UK Migration -where is it happening?

Migration has been a political hot subject in the U.K for some time. Indeed, the figures make interesting reading that have been published today.
UKIP have long made it a political issue so these figures make an interesting comment.
When we hear that Polish Nationality and Indian Nationalities have become a large group in the area and affecting the public services we can see or at least observe the changes here.

In some areas the need to communicate in some languages may be of Benefit. Look at the map. Whilst the figures for the census are a few years ago now and the Bulgarian and Romanian communities have only recently had the same opportunities as the A8 nations it is worthy of reflection



Language is a key factor in certain areas. I observe that Boston in Lincolnshire has Polish and Lithuanian as key languages. Does your area reflect the changes that have occured?

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A Sanction-where the money is stopped

The number of sanctions applied are staggering

The DWP sanctions have been Published
Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) was introduced in 2008 to replace incapacity benefit.

In the first three months of 2014, there were 15,955 sanctions on ESA claimants, compared with 3,574 in the same period last year.

Only ESA claimants in the work-related activity group, where an adviser assists them with training and skills, can be subject to sanctions, which are handed out for failing to attend a mandatory interview or failing to take part in a work-related activity.

There are 552,000 benefit claimants in the ESA work-related activity group and they receive up to £101.15 a week, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) said.

Matt Downie, director of policy and external affairs at Crisis, said: "This is a shocking escalation in the use of sanctions and we are deeply concerned about the impact on people's lives.

"Sanctions are cruel and can leave people utterly destitute - without money even for food and at severe risk of homelessness. It is difficult to see how they are meant to help people prepare for work.

"Our own research has shown that many homeless people face unfair and inappropriate sanctions, often handed out due to errors on the part of the job centre or work programme provider.

"We want the government to commit to an urgent, wide-ranging review looking at the appropriateness and effectiveness of sanctions, especially for people at risk of or experiencing homelessness."

I have looked at the Stats and here are some of the figures

The figures make for interesting reading

We feature the Birmingham figures here

			Decision to apply a sanction (adverse) 3		Other decisions taken:
					Decision not to apply a sanction (non-adverse) 4	Reserved decisions5	Cancelled referrals6
GREAT BRITAIN			1,282,497		714,408	134,775	681,192
CENTRAL ENGLAND			280,437		163,554	26,031	128,974
	Birmingham and Solihull		40,256		25,605	3,158	16,340
		Birmingham - Airport	-		-	-	-
		Birmingham - Aston	-		-	-	-
		Birmingham - Centennial House	1,934		1,374	139	741
		Birmingham - Chelmsley Wood	2,250		1,435	211	932
		Birmingham - Five Ways	-		-	-	-
		Birmingham - Harbone Lane	2,840		1,889	244	1,342
		Birmingham - High Street	-		-	-	-
		Birmingham - Holyhead Road	-		-	-	-
		Birmingham - Kings Heath	2,980		1,877	189	1,263
		Birmingham - Ladywood	3,015		1,673	170	1,019
		Birmingham - Meridian House	3,096		2,208	200	985
		Birmingham - Northfield	3,436		2,688	295	1,622
		Birmingham - Ravenhurst	-		-	-	-
		Birmingham - Small Heath	-		-	-	-
		Birmingham - Soho Road	4,219		1,982	258	1,544
		Birmingham - Sparkhill	4,862		3,737	473	2,046
		Birmingham - Sutton New Road	3,049		2,027	277	1,325
		Birmingham - Washwood Heath	3,729		1,946	339	1,876
		Birmingham - Yardley	1,471		1,074	91	535
		Solihull - Park House	2,369		1,124	192	764

prosperous areas

	Harrogate - Victoria Avenue	1,514		1,227	137	463
	Hessle - The Weir	826		435	76	275

I have highlighted Burminham Ladywood as it used to have the Highest

Other challenged area shows lower figures

Hull - Britannia House

8,470

4,110

499

3,261

Rotherham - Chantry House

6,991

3,574

728

3,848

Liverpool - Toxteth

1,448

1,428

131

1,344

Unemployment Stats with Explanations

Although we do not see the Benefit situation DWP have kindly poduced a link on Youtube
http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/lms/labour-market-statistics/august-2014/zero-hours-contracts.html
This is usefull as it also provides those looking at the argument of the Zero hour contract.
For many this is a new area as the zero hour means you can be technically in employment but not having hours of work


