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Islington Employment

Labour market in Islington § There is strong demand for labour in Islington, with more jobs than working age residents, across a range of sectors and skill levels - there are almost 200,000 workforce jobs in Islington, or 1.34 for every working age resident; a much higher ratio than across London (0.88) or nationally (0.77). § Islington is also part of the wider London labour market, where there is estimated to be around 2.23 million new job openings between 2010 and 2020. § Around 15,000 vacancies are advertised through Jobcentre Plus each year, though estimates suggest up to 70 per cent of all job openings are never formally advertised. § Despite this, Islington has significantly more residents on out of work benefits than the London or national average. Levels of workless households and economic inactivity are also relatively high (unlike levels of unemployment).

Employment and vacancies by occupation Vacancies by occupation, Employment by occupation, Islington, 2012 Islington, 2014 1% 6% 7% 15% 14% 5% 6% 6% 2% 8% 6% 26% 9% 35% 24% 12% 5% 13% 1 : Managers and Senior Officials 2 : Professional Occupations 3 : Associate Professional and Technical Occupations 4 : Administrative and Secretarial Occupations 5 : Skilled Trades Occupations 6 : Personal Service Occupations 7 : Sales and Customer Service occupations 8 : Process, Plant and Machine Operatives 9 : Elementary Occupations Source: ONS annual population survey 2014, ONS jobcentre 2012

Islington: Trends in benefit claimants Trends in the number of benefit claimants in The number of Islington 2008-2014 sickness and 14,000 Number of Claimants disability claimants 12,000 has remained steady 10,000 over the past 6 8,000 years in contrast to 6,000 the numbers of 4,000 Sickness & disability claimants people on income Job seekers allowance 2,000 Income support - Lone parent support and job 0 November 2008 February 2009 May 2009 August 2009 November 2009 February 2010 May 2010 August 2010 November 2010 February 2011 May 2011 August 2011 November 2011 February 2012 May 2012 August 2012 November 2012 February 2013 May 2013 August 2013 November 2013 February 2014 May 2014 August 2014 seekers allowance, where numbers are declining. Source : DWP, Aug 2014

On and off flows of ESA In Islington there has been a Number of on flows and off flows of ESA claimants, Islington, February 2009 to August 2014 greater number of people 1,600 On flows who begin to claim an ESA Off flows benefit (on flows) than those 1,400 stop claiming an ESA Number of claimants 1,200 benefit (off flows) over the 1,000 last 6 years, resulting in a gradual increase in the 800 number of ESA claimants. 600 The gap between on flows 400 and off flows increased from 2011 to the end of 2012 with 200 a peak of 950 in November 0 February May August November February May August November February May August November February May August November February May August November February May August 2012. Then the gap decreased by 62% by May 2014, followed by a sudden 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 rise in the next quarter Time period (540). Source : DWP ESA tabulation tool, extracted on June 3 2015

On and off flows of ESA by claim phase group Although the number of ESA Number of off flows of ESA claimants by phase of ESA claim, Islington, February 2012 to August 2014 claimants in the assessment 1,000 phase has relatively been 900 constant over time, it is the group Number of claimants 800 experienced a higher transient 700 rate than the other ESA claim 600 phase groups. 500 400 The support group has had higher 300 on flows than off flows, resulting 200 in a nearly 470% increase in the 100 number of claimants in this group 0 by May 2014. Feb May Aug Nov Feb May Aug Nov Feb May 2012 2013 2014 On the other hand, there has Time period been a decline in the on flows for Assessment phase - on flows Assessment phase - off flows the work related activity group, WRAG* - on flows WRAG* - off flows and as the off flows remained Support group - on flows Support group - off flows consistently low, it may be Note: Numbers of ESA on flows by phase of claim group are estimated. * stands for work related activity group. Source : ESA claimants off flows by phase of claim group: DWP ESA tabulation tool, extracted on June 3 2015; Number of ESA claimantsby expected the group will shrink and phase of claim group: DWP, 2015 become less transient.

