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Ward Profile
Blundellsands
Councillor Christine Howard
Councillor Samantha Marshall
Councillor Diane Roscoe
Released: October 2017 Amended: July 2019
Collated by Gemma Monaghan – Amended Ian McGowan Commissioning Support & Business Intelligence Service Data, Insight, Business Intelligence, & Performance
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Issue/Amendment Record
Version Date of Issue Reason for Issue
V1 21/09/2017 Initial Full Draft
V2 04/10/2017 Final
V3 25/05/2018 Councillor Change
V4 25/07/2019 Councillor Change
Document Ownership
Role Name/Title
Author Gemma Monaghan
Release Wayne Leatherbarrow Authority Service Manager – Performance & intelligence.
Distribution Cabinet Council Chief Executive SLB Public
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Primary Settings ...... 20 Contents Key Stage 1 (KS1) ...... 20 Key Stage 2 (KS2) ...... 21 Highlights ...... 4 Secondary School Settings ...... 21 Sefton Comparative Position ...... 5 Key Stage 4 (KS4) ...... 21 National Comparative Position ...... 5 Not in Employment Education or Training (NEET) ...... 22 LCR Comparative Position ...... 6 Community Safety ...... 23 North West Comparative Position ...... 6 Crime ...... 23 Overview ...... 7 Anti-social Behaviour (ASB) ...... 23 Implications for Service Delivery ...... 7 Index of Multiple Deprivation – Crime ...... 24 Demographics ...... 8 Deliberate Fires ...... 24 2015 Ward Population Distribution by Age Band & Health ...... 25 Gender ...... 9 Hospital Admissions ...... 25 2015 Ward Population Distribution Comparisons...... 9 Index of Multiple Deprivation – Health & Disability .... 27 Population Change by Core Age Groups ...... 9 2011 Census Flows – Migration ...... 28 NINo Registrations 2012-2016 ...... 9 2011 Census Flows – Travel to Work ...... 29 Service Demand ...... 9 Service Demand & Delivery in Ward ...... 30 Deprivation ...... 10 Children’s Social Care ...... 30 Children in Low Income Families (2014) ...... 10 Early Help ...... 30 Overall IMD Score by LSOA (2015) ...... 11 Factors at Assessment – Domestic Violence / Substance IDAOPI Score by LSOA (2015) ...... 11 Misuse ...... 30 IDACI Score by LSOA (2015) ...... 11 Children Centres ...... 30 Housing & Households ...... 12 YOT (Youth Offending Team) ...... 30 Household Composition ...... 12 Adult Social Care - Personal Care at Home ...... 31 Time Void / Vacant ...... 13 Adult Social Care - Long Term Residential and Nursing New Build Bedroom Types ...... 13 Homes ...... 31 Average House Prices ...... 13 Adult Social Care - Contacts...... 31 Barriers to Housing & Services IMD Score by LSOA Libraries ...... 32 (2015) ...... 14 Domestic Waste Collection ...... 32 Economy & Business ...... 15 Calls for Service – Environmental Issues ...... 32 Economically Active ...... 15 MOSAIC Profile ...... 33 Economically Inactive ...... 15 Overview ...... 33 Unemployed ...... 15 Generic MOSAIC Characteristics ...... 34 Index of Multiple Deprivation - Employment ...... 15 Notes on Data & Methodology ...... 36 Benefits & Support ...... 16 Acronyms and Abbreviations ...... 38 Benefit Claimants ...... 17 Sources ...... 39 Job Seekers Allowance ...... 17 Universal Credit ...... 17 Housing Benefit ...... 17 Council Tax Reduction ...... 17 Emergency Limited Assistance Scheme (ELAS) Applications...... 18 Education ...... 19 Nursery Settings ...... 19 Early Years Foundation Stage ...... 19
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Highlights
Life Expectancy Free School Meals
82 85 78 83 79 83 6% 18% 16%
Blundellsands Sefton England Blundellsands1 Sefton England
Average Age at Death (2015) Proportion of children taking Free School Meals
Children on a Social Care Plan Benefits Claimants
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16 50 11% 7% 15% Blundellsands Sefton Blundellsands Sefton England
Numbers per 1,000 of 0-17 year olds (16/17). Percent of working age population claiming benefits
Educational Attainment Emergency Limited Assistance Scheme
1% 4%
Blundellsands Sefton
Percentage of residents aged 18+ making application (16/17)
Rate of Reported Crimes
35 61 Blundellsands Sefton
Percentage of Children NOT Achieving a Good Level of Development or Attaining Standard (15/16). Numbers of crimes reported per 1,000 population (2016)
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Sefton Comparative Position National Comparative Position This table shows the relative position of the ward This table shows the relative position of the ward compared to all other wards in Sefton. Low values compared to Wards in England. Low values are to are to the left, high to the right. the left, high to the right.
