Benchmarking UK regions Assignment
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Added on 2021-02-16
Benchmarking UK regions Assignment
Added on 2021-02-16
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BENCHMARKING UK REGIONSLABOUR MARKET OUTCOMES
1LABOUR MARKET OUTCOMESBENCHMARKING UK REGIONSINTRODUCTIONThe labour market survey has given us a detailed insight into the UK as a whole. In the UK, England appear tocome out top in most aspects in terms of employment and wages for example, with Northern Ireland and Scotland North of Caledonian Canal lagging behind in most aspects within these labour market outcomes. We can see that in terms of government office regions, London comes out on top by having the most employment percentage e.g. 65% which is 5% higher than the mean employment, and also offering the highest wages. These differences are explained in more depth within the benchmarking report.The mean percentage for all countries within the UK is 78.2% for the private sector. England is the only country which surpasses this at 79% meanwhile Scotland North of Caledonian Canal has the lowest percentage of the private sector with 69.8%. In England especially, we have seen the privatisation of many utilities such as railway stations and even water supplies. In Northern Ireland, there is actually an over reliance on the public sector in order to boost GDP due to the private sector being under-developed. Recently there has been a boost in Northern Irelands privatesector but this is still lagging behind the average ofthe UK as a whole.Source: Labour force surveyFor all the countries in the UK we can see that the top reason for individuals having a part-time job is not wanting a full-time job. The highest percentage being in England, with 71% and the lowest in Scotland with 67%. This may be due to other commitments where individuals are unable to commit themselves to a full-time job e.g. children or care. The lowest percentage was for being ill or disabled therefore meaning these people would be unable to undertake tasks in a full-time job. This percentage may be low due to many who are ill or disabled not being able to work at all and are therefore unemployed.Source: Labour force survey
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