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Executive Summary of Annual Economic Review

The WMCA Performance Management Framework

Outcomes

Measures of Success

  • O1. GVA per Head

Where are we now

  • £21,537

Change over the last year

  • +£442

Direction of Travel Relative to UK average since 2013

  • +£1,400
  • +7.0% WMCA2
  • +5.8% UK

Scale of the Challenge

  • +£4,064 GVA per head

Measures of Success

  • B1. GVA per employee
  • B2. GVA in transformational sectors
  • B3. No. of Business Births
  • B4. Jobs in Transformational Sectors
  • B5. Total Jobs
  • B6. Employment Rate

Where are we now

  • B1. £43,706
  • B2. £71.3bn
  • B3.22,430 business births
  • B3. 55 per 10,000 population
  • B4. 1.27m
  • B5. 2m
  • B6. 68.8%

Change over the last year

  • B1. +£28
  • B2. +£2.4bn
  • B3. +3,485 business births
  • B3. +18.4% WMCA +9.3% UK
  • B4. +55,000 jobs
  • B5. +54,200 jobs
  • B6. +0.4pp

Direction of Travel Relative to UK average since 2013

  • B1. +£2,781
  • B1. +6.8% WMCA
  • B1. +2.4% UK
  • B2. +£6.2bn
  • B2. +9.6% WMCA
  • B2. +7.4% UK
  • B3. +3,625 business births
  • B3. +19.3% WMCA
  • B3. +10.6% UK
  • B4. +82,000 jobs
  • B4. +6.9% WMCA
  • B4. +5.9% UK
  • B5. +95,000 Jobs
  • B5. +5.0% WMCA
  • B5. +4.9% UK
  • B6. +1.5pp WMCA
  • B6. +2.7pp UK

Scale of the Challenge

  • B1. +£19,832 GVA per employee
  • B2. +£40.7bn GVA
  • B3. 59 per 10,000 population
  • B3. +1,468 births per annum
  • B4. +194,400 jobs
  • B5. +400,000 Jobs
  • B6. 73.9%
  • B6. +5.1pp

Measures of Success

  • F1. Income & Exp. Balance

Where are we now

  • -£4.5bn

Change over the last year

  • +£0.6bn

Direction of Travel Relative to UK average since 2013

  • +£0.6bn3
  • +15.4%

Scale of the Challenge

  • No fiscal gap
  • +£4.5bn

Measures of Success

  • P1. Reduce % of people in top 10% most deprived areas
  • P2. Better employment, health and wider outcomes for people with complex needs
  • P3. (i) Annual average earnings
  • P4. % of employees earning above UK living wage

Where are we now

  • P1. 20%
  • P3. £27,151

Change over the last year

  • P1. +0.02pp
  • P3. +5.1%

Direction of Travel Relative to UK average since 2013

  • P1. +0.09pp WMCA
  • P1. + 0.05pp Eng.
  • P3. +4.9% WMCA
  • P3. +4.5% UK

Scale of the Challenge

  • P1. 10% of people
  • P3. +£1,062

Measures of Success

  • S1. % of Working Age Population (WAP) with No Qualifications
  • S2. % of WAP with NVQ 1
  • S3. % of WAP with NVQ 2
  • S4. % of WAP with NVQ 3
  • S5. % of WAP with NVQ 4+
  • S6. No. of Apprenticeships starts
  • S7. % of schools with an above national average GCSE pass rate A*-C including Maths and English
  • S8. NEETs aged 16 - 18

Where are we now

  • S1. 13%
  • S1. 329,400 people
  • S2. 12 %
  • S2. 302,600 people
  • S3. 16.8%
  • S3.423,300 people
  • S4. 16.3%
  • S4. 410,400 people
  • S5. 30.4%
  • S5. 774,300 people
  • S6. 42,040
  • S7. 46%
  • S8. 4,420
  • S8. 4.4%

Change over the last year

  • S1. -1.5 pp
  • S1. -36,200 people
  • S2. +0.1 pp
  • S2.+ 3,700 people
  • S3.+ 0.2 pp
  • S3.+ 5,200 people
  • S4. - 0.3pp
  • S4. - 8,700 people
  • S5. + 0.03pp
  • S5. + 7,700 people
  • S6. - 1,190 - 2.8%
  • S7. 48.5%
  • S7. -2.5pp WM Met
  • S8. -1,450 -24.7%

Direction of Travel Relative to UK average since 2013

  • S1. -33,800 people
  • S1. -1.6 pp WMCA
  • S1. -1.3pp UK
  • S2.-9,200 people
  • S2. -0.5 pp WMCA
  • S2. -0.9pp UK
  • S3. - 7,300 people
  • S3. - 0.5 pp WMCA
  • S3. +0.9pp UK
  • S4. - 25,600 people
  • S4. -1.2 pp WMCA
  • S4. +0.1pp UK
  • S5. +86,500 people
  • S5. +2.8 pp WMCA
  • S5. +3.1 pp UK
  • S6. + 6,030
  • S6. +16.7% WMCA
  • S6. +15.9% Eng.
  • S7. 52.6%
  • S7. -6.6pp WM Met
  • S7. -4.1pp Eng.
  • S8. -1,950
  • S8. -30.5% WMCA
  • S8. -19.9% Eng.