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LCR Comparative Position North West Comparative Position This table shows the relative position of the ward This table shows the relative position of the ward compared to all other wards in the Liverpool City compared to Wards across the Northwest. Low Region (LCR). Low values are to the left, high to values are to the left, high to the right. the right.
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Overview Implications for Service Delivery Sefton is a metropolitan borough of Merseyside, Due to the demographic makeup, the overall lower England and its local authority is Sefton Council. deprivation and average to better health seen Sefton was formed, following the Local across the ward, demands on services in the ward Government Act 1972, on 1 April 1974. should be lower than compared to other wards and Sefton as a whole; however these may increase in Blundellsands is one of the 22 wards that make up the foreseeable future due to an aging population Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council. It is located and slight increases in overall deprivation seen. Key in the centre of the borough and covers part of service demands could include: the Blundellsands and Brighton-le-Sands areas. Blundellsands is bordered by the River Mersey to ▪ Demand on services relating to older people the West, Manor ward to the North and East, with including adult social care and health services Church and Victoria wards to the South. may be higher than average in Blundellsands due to the aging population seen in the ward. In the ward there are: ▪ Slightly higher than average levels of lone • Four Primary Schools person households for those aged 65 and over • One Secondary School in the area, may lead to loneliness and • One Leisure Centre seclusion issues which can have an impact on • Two General Practitioner (GP) Surgeries (as resident’s health and wellbeing and create a of 2014) demand on services such as adult social care and support charities. ▪ The ward has a higher rate of education attainment across most areas compared to the Sefton average; however there may be a higher demand on school and education services to still improve on this.
▪ Budgets cuts seen by both Merseyside Police and Merseyside Fire and Rescue coupled with the increases in rates of crimes and fires within the ward may result in increases in demand and therefor increasing level of direct costs. Associated with these issues are also indirect costs including lowered levels of community satisfaction and wellbeing; and reduced attractiveness to encourage businesses and job creators to locate in the area.
▪ There are overall lower than average levels of reliance on benefits in the ward, yet changes made in the Welfare Reform Act may see increased levels of vulnerable households and widening in inequalities in households, leading to demands on services such as Food Banks, Emergency Limited Assistance Scheme, Housing Benefits, and Homeless Services.
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Demographics or Minority Ethnic background. The England average is approximately 15%. The latest 2015 population estimates indicate Identification of international migration trends there are approximately 11,300 people living in between the decennial Censuses is difficult as Blundellsands. accurate data covering the whole population is Overall the people of the ward tend to be older not available. However, the National Insurance than the Sefton, Liverpool City Region, the North Number (NINo) registrations of adult overseas West and England averages. With 25% of the nationals entering the UK can be used to create a population being aged 65 and over compared to picture of economically active migration (see 23% across the Borough and 18% across Liverpool methodology section for interpretation of this City Region and England, with 4% of Blundellsands data). residents being aged 85 and over, compared to There have been a total of approximately 68 NINo just 2% in the City Region and England. registrations made within Blundellsands by The slightly higher than average older person overseas nationals between July 2012 and June population found within the ward, may mean that 2016. Assuming none of those applicants moved there will be increased demand for services out of the ward during the period this equates to specifically from adults social care, GP and health 10 per 1,000 16 to 65 year olds living in the ward. services along with other sources of support. This is considerably lower than the rate seen across Sefton as a whole (21 per 1,000) Liverpool 62% of the population are of “working age” (16 – City Region (36), the North West (43), and rate 65) similar to the Sefton rate (62%); meaning seen across England (77). demand for jobs or benefit support in the area would be similar to that of the borough as a 71% of the overseas national registrations within whole. Blundellsands during the period were from European countries. Spain made up the highest The overall population country for registrations from European countries in the ward has seen a in the ward (17%) followed by Italy (10%). small increase (1%), over the last decade The number of European registrations in similar to the increase Blundellsands has been sporadic across the time seen across Sefton (1%). period (July 2012 to June 2016) with only four With those aged 65 and quarters seeing registrations. over increasing by 18% (with residents aged 85 and over have showing an increase of 13%). These increases may lead to greater demand being put on services required by older people including adult social care in the near future. In the last Census (2011) 95% of the population was born in the United Kingdom. With 3% of the ward population having an ethnicity recorded as Mixed Heritage, Black, Asian,
