Child Poverty and Local Area Agreements

LAAs: next stepsWhich indicators?

What data?

Will MorlidgeGOEM

LAAs: next steps

• “Refresh” to be completed by LAA partners and GOs by March 2009 (ministerial sign-off April)

• Issues to be resolved:– Reward: guidance expected by Christmas– Indicators: eg KS3, perception of ASB– Targetry: Whitehall and GOs are working on their

negotiating briefs– Data: collection and/or quality assurance of many

datasets underway

Which indicators? (1)

• NIS includes “baskets of indicators” which:– can impact on your area of work– might be affected by your work– underpin a delivery plan when taken together

• Various approaches:– SETF, DCSF, GOEM – policy driven– GOL, CLG – statistically driven

Which indicators? (2)

From DCSF, GOEM, GOL and CLG models: 71 NIs identified, 4 were common:

• 102 Achievement gap between FSM pupils and peers achieving at Key Stages 2 and 4

• 106 Young people from low income backgrounds progressing to higher education

• 116 Proportion of children in poverty (workless households)

• 118 Take up of formal childcare by low-income working families

Which indicators? (3)

In 2 or 3:• 48 Children KSI• 53 Breastfeeding• 70 Emergency hospital admissions• 72 Foundation Stage (mandatory)• 73-84 Attainment (some mandatory)• 112 Teenage conception• 117 NEET• 187 Fuel poverty

Which indicators? (4)

In 1:• 1-5 civic participation• 9-11 culture• 55-56 Obesity• 57 Sport• 58 Emotional health• 61-63 CIC stability• Attainment (17 NIs)• 104-5 SEN attainment

• 107-8 BME attainment

• 151 Employment rate• 152, 153, 181

Benefits• 158 Decent Homes• 161-5 Adult skills• 166 Earnings• 185 Street cleanliness

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• Take up of 116 (1), 118 (1 local), 102 (0) and 106 (0)• Attainment, TP and NEET are well covered• Reliant on less strongly related NIs (eg NI1 is in 8)• But broadly similar to national picture (bar London)

Which indicators? (6)

For consideration:• Which are impacts of CP and which does CP

impact on?• Are CIC being accidentally screened out?• No link to ASB, drugs or crime• Weak linkages to indicators on adult social

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Child Poverty Unit to lead further work

What data?NI Data available?

102 FSM achievement gap Yes

106 YP from poor backgrounds into HE From November 2008

116 Proportion of children in poverty No

118 Childcare take-up by low income families No

48 Children KSI Yes

53 Breastfeeding No

70 Emergency hospital admissions No

72 Foundation Stage Yes

73-84 Attainment Yes (some imminent)

112 Teenage conception Yes

117 NEET Yes

187 Fuel poverty No – region only

Any questions?

To support the afternoon sessions data packs on available datasets will be circulated for each local area

Will Morlidge

GOEM

will.morlidge@goem.gsi.gov.uk

0115 971 2563