Unemployment benefits in Islington In August 2014, 20,300 (13%) Islington residents aged 16-64 were claiming out of work benefits, this is higher than London (9%) (DWP, Aug 2014) Gender: A higher proportion of women ( 10,500 ) are claiming out of work benefits than men ( 9,800 ). Breakdown of people claiming out of work benefit by age, Age: The highest number Islington, 2014 Under 25 of residents claiming out 25-34 of work benefits are aged 35-44 45-54 (28%). Those 2,170 4,160 4,330 5,710 2,300 1,620 45-54 under 25 represent 11% 55-59 of claimants and 8% are 60-64 aged 60-64 years. 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Source: DWP, Aug 2014

Out of work benefits in London Percentage of the the working age population (ONS mid year estimates 2013) claiming out of work benefits by London LA, 2014 13 % of the working age 25% population in Islington is London Average claiming out of work 20% benefits. This is the 3rd Percentage highest proportion in 15% London and higher than the London average 10% (9%). 5% 0% Barking and Dagenham Hackney Islington Lewisham Haringey Enfield Southwark Greenwich Tower Hamlets Lambeth Waltham Forest Newham Brent Camden Hammersmith and Fulham Croydon Ealing Westminster Havering Kensington and Chelsea Hounslow Bexley Hillingdon Redbridge Barnet Bromley Sutton Wandsworth Merton Harrow Kingston upon Thames Richmond upon Thames Source: DWP, Aug 2014, ONS 2013

Out of work benefits in Islington by Ward 8 wards have a significantly higher proportion of out of work benefit claimants than the Islington average (13%). Finsbury Park has the highest (17%) percentage of claimants of out of work benefits whereas Highbury East has the lowest (9%) . Source: DWP, Aug 2014

Sickness/disability benefits in London Percentage of working age population claiming sickness/disability benefits due to 8 % of the working age physical or mental ill health by London Local Authorities, 2014 10% population in Islington is % of population claiming out of work benefits due to Physical ill health 9% % of population claiming out of work benefits due to mental ill health claiming sickness and London average % of population claiming sickness/disability benefits 8% disability benefits. This 7% Percentage is the highest proportion 6% 5% in London and higher 4% than the London average 3% (6%). 4% of the 2% Islington working age 1% 0% population are claiming Islington Barking and Dagenham Hackney & City of London Camden Haringey Lewisham Greenwich Tower Hamlets Westminster Enfield Southwark Hammersmith and Fulham Newham Lambeth Brent Waltham Forest Kensington and Chelsea Croydon Ealing Hounslow Hillingdon Havering Bexley Barnet Redbridge Sutton Bromley Harrow Wandsworth Merton Kingston upon Thames Richmond upon Thames these benefits due to mental ill health, which is again the highest proportion in London. Source : DWP, Aug 2014

Islington: Long term sick or disabled Residents that are out of work due to sickness and disability includes but is not limited to people claiming Incapacity Benefit (IB), Severe Disablement Allowance (SD) and Employment and Support Allowance (ESA). According to DWP, in August 2014, there were 12,800 Islington residents aged 16-64 years claiming these benefits, approximately 8% of the working age resident population. Gender : There is a higher proportion of 53% 47% men (6,800) that are claiming sickness men women disability benefits compared to women (6,000). Breakdown of people claiming sickness/disability benefits by age, Age: The highest number 16-24 Islington, 2014 of residents claiming 25-34 35-44 these benefits are aged 45-49 35 and over (72%). 600 1,800 2,700 2,200 2,400 2,000 1,200 50-54 55-59 60-64 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Source: DWP, Aug 2014

Islington: ESA claimants by Ethnicity 43% of ESA claimants in Islington were White ESA benefit claimants by Ethnicity, Islington, August 2014 50% compared to 70% of the working population which 45% equates to 4.2% of the White 40% working age population. 35% 12% of claimants were Percentage 30% Black compared to 14% of the estimated working 25% population which equates to 20% 5.9% of the Black working age population. 15% 10% 14% of claimants were from other ethnicities compared 5% to 17% of the estimated 4,820 1,320 1,510 3,430 0% working population which White Black Other Ethnicities Unknown equates to 5.5% of the other Ethnicity Source: DWP, Aug 2014 ethnicity working age population.