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2015 Ward Population Distribution by Age Band & NINo Registrations 2012-2016 Gender Ward Rate per 1,000 population Aged 16 - 65 Count Ward Sefton LCR NW England European Union NINo 48 6.9 18.6 26.7 30.3 57.0 Rest of the World NINo 20 2.9 2.7 9.3 12.7 20.0 All Overseas NINo 68 9.8 21.3 36.1 43.1 77.1
Service Demand Approximately 3% of Blundellsands residents aged 65 and over received some form of long term care from Sefton’s Adult Social Care during the 2016/17 financial year. Approximately 2% of the 0 – 17 year old population within the ward were known to Sefton Children’s Social care and on some form of plan (Children in Need, Child Protection or Looked After Children) at some point between April 2016 and March 2017. Approximately 1% of the 0 – 18 year old population within the ward were known to Sefton’s Early Help service at some point between April 2016 and March 2017. 2015 Ward Population Distribution Comparisons
Blundellsands Percentage Count Ward Sefton LCR England Total 11,258 - - - - Males 5,372 48% 48% 49% 49% Females 5,886 52% 52% 51% 51% Aged 0-17 1,921 17% 19% 20% 21% Aged 0-19 2,195 19% 22% 23% 24% Aged 16-65 6,961 62% 62% 65% 64% Aged 18 - 64 6,560 58% 58% 61% 61% Aged 55 - 65 1,929 17% 15% 13% 12% Aged 65+ 2,777 25% 23% 18% 18% Aged 85+ 467 4% 3% 2% 2% Population Change by Core Age Groups
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Deprivation (IDACI) is a supplementary index to the IMD. In general the ward is populated by some of the Deprivation within Blundellsands is low, with lesser income deprived parents with children in some residents living in some of the least the country. deprived areas within England. The Index of Six of the wards LSOAs are in the bottom 30% Multiple Deprivation (IMD) measures levels of affected areas nationally (one is within the deprivation across seven domains. The higher the bottom 5% of affected areas). The average IDACI score the more affected or ‘deprived’ an area is. score across the ward is 0.07 – again considerably The IMD data can be viewed at a number of lower than Sefton’s average 0.20. different levels. The map below shows the relative Five of the LSOAs in the ward showed an increase level of deprivation across Sefton where the areas in levels of income deprivation affecting children shaded are ‘Lower Level Super Output Areas’ between 2010 and 2015, suggesting deterioration (LSOA). These areas are groups of approximately in the parental income over the period in these 200 households - defined nationally. areas. Four of the eight LSOAs which make up the ward It is estimated that in 2014 there were some 140 are all within the bottom 30% of the least affected dependent children (aged 0-19) within LSOAs nationally. However, five of the LSOAs Blundellsands living in low income families. This have seen increases when comparing the 2015 equates to approximately 7.5% of all children in IMD average score to those in 2010 indicating that the ward. This is seen a slight decrease when the level of deprivation in these areas has compared to 2010 (16%), however, there has increased over the last 5 years. The average score been an increase from the previous year (2013 – across the ward is 10.9 compared to an average of 5.8%). 26.1 across Sefton as a whole. Children in Low Income Families (2014) The income deprivation affecting older people index (IDAOPI) is a supplementary index to the IMD. In general the ward is populated by less income deprived older people, with three of the LSOAs falling in the bottom 20% of affected areas across England (one of which is within the bottom 5%). The average IDAOPI score across the ward is 0.12 – lower than the Sefton 0.22 average.
Only two of the LSOAs have shown increases in levels of income deprivation affecting older people between 2010 and 2015 suggesting an improvement in overall older people incomes over the period possibly as a result of the protection of Pension levels over the period. The income deprivation affecting children index
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Overall IMD Score by LSOA (2015) IDACI Score by LSOA (2015)
IDAOPI Score by LSOA (2015) Overall Blundellsands has a lower than average level of all deprivation types, however, there are some areas within the ward which have seen an increase in deprivation when comparing 2015 to the 2010 results. In general the lower levels of deprivation goes hand in hand with low levels of demands for services covering all ages including children’s and adult’s social care, benefits (including out of work and housing), ‘Sefton Turnaround’ Programme, and early help, intervention, and prevention.
