Presentation by Miles Crompton, Policy, Improvement and Partnerships
Minutes:
Miles Crompton, Policy and Partnerships, gave the following presentation:-
Indices of Deprivation 2015
- Government measure produced by Oxford University
- Updates the previous ID2010
- 7 domains (37 Indicators) = Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) with 2013/14 baseline
- SOA Geography (167 in Rotherham and 32,844 in England)
- Average of SOA Scores measure – Rotherham increased from 53rd most deprived district in 2010 to 52nd in 2015 (326 districts)
- Minor changes to methodology
Rotherham Deprivation relative to England
|
% of Rotherham population within English IMD deciles |
IMD 2004 |
IMD 2007 |
IMD 2010 |
IMD 2015 |
|
Most deprived 10% |
12% |
12% |
18% |
19.5% |
|
Most deprived 20% |
33% |
32% |
33% |
31.5% |
|
Most deprived 30% |
49% |
46% |
46% |
45% |
|
Less deprived than national average |
29% |
35% |
32% |
37% |
23.1% of children 0-15 live in 10% most deprived areas nationally (15.6% in 2007)
Rotherham’s most deprived SOAs
All in top 2% of 32,844 English SOAs
|
SOA |
Rank in 2010 |
Rank in 2015 |
|
Ferham |
851 |
242 (+609) |
|
East Herringthorpe North |
230 |
257 (-27) |
|
Eastwood Village |
2,207 |
302 (+1,905) |
|
Canklow North |
434 |
315 (+119) |
|
Eastwood East |
641 |
323 (+318) |
|
East Herringthorpe South |
920 |
480 (+440) |
|
Eastwood Central |
1,089 |
500 (+589) |
|
Maltby Birks Holt |
1,207 |
597 (+610) |
|
East Dene East |
707 |
623 (+84) |
|
Masbrough |
847 |
634 (+213) |
Deprivation by Domain
|
Domain |
Top 10% |
Change 2010-15 |
Top 20% |
Top 50% |
|
Education & Skills |
24% |
0 |
39% |
69% |
|
Employment |
24% |
+2% |
42% |
75% |
|
Health & Disability |
21% |
-12% |
40% |
85% |
|
Income |
17% |
+3% |
33% |
64% |
|
Crime |
15% |
+4% |
25% |
65% |
|
Living Environment |
2% |
-1% |
4% |
10% |
|
“Barriers” |
0% |
0 |
2% |
15% |
40% of Rotherham is in the most deprived 20% nationally but none is in the least deprived 20%
Indices of Deprivation
Change in Health Indicators
|
Indicator |
ID 2010 |
ID 2015 |
Change |
|
Years of potential life lost |
74.3 |
64.8 |
-9.5 |
|
Comparative illness & disability ratio (sickness & disability benefits) |
147.1 |
142.5 |
-4.6 |
|
Acute morbidity (emergency admissions) 2006-8/2011-13 |
199.5 |
125.8 |
-73.7 |
|
Mood & anxiety disorders (Mental Health) 2006-8/2012-13 |
0.33 |
0.51 |
+0.18 |
|
Overall Health & Disability Score |
0.84 |
0.64 |
-0.20 |
Average SOA scores (above) show improvement
Mental Health is worse – GP prescribing, hospital episodes, disability benefits and suicides
24.3% of children 0-15 are affected by low income
Income Deprivation affecting Children Index 2015
- Children 0-15 are 19% of population but 25% of those affected by low income
- 35% of children in low income families live in 10% most deprived nationally
Children and Young People’s Attainment
Education Sub-Domain 2015
- 27% of children and young people live in 10% most deprived areas nationally
- 16% live in 5% most deprived areas
Comparison of Life Chances: Children
|
20 Contrasting Neighbourhoods |
10 most deprived areas |
10 least deprived areas |
|
Total population (2013) |
17,486 |
15,822 |
|
Children (aged 0-17) |
5,870 (33.6%) |
2,655 (16.8%) |
|
Live in a family with 3+ dependent children |
2,975 (50.7%) |
470 (17.7%) |
|
Good level of development at Foundation (2013) |
117 (36.7%) |
115 (73.2%) |
|
Achieve Level 4 at Key Stage 2 (2011-13) |
143 (56.7%) |
135 (88.0%) |
|
Achieve 5+ GSCEs A*-C inc English & maths (2011-13) |
80 (32.7%) |
141 (82.6%) |
|
Be a Child in Need (Children Act 1989) (2014) |
236 (4.0%) |
21 (0.8%) |
|
Be in contact with or supported by the CSE Team aged 13-16 (2012-14) |
202 (20%) |
31 (4.6%) |
Comparison of Life Chances: Adults & General
|
20 Contrasting Neighbourhoods |
10 most deprived areas |
10 least deprived areas |
|
Total population (2013) |
17,486 |
15,822 |
|
Working Age Adults 18-64 |
9.732 (55.7%) |
9,691 (61.3%) |
|
Be unemployed, long term sick or FT carer |
3,226 (33.1%) |
505 (5.2%) |
|
Be a disabled adult claiming DLA (2015) |
1,460 (12.6%) |
545 (4.1%) |
|
Live in an overcrowded home (all households) |
880 (12.6%) |
114 (1.8%) |
|
Recorded violent offences, burglary, theft and criminal damage (per 1,000 pop) |
1,791 (102.4) |
315 (19.9) |
|
Older people aged 65+ |
1,884 (10.8%) |
3,476 (22%) |
|
Live in poverty as a pensioner |
765 (40.6%) |
222 (6.4%) |
|
Male life expectancy |
73.4 |
83 |
|
Female life expectancy |
77.4 |
86.9 |
Key Messages
- Deprivation still top 20% nationally
- Employment and education deprivation most severe
- Improvements in health, crime and environment
- Most deprived areas getting worse
- Areas with average or low deprivation doing better
- Mental health getting worse
- Rising barriers to housing – affordability
- Polarisation on all domains except living environment
- 18.7% deprived of income
- 24.3% children v 16.5% working age adults
- Children more likely to be affected by deprivation
Policy Challenges
- Targeting the most deprived areas
· Are we closing the gap? – no it is getting wider
· Previous initiatives made little lasting impact
· Welfare Reform exacerbating deprivation
· Identify what works: evaluation and best practice
· Joining-up services and targeting resources
- Improving education and skills in our most deprived areas
· Raising school attainment and participation post-18
· Higher adult qualifications and skills
· Work readiness: basic life skills, welfare to work
· Cultural shift towards learning and working
Discussion ensued with the following issues raised/highlighted:-
- Should the sub-groups target the top 10 most deprived areas rather trying to affect a change across the whole of the Borough? Or each individual sub-group look at the issues that relate specifically to their area?
- Need for the Local Strategic Partnership to link up activity – role of the Operational Chief Executive to draw up matrices of the different levels as well as the operational day-to-day co-ordination and deployment of resources both in terms of the partnership work and operationally
- Very good work was taking place in driving up the standard of education but what happened when a child left at the end of the school day? There was a whole raft of issues that needed to be picked up given the complexities of neighbourhoods
- A challenge for Health would be do they target more of their budget to localities? Equity v equality
- Consistency was key and not constant time limited initiatives
- “So what Test” - in a year need to be able to see a difference in the deprived areas for the resources that had been deployed
Resolved:- (1) That the presentation be noted.
(2) That the Health and Wellbeing Strategy workshops give consideration to equity and “closing the gap”.
(3) That a discussion take place between the Chair and Vice, the newly appointed Chief Executive and Chris Edwards on the way forward.
(4) That an All Members Seminar be held on this issue.
(Councillor Roche assumed the Chair)