Leeds
Introduction
Leeds is located in West Yorkshire on the river Aire. The Leeds district is the second largest in England, and the largest settlement in West Yorkshire. It is also one of the largest financial and legal services centres in England and one of the region’s major cultural centres.
New industries such as retail, call centres, offices and media have contributed to a high rate of economic growth since the early 1990s. In the late 1990s dot-com boom, Leeds became one of the key hubs in the emerging new media sector.
Recent Visits
Rt Hon Rosie Winterton MP (Regional Minister for Yorkshire and The Humber), 3-4 April 2008 - attended Sustainable Transport Event and met with Yorkshire Forward Transport Board
Bill Rammell MP (DIUS), 21 April 2008 - attended Higher Education funding debate at Leeds University
Rt Hon Rosie Winterton MP (Regional Minister for Yorkshire and The Humber), 24 April 2008 - spoke at Institution of Civil Engineers annual transport conference
Rt Hon Ed Balls MP (DCSF), 25 April 2008 - spoke at Yorkshire and Humber Headteachers' event in Leeds
Rt Hon Rosie Winterton MP (Regional Minister for Yorkshire and The Humber), 19 May 2008 - met with Environment Agency and Yorkshire Universities
Rt Hon Rosie Winterton MP (Regional Minister for Yorkshire and The Humber), 22 May 2008 - attended consultation event on the Review of Sub-National Economic Development and Regeneration (SNR)
Rt Hon Rosie Winterton MP (Regional Minister for Yorkshire and The Humber), 9 June 2008 - attended consultation event on the Review of Sub-National Economic Development and Regeneration (SNR)
Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP (DeFRA), 20 June 2008 - visited the Dunhill Estate following flooding of the Wyke Beck
Rt Hon Rosie Winterton MP (Regional Minister for Yorkshire and The Humber), 20 June 2008 - visited Yorkshire Forward to meet Chinese delegation
Rt Hon Alastair Darling MP (HM Treasury), 26 June 2008 - attended a session on business confidence
Rt Hon Rosie Winterton MP (Regional Minister for Yorkshire and The Humber), 30 June 2008 - visited schools in Garforth and Swillington
Iain Wright MP (Communities and Local Government), 8 July 2008 - visited St George's Crypt homeless shelter, Leeds
Rt Hon Rosie Winterton MP (Regional Minister for Yorkshire and The Humber), 11 July 2008 - attended the National Draft Legislative Plan Consultation Event
Kevin Brennan MP (DCSF), 16 July 2008 - attended the launch of the regional charter -'Time to deliver for children in care'
Rt Hon Rosie Winterton MP (Regional Minister for Yorkshire and The Humber), 17 July 2008 - met with Business Ambassadors and attended launch of crime figures announcement
Rt Hon Yvette Cooper MP (Communities and Locla Government), 30 July 2008 - attended launch of Y&H Economic Framework
Rt Hon Rosie Winterton MP (Regional Minister for Yorkshire and The Humber), 30 July 2008 - attended launch of Y&H Economic Framework
Rt Hon Caroline Flint MP (Communities and Local Government), 8 August 2008 - visited Shelter in Leeds
* See Audit Commission web site for more. Council Tax bands were averaged from Parish Precepts.
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Leeds City Council |
MPs |
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Address: Civic Hall, Calverley Street, Leeds, West Yorkshire. LS1 1UR
Tel: 0113 2348080
Email: onestop@leeds.gov.uk
Website: www.leeds.gov.uk
Chief Executive: Paul Rogerson
Leader of the Council: Andrew Carter (Conservative)
Richard Brett (Liberal Democrats)
Regional Minister for Yorkshire and The Humber: Rt Hon Rosie Winterton MP
Council - Political Control: No overall control |
John D Battle – Leeds West (Labour)
Hilary Benn – Leeds Central (Labour)
Colin Burgon – Elmet (Labour)
Colin Challen – Morley and Rothwell (Labour)
Fabian Hamilton – Leeds North East (Labour)
George Mudie – Leeds East (Labour)
Greg Mulholland – Leeds North West (Liberal Democrat)
Paul Truswell – Pudsey (Labour) |
Demographics for Leeds
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)
2007 |
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Leeds |
761.1 |
17.5 |
65.6 |
16.9 |
9.3 |
6.6 |
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Yorkshire and The Humber |
5,177.2 |
18.8 |
62.3 |
18.9 |
64.2 |
50.4 |
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England |
51,092.0 |
18.9 |
62.2 |
18.9 |
655.4 |
470.7 |
Figures updated annually. Last update August 2008. Source: Office for National Statistics.
Children and Learners
• almost £5.9m has been allocated for the development of extended schools between 2005-2008
• under the first wave of the Building Schools for the future (BSF) programme, Leeds has been allocated £212m to refurbish 15 secondary and special schools in the city. Work is due to be completed in phases between September 2008 and September 2010
• Leeds has been awarded Beacon Status as a result of its healthy schools programme with additional funding to help promote it as a model to other towns and cities
• announced in May 2007, a £12.4m grant will provide eight secondary schools in Leeds with the latest technology. The investment is being funded by Partnership for Schools, the agency responsible for delivering the government’s school renewal programme
• as part of a £9m national share of funding allocated to 41 local authorities, Leeds is to receive £300,000 to help parents of pre-school children to get more involved in their education
• Leeds is to spend £1m creating a team of ambassadors to teach the city’s schoolchildren the importance of the world of work. The money is being made available as part of the LEGI (Local Enterprise Growth Initiative) programme
Health and Well Being
£220m is being spent in redeveloping and centralising cancer services with the building of a dedicated Cancer Unit at St James' Hospital which is due to open in early 2008.
