 |
2,118 |
+1.9 |
Derbyshire |
158 |
186 |
+18.0 |
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East Midlands |
9,275 |
9,308 |
+0.4 |
East Midlands |
934 |
988 |
+5.9 |
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England |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
England |
14,703 |
15,062 |
+2.4 |
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Health |
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No. Waiting for Inpatients Treatment |
Apr 2008 |
Apr 2009 |
% Change |
GPs |
Sep 2006 |
Sep 2008 |
% Change |
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Derby |
2,662 |
2,999 |
+12.7 |
Derby |
171 |
176 |
+2.9 |
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Nurses |
Sep 2006 |
Sep 2008 |
% Change |
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East Midlands SHA |
23,365 |
23,495 |
+0.6 |
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Source: Office for National Statistics. Last updated 23 June 2009.
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