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Housing & Households yet lower than LCR 16%, NW 15%, and England 17%). In most respects the housing make-up of the ward reflects its population of predominantly settled ▪ 3% of households over 65 had a tenure households with middle aged to older people. category of local authority or social land-lord rented (Sefton was 14%, LCR 19%, NW 21%, In the 2011 Census: and England 19%), with a further 6% residing in privately rented properties (Sefton was 5%, 32% of households were occupied by just one ▪ LCR 4%, NW 5%, and England 4%). Meaning person (Sefton was 32%, LCR 34%, NW 32%, 9% of households over 65 were rented and England 30%). properties (compared to 19% in Sefton), this ▪ 17% of households were occupied by will lead to lower demands for funding should someone aged 65+ living alone slightly higher these residents move into long term than the Borough and the other local and residential or nursing facilities as they will not national averages. (Sefton was 16%, LCR 13%, have any property equity to fund their stays. NW 13%, and England 12%). Indicating that ▪ 18% of households within Blundellsands do demands on adult services or charities may be not have access to a car or van; this is much a little higher than that of the borough as a lower than the comparison areas, Sefton with whole with demand likely to increase due to 28%, LCR with 34%, NW with 28% and England the aging population. at 26%. 37% of the households in the ward ▪ 9% of households were occupied by a lone have access to two or more cars (Sefton 28%, parent. (Sefton was 13%, LCR 14%, NW 12%, LCR 24%, NW24% and England 25%). The and England 11%). small pocket with limited access to a vehicle may lead to isolation issues and a reliance on ▪ 84% of households public transport and possible consequential had an occupancy restricted access to jobs and services. rating of +1 or more - an indication that the households had one or more bedrooms than ‘required’. This is considerably higher than the rates seen across the Borough (74%), City Region (73%), Northwest (72%) and England Household Composition (69%). The ward has a slightly higher than average ▪ Just 3% of all number of long-term vacant properties; with the household tenure was majority properties being privately owned. The local authority or social ward has a lower level of Council Tax discounts land-lord rented and receipt shortfalls, partly a function of the considerably lower average level of single occupancy households. than local and national Overall the ward contributes some 4% of all rates (Sefton was 14%, rateable dwellings in Sefton (similar to the LCR 22%, NW and number of households in the ward, with England 18%). With Blundellsands making up 4% of all households in 13% of households the Borough). being privately rented properties (Sefton 13%,
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Just 8% (405 dwellings) within the ward are New Build Bedroom Types deemed to fall into Council Tax Band A, with the majority of households within the ward falling Tax Band C (25% / 1,296). Of the 5,182 household dwellings within the ward subject to paying Council Tax 33% qualified for single occupancy discount (i.e. their Council Tax liability was reduced by 25%). This equates to nearly £500,000 in reductions for single occupancy discounts in the ward.
It is estimated that the council tax total net liability in Blundellsands was £7.1 million in 2016/17, during the period receipts were received There were 187 properties sold in Blundellsands of approximately £7.0m leaving an estimated between January and December 2016, all bar one ‘short fall’ of approximately £86,000 across the were household dwellings. Of all the properties ward (1%). sold in the ward over a third (34%) were semi- detached properties. Blundellsands has a rate of vacant and / or void properties of 44 per 1,000 properties. The ward’s 18% of all properties sold in during the year were rate is slightly higher than the average for the leasehold. Borough (42 per 1000). Average House Prices There were a total of 223 vacant and / or void properties in the ward as of April 2016 making up 4% of all vacant and / or void properties across Sefton. 21% of the vacant and / or void stock in the ward has been vacant and / or void for over two years. 96% of the wards vacant and / or void properties are registered as being privately owned; higher than the Borough rate of 85%.
Time Void / Vacant
Blundellsands Sefton Count Rate / 1k Count Rate / 1k In general all areas of Sefton have relatively low 0-6 Months 91 17.8 2148 17.3 barriers to housing when compared nationally. 6-12 Months 61 12.0 1209 9.7 With, the 2015 Index of Deprivation relating to 12-24 Months 26 5.1 740 6.0 Housing & Services shows that Blundellsands an 24+ Months 47 9.2 1131 9.1 overall lower than average issues in terms of Total 225 44.1 5228 42.2 housing barriers across Sefton, the ward is slightly As at March 2016 there were 12 development more accessible than across Sefton (the ward has sites built or in progress in Blundellsands, an average score of 9.1 compared to 9.7 across constituting 21 dwellings none of which are Sefton as a whole). The ward has also seen an intended as ‘affordable’. overall improvement from 2010. Seven of LSOAs making up the ward, are in the bottom 20% of affected areas nationally, meaning that residents of the ward are living in some of the least affected areas for barriers to housing and services across England, however, one LSOA within the area is within the top 30% nationally,
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meaning it is in one of the least accessible areas nationally for housing.
