Transport to Employment Research Project

About This Report:

This page will host information relating to the Job Centre Plus Flexible Support Grant Funded research exploring transport barriers to employment.

The research project study area consists of:

  • Leicestershire County
  • Leicester City
  • North Warwickshire District
  • Nuneaton and Bedworth District

Stage 1 - Contextual Data

The Tableau dashboards below provide contextual data to inform Stage 1 of the research project:

Contextual Data by LSOA
Including deprivation, urban/ rural and socio-economic classification.

2011 Census Data by LSOA
Including car and van availability, employment, qualification and occupation.

Claimant Count and Qualifications Data by Ward
Including JSA claimant count by age and duration, qualifications by age and IB/ SDA claimant count.

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Call for Evidence

As part of the initial information gathering, the project group has decided to conduct a call for evidence to allow interested parties to feed in any local information that they consider relevant to the research. Further information, guidance and the submission form can be found via the link at the bottom of this page.

Please note: the call for evidence has now closed

Additional information and findings from the research will be added to this page as required.

Stage 2 - Site Analysis

The Stage 2 report, compiled for the project by TTR Ltd, can be accessed at the links below. The report consists of two parts; a main report exploring specific employment sites and an additional report containing supporting information.

For more information on the project, please contact:

Alex Lea
Research & Insight Manager
Research & Insight Team
Strategy, Partnerships & Communities Branch
Chief Executive's Department
Leicestershire County Council
County Hall, Glenfield
Leicester LE3 8RA

Tel 0116 305 6803
Email alex.lea@leics.gov.uk

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