Scale of the Challenge

  • S1. - 4.7 pp
  • S1. - 119,867 people
  • S2. Ahead of UK
  • S2. + 1 pp
  • S2. + 24,905 people
  • S3. Ahead of UK
  • S3. + 0.9 pp
  • S3. +21,905 people
  • S4. + 0.8 pp
  • S4. +21,290 people
  • S5. +7.6 pp
  • S5. +185,010 people
  • S6. +42,219 per annum
  • S7. + 7.5% schools
  • S8. 4.2%
  • S8. -228 NEETs

Measures of Success

  • H1. Healthy Life Expectancy (HLE) at Births – Males & Females
  • H2. Reduced Inequality in HLE for Males & Females
  • H3. Health inequality gap by years between best and worse areas in LEP and SEP areas
  • H4. Gap in employment rate for those in contact with secondary mental health services and the overall employment rate
  • H5. Rates of suicide (per 100,000)
  • H6. % of physically inactive adults
  • H7. Offending rates

Where are we now

  • H1. Males (M) = 59.3 years
  • H1. Females (F) = 60.9 years
  • H3. M = 7.4 years
  • H3. F = 9 years (WM Met)
  • H4. 58.9 %
  • H5. 10.1
  • H6. 24.8%
  • H7. 32,008
  • H7. 7.9 offenders per 1,000 population (2014)

Change over the last year

  • H1. -0.03 years
  • H1. +0.5 years
  • H3. M = + 1.2
  • H3. F = - 0.9
  • H4. -0.6pp
  • H5. +0.4
  • H7. -1,364
  • H7. - 4.1%

Direction of Travel Relative to UK average since 2013

  • H1. -0.6 WM Met
  • H1. +0.2 Eng.
  • H1. -0.3 years WM Met
  • H1. +0.2 years Eng.
  • H3. M = + 1.3
  • H3. F = - 1.3
  • H4. +1.5pp WMCA
  • H4. +5pp Eng
  • H5. +1.8 WMCA
  • H5. +0.3 Eng.
  • H7. 7,170
  • H7. - 7.6%6

Scale of the Challenge

  • H1. 63.4 years
  • H1. 64.1 years
  • H3. No gap
  • H3. Reduce gap by 7.4 years for males and 9 years for females
  • H4. Ahead of England + 8.3pp
  • H4. (67.2%)
  • H5. No suicides
  • H5. - 410 suicides
  • H6. 22%
  • H6. + 90,524 participants
  • H7. Below the national average

Measures of Success

  • C1. Re-offending rates (per 100,000)
  • C2. No. of first time entrants to Youth Justice System aged10-17
  • C3. Youth claimants aged 18-24
  • C4. Claimant Count aged 18 - 64

Where are we now

  • C1. 24.9% (2014)
  • C2. 454
  • C3. 14,805
  • C4. 67,705

Change over the last year

  • C1. +0.3pp
  • C2. +3.3%
  • C3. +1,515
  • C3. +11.4%
  • C4. +5,085
  • C4. +8.1%

Direction of Travel Relative to UK average since 2013

  • C1. 0.1pp WMCA
  • C1. -1.2pp Eng.
  • C2. 8.2% WM Met
  • C2. -17.6% Eng.
  • C3. 11,240
  • C3. -43.2% WMCA
  • C3. -46.4% UK
  • C4. -35,755
  • C4. -34.6% WMCA
  • C4. -37.5% UK

Scale of the Challenge

  • C1. Ahead of England + 0.5pp
  • C2. -85
  • C2. first-time entrants
  • C3. -32%
  • C3. -4,781 youth claimants
  • C4. 27%
  • C4. - 16,957 claimants

Measures of Success

  • PL1. Broadband Connectivity
  • PL2. % of residents able to access 3 or more strategic centres including Birmingham City Centre, accessible by public transport within 45 mins travel time in the am peak
  • PL3. Journey time reliability
  • PL4. Mode Share of all Journeys:
  • PL4. Mode Share of all journeys by car, public transport, cycling & walking
  • PL4. Percentage of car journeys non-single occupancy

Where are we now

  • PL1. 93.7%
  • PL1. 1.13m premises
  • PL2. 41% (WM Met)
  • PL4. Car (64%)
  • PL4. Public Transport (11%)
  • PL4. Walk (22%)
  • PL4. Cycle (1%)
  • PL4.Taxi (2%)
  • PL4. 82%

Change over the last year

  • PL1. +2.3pp
  • PL1. -1.3pp

Direction of Travel Relative to UK average since 2013

  • PL1. +2.4pp WM Met
  • PL1. +14pp UK
  • PL2. -3.2pp
  • PL4. Car +1%
  • PL4. Public Transport -2%
  • PL4. Walk No change Cycle No change Taxi +1% 

Scale of the Challenge

  • PL1. 100%
  • PL1.+75,793 premises
  • PL2. 75%
  • PL2. +34pp
  • PL4. 45% car mode share Car (- 19%)

Measures of Success

  • IN1. No./ha available for housing developments
  • IN2. No./ha available for employment development sites
  • IN3. Land Uplift value

Measures of Success

  • E1. CO2 emitted within SEP area by transport, businesses and homes
  • E2. No. of days poor air quality per year (rated 4 or higher on the Daily Air Quality Index)

Where are we now

  • E1. 21,564kt
  • E1.CO2 (2014)
  • E2. 40 days

Change over the last year

  • E1. 167 ktCO2
  • E1.0.8%
  • E2. +12 days

Direction of Travel Relative to UK average since 2013

  • E1. + 1.6% WMCA
  • E1. -6.3% UK
  • E2. - 16 days WMCA
  • E2. -11 days UK

Scale of the Challenge

  • E1. 7,681 ktCO2
  • E2. 40 days