§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) where peripatetic employment action team advisers are present in Newcastle upon Tyne; how regularly they use these locations; and if he will estimate the number of users at each location; [103427]
(2) what internal estimates of working age employment rates in each ward of the City of Newcastle upon Tyne informed the selection of wards for employment action team status. [103428]
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§ Mr. Nicholas BrownInformation on the outreach locations used by the Newcastle Action Team for Jobs, how regularly they are used, and their average number of customers is in the table.
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Ward/Outreach location Number of days per week action team advisers attend the location Average number of customers attending per week Walker B & Q car park1 1 6 Walker Library 2 10 East2Work Shop, Shields Rd 2 16 Byker East End Library 1 4 East2Work shop, Byker 2 19 Brinkburn Centre 1 5 Morrisons1 1 10 Monkchester Roman Avenue1 1 7 Walker Library 1 6 East2Work 3 20 West City Ron Eager Centre 0.5 5 ESOL, Nelson Street 0.5 2 Angela Centre 1 6 City Jobcentre Plus 2 10 Cruddas Park Library 1 8 Anchor Programme Centre, Market St 0.5 3 City Library 2 9 CSV Training 0.5 5 Elswick Workfinder Office, Benwell 1 3 Computer Gym 1 5 Civic Centre 4 Elswick Pool 1 3 Westgate College 1 3 Action4Employment 1 4 Benwell Workfinder Office, Benwell 1.5 12 Cornerstones 1 7 St Josephs Refugee Group 1 5 John Martey Centre 1 4 Newcastle College1 1 6 Benwell Library 1 8 West Road Jobcentre Plus 1 15 Scotswood Workfinder Office, Benwell 1 6 Community cafe 0.5 4 West Road Jobcentre Plus 0.5 5 Valley View Nursery 0.5 3 Scotswood Support Centre 0.5 9 Woolsington Newbiggin Hall Library 1 10 Gala Fields 2 11 Roycroft Centre 0.5 10 Detached Youth Project 0.5 8 Newbiggin Hall Shops1 1 5
Ward/Outreach location Number of days per week action team advisers attend the location Average number of customers attending per week Fawdon Park View Sports Centre 1 5 Fawdon Community Centre 2 12 Peacock Pub Car Park1 1 3 Fawdon Library 1 5 Kenton Cowgate Leisure Centre 1 8 St Cuthbert's Church 0.5 3 Montague Library 1 6 Kenton Library 1 6 1Mobile unit Source:
Jobcentre Plus
In 2001, Newcastle upon Tyne was chosen as an Action Team for Jobs area because the local authority was one of the 30 with the lowest labour market participation in Britain.
The selection of wards within the area to be covered by the Newcastle Action Team was based on the proportion of the working age population not in employment. The wards targeted had a working age employment rate of 58.5 per cent. or below at the time of selection (April 2001).
The Office for National Statistics does not produce employment rates down to individual wards from the Labour Force Survey. For this specific purpose a one off exercise was carried out to calculate data at ward level in action team areas. At ward level there is a larger margin of error and so a combination of data—including benefit recipient data—was used to rank wards in Action Team LADs. The table shows the employment rates for wards in the City of Newcastle local authority area derived from this exercise.
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City of Newcastle local authority area Percentage Ward Employment rate Monkchester 30.7 West City 30.8 Walker 31.5 Byker 34.8 Elswick 39.5 Benwell 40.5 Scotswood 43.0 Woolsington 47.6 Fawdon 53.8 Kenton 56.8 Blakelaw 59.2 Newburn 59.2 Denton 59.9 Walkergate 59.9 Fenham 62.9 Wingrove 64.1 Moorside 66.1 Lemington 67.8 Sandyford 71.8 Grange 73.3 Heaton 77.9 Westerhope 77.9 Castle 80.9 Dene 82.2 Jesmond 87.3 South Gosforth 88.2