Here are the ONS

Analysis of zero-hours contracts

Looking at the type of people who report that they are employed on a zero-hours contract, compared with other people in employment who are not on a zero-hours contract, shows that there are differences in their characteristics. For April to June 2014:

• Women make up a greater proportion of those reporting working on zero-hours contracts (54%); compared with those employed who are not on zero-hours contracts (46%).
• People who report being on a zero-hours contract are more likely to be younger. 37% of people on zero-hours contracts are aged 16 to 24, compared with 12% for those employed who are not on zero-hours contracts.
• 64% of people on zero-hours contracts reported that they worked part time, compared with just over a quarter (27%) of those employed who are not on zero-hours contracts.
• People who report being on a zero-hours contract are more likely to be working in Accommodation & Food Services or Health & Social Work. Relatively few work in Financial, Insurance and Professional, Scientific & Technical Activities and Production (including Agriculture).
• The average actual weekly hours worked by people in employment who report being on a zero-hours contract is 22 hours compared with 32 hours for all workers. The average usual

Analysis of zero-hours contracts
Looking at the type of people who report that they are employed on a zero-hours contract, compared with other people in employment who are not on a zero-hours contract, shows that there are differences in their characteristics. For April to June 2014:

Women make up a greater proportion of those reporting working on zero-hours contracts (54%); compared with those employed who are not on zero-hours contracts (46%).

People who report being on a zero-hours contract are more likely to be younger. 37% of people on zero-hours contracts are aged 16 to 24, compared with 12% for those employed who are not on zero-hours contracts.

64% of people on zero-hours contracts reported that they worked part time, compared with just over a quarter (27%) of those employed who are not on zero-hours contracts.

People who report being on a zero-hours contract are more likely to be working in Accommodation & Food Services or Health & Social Work. Relatively few work in Financial, Insurance and Professional, Scientific & Technical Activities and Production (including Agriculture).

The average actual weekly hours worked by people in employment who report being on a zero-hours contract is 22 hours compared with 32 hours for all workers. The average usual weekly hours is higher at 24 hours (37 hours for all workers).
Alomg with the Claiment count theClaiment count by age and duration is also published by age and duration
Interesting as well the Vacancies are published by Sectors or industries making for interestingn reading

All vacancies1

Mining & quarrying

Manu- facturing

Electricity, gas, steam & air conditioning supply2

Water supply, sewerage, waste & remediation activities2

Construc-tion

Wholesale & retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motor cycles

Transport & storage

Accomoda-tion & food service activities

Information & communica-tion

Financial & insurance activities

Real estate activities2

Professional scientific & technical activities

Administra-tive & support service activities

Public admin & defence; compulsory social security

Education

Human health & social work activities2

Arts, entertainment & recreation2

Other service activities

Total services

Motor Trades

Wholesale

Retail

Should you wish to find out the size of the Business thats interesting as well
What about the Regions you ask?

• The employment rate in Great Britain was highest in the South East (76.7%) and lowest in Wales (69.1%).
• The unemployment rate in Great Britain was highest in the North East (9.4%) and lowest in the South East (4.4%).
• The inactivity rate in Great Britain was highest in Wales (25.7%) and lowest in the East of England (19.3%).
• The Claimant Count rate in Great Britain was highest in the North East (5.0%) and lowest in the South East (1.7%

Well this information is also available today. Showing the need for improvement and support in the North East because of the 9.4 % unemployment but as expected the South East is the Boom area
An indication where the investment is needed -The North East


Here are the terms that ONS use that fits the video above in case you didnt understand the activity or inactive aspects of the stats
The Stats are normally produced with a focus on the JSA as you can see from th other information on this sheet
However many job seekers are on ESA Employment Support Allowance and this has to be factored into the overall equation along with the Universal Credit aspect.



Graphic by Office for National Statistics (ONS)

Youth Unemployment

The skills Gap is something I have written about before so reading the article again by BBC and a report thats out means in my opinion and yes its only my opinion so much training is a waste

The think tank the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) says a full-blown economic recovery will not fix the UK's youth unemployment problem.

