Employment and Skills

FOCUSONLONDON2011:LABOURMARKET:BEYONDHEADLINES In 2009, the overall proportion of the London working-age population who were in work was around two percentage points below the UK figure but this does not begin to tell the story of London’s labour market. London is a complex city of extremes with significant differences between various sub-groups of population. It is important to understand which groups are doing...

Numbers of jobs in an area by gender, and whether an employee or self-employed. This data shows the number of jobs, not the number of people. People with more than one job are counted more than once. Figures may not add up due to rounding. Figures are rounded to the nearest thousand. Percentages are rounded to one decimal place and were...

Table to show all people in work in the UK by their place of residence and place of work (main job). The data helps to show commuting patterns since 2004. Matrix shows where workers commute from (residence) and to (workplace). Commuting data from the Annual Population Survey 2010 has been presented here using Prezi software. How does London get to work? Commuting in London on Prezi.

Numbers and rates of people claiming Employment Support Allowance. Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) replaced Incapacity Benefit and Income Support paid on the grounds of incapacity for new claims from 27th October 2008.

The EPR is an annual rating which generates a rating from zero to four stars for grant holders based upon a provider’s performance in three Key Performance Areas (KPAs): delivery performance, quality and contract compliance. For each KPA, performance is assessed through one or more performance indicators. The weighting each indicator contributes towards a KPA score has been developed in...

GLA Economics presents employment projections for the Wider South East. There are separate projections and reports for London, the East of England, and the South East of England. The 2017 projections for the East of England and the South East of England are experimental. Links to the 2017 employment projections (latest) Sector projections (East of England) ...

As London looks ahead to a skills devolution deal, the capital has ambitions to create an adult skills system that is more responsive to the needs of the local economy. This work reflects on the area based review which will shape the future of the Further Education sector in London. Analysis by GLA Economics sets out what drives London’s economy,...

Child Tax Credit (CTC) provides support to families for the children (up to the 31 August after their 16th birthdays) and the "qualifying" young people (those in full-time non-advanced education until their 20th birthdays) for which they are responsible. It is paid in addition to Child Benefit. Some out of work families with children do not receive CTC but instead...

2011 Census origin-destination data showing location of usual residence by place of work for UK merged local authority districts. First table contains data for all local authorities, the second table contains London boroughs only, plus other regional totals. Table population is all usual residents aged 16 and over in employment the week before the census. In order to protect against disclosure of...

A summary of the latest employment projections for London produced by four respected organisations. 1) Cambridge Econometrics Employment defined as: Employees + Self-employed + HM Forces Jobs date of publication: Oct-13 projection start year: 2013 projection end year: 2025 2) Experian Economics Employment defined as: Employees + Self-employed date of publication: Jun-14 projection start year: 2013 projection end year:...