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State of the Region 2020 Full Report

Focus on Improvement

-0.9% (-16,000) compared to an increase across England of +0.6%

To reach the Strategic Economic Plan target we need to achieve 2.4m jobs

+0.3pp compared to 2015

Target: 10%

A decrease of 7.5% (-60,044 MwH) since 2017 –the UK increased by 11.4%  

+2.4% (+6,800 people) compared to a decrease of -1.3% UK (2018-2019)

To reach the UK average of 7.9%, an additional 87,115 need to gain one qualification

-0.3 years vs no change for the UK since 2015-17

3.5 years gap to UK average 

Target: Reach UK average of 63.1 years

-0.3 years vs no change for the UK since 2015-17

3.8 years gap to UK average 

Target: Reach UK average of 63.6 years

+0.1pp compared to a decrease of 0.3pp UK (2018-2019)

To reach the UK average of 4.0%, an additional 30,320 people need to employed.