Increasing the economic prosperity of the city and region metrics

Metric

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Progress

Target

Status

Regional gross domestic product (pound per head)

£31,578 (2021 provisional)

£33,117 (2022 provisional)

West Midlands Region £30,117, (2022 provisional), England £37,8520 (2022 provisional)

Improved (or target already acheived)

To increase

On-target

City centre footfall (% of 19/20 outturn)

56.5% (2022/23)

69.1%
(2023/24)

Leicester City Centre 76.8% (2022/23)

Improved (or target already acheived)

To increase

On-target

Visitor trips

11,050,000 (2022)

N/A

N/A (No data), England N/A (No data)

Not available or no updated date

To increase

No target set

Resident employment rate (proxy for new jobs)

   72.1% (Jan-Dec 2022)

   72.2%(Apr 23-Mar 24)

West Midlands Region 75% (Apr 23- Mar 24), England 75.5% (Apr 23 – Mar 24)

Similar, unchanged or statistically insignificant

To increase

 

Unemployment (model-based)

4.9% (Jan-Dec 2022))

   5.4% (Dec 2023)

West Midlands Region 4.8  (Dec 2023), England 3.7% (Dec 2023)

Got worse

To decrease

Off-target

16-17-year-olds not in education, employment, or training (NEET) including not knowns

3.9% (NEET 2.1%, Not known 1.8%) (2022)

3.5% (NEET 2.2%, Not Known 1.3%) 2023

Statistical Neighbours 6.2% (NEET 3.8%, Not Known 2.4%) 2023),   England 5.2'% (NEET 2.8%, Not Known 2.4%) 2023

Improved (or target already acheived)

Below (better than) national average and Statistical Neighbours

On-target

Destination of school leavers aged 16+

91.6% (2020/21)

92.1% (2021/22)

Statistical Neighbours  91.9% (2021/22), England 93.6% (2020/21)

Improved (or target already acheived)

Above or equal to national average

Off-target

Destination of school leavers aged 18 after reaching the end of 16 to18 study

78% (2020/21)

82% (2021/22)

Statistical neighbours 79.5% (2021/22), England 82.6% (2021/22)

Improved (or target already acheived)

Above or equal to national average

Off-target

Apprenticeship levy transferred to support non-levy paying firms in Coventry

£55,642

Transferred 2022/23

Total pledged - £426,485

£32,459

Transferred 2023/24

Total pledged - £445,477

N/A

Got worse

To increase

Off-target

Job Shop Customers Going on to Get Jobs

N/A

818 (2023/24)

N/A

Cannot say, no clear direction of travel

To increase

No target set

Active enterprises (number and rate per 10,000) (proxy for new businesses)

   374 (10,295) (2022)

369
(10,335) 2023

WMCA 397(2023), Warwickshire 542 (2023), England 509 (2023)

Improved (or target already acheived)

To increase

On-target

Change in Council Tax Base (change from 2009 base) (proxy for number of new houses in the city)

112.42 (2022/23)

113.27
2023/24

CIPA 113.11 (2023/24), England 114.64 (2023/24)

Improved (or target already acheived)

To increase

 

On-target

 

Proportion of neighbourhoods amongst the 10% most deprived in England (measure of deprivation)

14.4% (28 out195 Coventry LSOA’s) (2019)

 N/A

WMCA 26.4% (2019), England 10% (2019)

Not available or no updated data

Below national average

No target set

 

Investment income secure

 

£2.9m (2022/23)

£5.3m (2023/24)

N/A

Improved (or target already acheived)

Above Budget

On-target