The IPPR highlights a striking mismatch between what young people are training for and the types of jobs available.

For example, it says, 94,000 people were trained in beauty and hair for just 18,000 jobs, while only 123,000 were trained in the construction and engineering sectors for an advertised 275,000 jobs.

Further more

Although the youth unemployment rate has fallen sharply from 20.9% a year ago to 17.8%, the IPPR says there are still 868,000 young people aged 16 to 24 unemployed and 247,000 of them have been looking for work for over a year.

Thats just under 250.000 1/4 of a million. in the NEET group. The highest group also to be taking up Universal Credit incidently.

"A strong workplace-based vocational education and training system, with high employer involvement, contributes more to a smoother transition from education to work and a low rate of youth unemployment than anything else

This means that there is a need to look at promoting more use of the UK Apprentice system where the work is focussed around a need.

Self Employment grows in UK -but what is the truth behind

UK becoming the fastest growing "self -employment " capital may hold a slightly different story to the new full time businesses springing up everywhere. The traditional concept of self -employment
Further more these self employed people may be doing this as a requirement to survive rather than long term choice

Self-employment over the past decade

• 36% rise among over-50s
• 7% rise among 35 to 49-year-olds
• 18% rise among 25 to 34-year-olds
• 23% rise among 18 to 24-year-olds

Source: Labour Force Survey, ONS

The latest labor statistics from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that there are now 4.54 million self-employed people. That is about 8% higher than a year ago.

In fact, there are now 780,000 more people in employment than there were this time last year, and 40% of those are self-employed.

"The number of people choosing to be their own boss is up 8pc over the past year, faster than in any other Western European country

The UK is becoming the "self-employment capital" of Western Europe after an increase in the number of people working for themselves, according to a new report.

The IPPR think tank said the country had caught up with the European Union average of 14pc of workers who are self-employed.

The number has increased by 8pc over the past year, faster than in any other Western European country, said the report."

Last month Esther McVey, the employment minister, said that the middle-class children should believe that setting up their own business is every bit as good as going to university and working for a big company.

She said self-employment should be given the same social status and respect as the more conventional university route into employment.

Spencer Thompson, IPPR senior economic analyst, said: "Around 2,000 people a month are moving off benefits into their own business. The Government's response to the rise in self-employment has been to praise the UK's entrepreneurial zeal, while increasingly promoting self-employment as an option to job-seekers.

"Some have seen it as a negative development, having legitimate concerns whether a lot of the new self-employed are actually employees by another name.

"The self-employed come in many shapes and sizes. Some are entrepreneurs, driven by high-growth ambitions, innovation and disruptive business models, but many are sole-traders bands simply looking to get by or small businesses happy to stay at their current level.

"Many older self-employed workers are simply working longer, due to a combination of rises in the pension age and recession-induced falls in the value of wealth stored up for retirement."

Country Proportion of self-employment Greece 32pc Italy 23pc Spain 17pc Portugal 17pc UK 14pc Belgium 13pc Switzerland 13pc France 11pc Germany 10pc

The report was published ahead of the latest unemployment figures tomorrow.

Previous figures, published last month, showed the number of self-employed workers had grown from 3.8m at the start of the crisis to more than 4.4m (see below).

Official figures have also shown much of the growth in self-employment has been driven by older Britons.

Meet the older Britons reinventing their careers with self-employment

The Telegraph has previously spoken to a number of pioneers who have shunned retirement in favour of a new career. Some did it out of necessity, while others felt it was time for a new challenge. All expect to work beyond their state pension age, something that will only become more common in years to come.

David Buck, 59, was a fitness instructor who turned his hobby of microlighting (small planes) into a business

"I was a fitness instructor for 13 years," said David Buck, 59. He had to stop work suddenly in 2009, due to health problems. "I was doing 16 classes a week and one day everything locked," he said. "I went from running six miles a day to being unable to climb stairs." ... Read the full report: Retire at 55? I started a thriving business

There is a the factor that needs consideration-

• The numbers of people that may be working part time economy 
• How many are in the Black economy(non declared income)
• The capital required to go self employed
• The types of business
• The level of support being provided
• Isolvencies

Is this all new business or is it business that has been developed under the term self employment in a new format of  consultancy?
How many declare self employment for the benefit of avoiding the benefit cap