Sandwell NESPs

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Sandwell NESPs

• DAF Funding
• 13th September 2007

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• PROVIDE DELIVERY MECHANISM FOR SANDWELLS FLOOR
  TARGET ACTION PLAN.

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• FOCUS ON WARD LEVEL POLICY HAS BEEN POSITIVELY
  RECEIVED BY ELECTED MEMBERS, THEREFORE DELIVERY
  IS ESSENTIAL.

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• ALTHOUGH IMPACT ASESSMENT AND GAP ANALYSIS ARE
  INTEGRAL, DIFFICULTIES HAVE BEEN ENCOUNTERED IN
  OBTAINING DATA AT THAT LEVEL.

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• IT IS CRITICAL TO SUCCESS THAT DIFFERING LOCAL
  INFRASTRUCTURES ARE RECOGNISED.

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Friar Park

• Priority for residents with low qualifications
• Priority for lone parents
• Of all the wards in Sandwell, Friar Park has the
  lowest proportion of residents with higher level
  qualifications and the highest proportion with no
  qualifications at all

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Greets Green and Lyng

• Priority for BME groups
• Priority for residents with low qualifications
• The intensity of manufacturing employment in the
  ward is high double the borough rate
• High proportion of long term claimants of Job
  Seekers Allowance

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Oldbury

• Priority for BME groups
• Incapacity benefit claim rate has recently
  increased compared to borough average
• High proportion of residents claiming Job Seekers
  Allowance for short periods
• Unemployment rate has recently increased compared
  to borough average

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Princes End

• Priority for lone parents
• Priority for benefits dependency
• Priority for residents with low qualifications
• Priority for over 50s
• Priority for access to transport links
• Claims for all benefits high in the 16-24 age
  group

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Smethwick

• Priority for lone parents
• Priority for BME groups
• High proportion of Job Seekers Allowance
  claimants of 6-12 months duration, yet a
  relatively low number in the over 12 months
  category
• Notably high proportion of residents with
  higher-level qualifications. This is surprising
  in a ward with such a high degree of worklessness
  and may merit further investigation

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Soho and Victoria

• Priority for lone parents
• Priority for BME groups
• Life expectancy is the lowest in the borough
• High proportion of people with no qualifications
• Higher proportion of females claiming benefit
  than borough average

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St Pauls

• Priority for lone parents
• Priority for residents with low qualifications
• Priority for BME groups
• More female benefits claimants than men
• The third highest number of jobs in the Borough
  after West Bromwich Central and Oldbury
• High levels of long term benefits claimants

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West Bromwich Central

• Priority for BME groups
• Priority for Incapacity Benefit
• Priority for over 50s
• High proportion of long term unemployed
• Low car ownership