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Information on regional trends and differences, together with the trends in the home nations including Scotland and Wales

The regions with high levels of employment in the Active Leisure and Learning sector include:

  • South East
  • Scotland
  • North West
  • London

The regional distribution of establishments reporting vacancies shows that the North West (30%), North East (24%), East of England (23%) and South West (23%) have the highest proportion of establishments reporting each of the vacancies.  London has the lowest rate of vacancies (11%).

Skill gaps are most likely to reported by establishments in the North East (32% of establishments) and Yorkshire and Humberside (29%).  Establishments in London were least likely to report skills gaps (18% of establishments).

Source: Skills Needs Assessment – England 2005

Employment and number of establishments in the sector by region, 2004

table

Source: Skills Needs Assessment – England 2005, table 3.3b.  (1) National Employer Skills Survey 2003 (2) Experian (2005) using the 2004 Labour force Survey.

Regional information

Regional action plans for Active Leisure and Learning will be available from the SkillsActive website in Summer 2006.

South East
North West
London
East of England
South West
Yorkshire and Humber
West Midlands
East Midlands
North East
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