Crime
• Leeds has been named as 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 (DCSF) is also backing the scheme with £6m of funding in 2007-08 for parenting classes in the 40 areas
• over £1.1m has been allocated from the Basic Command Unit Fund (BCU) for 2007/08 to provide resources that the police force can use locally to tackle crime that matters most to the local community
• Leeds Drug & Alcohol Action Team (DAAT) has been allocated over £2.7m for 2007-08 from the Drug Intervention Programme which targets offender
Transport
• £18.7m has been allocated for Integrated Transport and Maintenance in Leeds in the West Yorkshire 2008/09 Local Transport Plan settlement, announced in November 2007
• £65m has been allocated for two major schemes: £50m for a scheme providing the final link in the Leeds Inner Ring Road, from the existing Stage 6 to the M621 and £15m for the East Leeds Link Road, a scheme providing a link from the M1 at Junction 45 to the East of Leeds. These due for completion in late 2008.
• £18.7m was allocated for the West Yorkshire Education Transport’s Yellow School Buses scheme expansion. Building on successful pilots in the Hebden Bridge and Ilkley areas, the fleet will be increased to a total of 150, serving around 100 additional schools across West Yorkshire. The scheme is due to be completed in March 2008
• work on the £20.7m A65 Quality Bus Corridor is due to start in November 2008. The scheme involves two and a half miles of new bus lanes, and new pedestrian and cycle facilities
Social Inclusion and Regeneration
• an extra £35.7m has been allocated from the Neighbourhood Renewal Fund to help tackle the deep-rooted problems faced by the most disadvantaged communities in Leeds
• nearly £33m has been allocated for 2008-09 under the Supporting People programme, offering vulnerable people the opportunity to improve their quality of life by delivering high quality and strategically planned housing-related services which complement existing care services
• £2m has been allocated to Leeds Children’s fund for 2007-08 to help support five to thirteen year olds at risk of social exclusion, with a further £2m for each of the three years 2008-09, 2009-10 and 2010-11
• £7.4m has been awarded to Leeds under the Local Authority Business Growth Incentive Scheme (LABGI), a Government Scheme that awards councils that are successful in encouraging business growth
• Leeds has been awarded Beacon Status as a result of its work on promoting financial inclusion, with additional funding to help promote it as a model to other towns and cities
• £1.4m is being made available to encourage businesses to start up in disadvantaged parts of Leeds. The scheme will offer loans of up to £5,000 to help business people take the first steps on the ladder, provide the use of the services of a business mentor and help with bookkeeping, marketing advice and legal support. The scheme is being run in conjunction with Leeds City Credit Union, Leeds Local Enterprise Growth Initiative and the Business Enterprise Fund
European Funding
• almost £600,000 has been allocated from the European Regional Development Fund funding for the Corridor Enhancement Programme to refurbish premises on a number of arterial roads into Leeds city centre. This safeguarded 15 jobs and created 42 new positions
• £1.1m has been awarded to two community regeneration projects Emmaus Leeds providing accommodation and job skills/experience for homeless people in a former primary school and Visual Arts Centre arts based project, which is based in a former church social club, both are based in one street on the edge of a highly disadvantaged community
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Leeds |
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Labour market |
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Employment |
Jan 2007/Mar 07 |
Jan 2008/Mar 08 |
% Change |
Claimant Unemployment |
Jul 2007 |
Jul 2008 |
% Change |
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Leeds |
347,146 |
372,131 |
+7.2 |
Leeds |
12,743 |
13,384 |
+5.0 |
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Yorkshire and The Humber |
2,212,359 |
2,363,210 |
+6.8 |
Yorkshire and The Humber |
80,861 |
84,704 |
+4.8 |
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England |
22,738,267 |
23,652,971 |
+4.0 |
England |
713,363 |
722,897 |
+1.3 |
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Youth Unemployment |
Jul 2007 |
Jun 2008 |
% Change |
Long-term Unemployment |
Jul 2007 |
Jul 2008 |
% Change |
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Leeds |
745 |
615 |
-17.4 |
Leeds |
2,185 |
1,490 |
-31.8 |
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Yorkshire and The Humber |
4,180 |
3,425 |
-18.1 |
Yorkshire and The Humber |
12,050 |
8,290 |
-31.2 |
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England |
38,525 |
30,765 |
-20.1 |
England |
120,240 |
85,950 |
-28.5 |
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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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Leeds |
4,060 |
4,250 |
+4.7 |
Leeds |
6,180 |
6,100 |
-1.3 |
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Yorkshire and The Humber |
4,050 |
4,250 |
+4.9 |
Yorkshire and The Humber |
44,900 |
44,600 |
-0.7 |
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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 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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Leeds |
81 |
80 |
-1.2 |
Leeds |
77 |
N/A |
N/A |
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Yorkshire and The Humber |
79 |
N/A |
N/A |
Yorkshire and The Humber |
76 |
77 |
+1.3 |
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England |
80 |
N/A |
N/A |
England |
77 |
78 |
+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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Leeds |
52 |
56 |
+7.1 |
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Yorkshire and The Humber |
54 |
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