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Regional and national dimension
Overview of regional and national trends in the sector:
- stronger labour demand is anticipated in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales than in England
- professionals will be in greater demand in London, Scotland and Northern Ireland
- administrative/secretarial staff will be needed in London, general support in Wales
- manual and ancillary staff will be required in Northern Ireland
- recruitment levels will be high in London, central England and Wales
- Wales, Northern Ireland and London will have greater recruitment difficulties compared to the national picture
- skills gaps are greater in Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland compared to regions in England
- Wales and Northern Ireland have fewer retention problems compared to regions in England
- there are fewer volunteers in London and more in the North compared to the other regions
- London and the South East have the most difficulty recruiting staff
- hard-to-fill vacancies vary across the regions, for instance there are less than half a percent in the East Midlands and 13% in the South East
- skill shortage vacancies also vary across the regions, for instance there are less than half a percent in the South West, East Midlands and Yorkshire and the Humber, but 10% in the South East
Source: UK Skill Needs Assessment 2006 and UK Skill Needs Assessment 2005
Sector employment by country, region and sub-sector, 2004
Source: UK Skill Needs Assessment 2006, Table 2.7.
Regions
In England, there is approximately 485,400 staff employed in the justice sector as a whole, comprising 86.7% of the UK justice sector workforce. There are 3,097 organisations in the sector. Employment is predominately in the public sector, as is the case in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Community justice is the only sub-sector to have organisations operating in the voluntary sector.
Sector employment distribution across the following sub-sectors:
- 46.8% policing and law enforcement, compared with 49.2% in the UK
- 27.1% community justice, compared with 25.3%
- 13.1% custodial care, compared with 13%
- 11.4% courts, compared with 10.7%
- 1.6% prosecution, compared with 1.8%
Organisations in England report recruitment difficulties across all levels of occupations with the exception of manual and ancillary workers. Recruitment difficulties are reported to be the result of a low number of applicants with the required skills.
28% of organisations in the sector reported skills gaps, compared to 30% in the UK sector. Skills gaps in IT/computing skills were more likely to be reported in England (62%), than the UK sector (54%), Scotland (47%), Wales (41%) and Northern Ireland (46%). Skills shortages are lowest in England (46%), compared to the UK (52%).
Source: Skills Needs Assessment for England 2006
For specific regional data see:
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