There has been progress made in recent developments and improvement in housing stock, and given the slightly higher levels of vacant and poor quality accommodation and average levels of lone person households coupled with the amount of developments already in the ward there may be some opportunity for continued existing stock improvements especially yet possible not for those classed as affordable homes. Barriers to Housing & Services IMD Score by LSOA (2015)
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Economy & Business Economically Active Blundellsands Percentages As of October 2016 there were a total of 34 Count Ward Sefton LCR NW England All 5708 69.4 67.1 65.7 67.8 69.9 establishments throughout Blundellsands which In employment 5160 62.7 59.1 56.2 59.6 62.1 Employee: Part-time 1138 13.8 15.0 14.0 13.9 13.7 hold a license under the 2003 Licensing Act; these Employee: Full-time 3102 37.7 35.8 35.6 37.5 38.6 Self-employed 920 11.2 8.2 6.6 8.2 9.8 include locations which sell alcohol (shops, pubs, Unemployed 316 3.8 4.9 5.8 4.7 4.4 clubs and restaurants) along with properties Full-time student 232 2.8 3.1 3.7 3.5 3.4 serving hot food after 11pm. The ward makes up Economically Inactive 3% of all Sefton’s licensed premises lower than Blundellsands Percentages the Sefton average of 5%. Count Ward Sefton LCR NW England All 2522 30.6 32.9 34.3 32.2 30.1 Retired 1456 17.7 17.3 14.7 14.8 13.7 Two establishments hold a license under the Student 434 5.3 4.4 6.3 5.6 5.8 Gambling Regulation Act 2003 in the ward as of Looking after home or family 245 3.0 3.4 3.9 3.9 4.4 Long-term sick or disabled 269 3.3 5.9 7.1 5.6 4.0 October 2016. Other 118 1.4 1.9 2.3 2.2 2.2 Within Blundellsands there were 133 inspections Unemployed carried out of commercial properties (ranging Blundellsands Percentages Count Ward Sefton LCR NW England from large chain stores e.g. Asda / Tesco, to the Age 16 to 24 98 1.2 1.4 1.7 1.4 1.2 Age 50 to 74 76 0.9 1.0 1.0 0.8 0.8 local corner shop) during 2016. Never worked 43 0.5 0.7 1.0 0.8 0.7 Long-term 103 1.3 2.0 2.4 1.8 1.7 According to Experian Mosaic in 2016, 17% (892) of households within Blundellsands had an annual Index of Multiple Deprivation - Employment income of less than £15,000, lower than the rates seen across Sefton. Possibly due to the area being predominantly stable more affluent households.
The 2011 Census indicated that of the then 8,230 residents aged 16 to 74 living within Blundellsands, 69% were economically active. Of these economically active residents, 38% were employed full time; 14% employed part time; and 11% were self-employed. 31% were economically in-active; of whom 18% were retired and 3% were registered as long term sick or disabled. In total 103 (1%) had been unemployed long term, less than 1% (0.5% / 43) had never been employed. Three of the wards LSOAs are in the bottom 30% of areas in England for working age people who have been involuntarily excluded from the labour market, the remaining LSOAs are mid-level; all bar two of the wards LSOAs have seen a reduction in employment levels since 2010.
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Benefits & Support West (11%), and England (11%). There were 98 Universal Credit (UC) claimants in Blundellsands is characterised overall by lower the ward in December 2016. This will have seen than average benefits-dependent population, an increase compared to 2015 primarily as a result however, there has been some pockets of of the move from a basket of different benefits to increases in socio-economic problems of overall the single Universal Credit benefit from 2014 poverty. The population vulnerable to the which has not yet been completed. vagaries of the wider economy are less likely to be vulnerable to the structural changes in benefit Blundellsands has a lower rate of 18 – 64 year old levels and accessibility. UC claimants than comparison areas, 2% compared to Sefton, LCR and NW all at 3% yet is There are approximately 495 working age people on higher than England at 1%, but again caution residing in the ward claiming benefits. This is 7% should be used as the conversion rate to this of all the working aged residents; lower than single benefit will differ across areas. Sefton (15%), LCR (17%), North West (14%) and There were 510 families in the ward who were out Great Britain (15%). of work claiming Child Tax Credits (CTC) equating to 8% of all Sefton out of work families. Figures for August 2016 show the total number 965 families in Blundellsands are claiming child of claimants in the ward benefits (relating to 1,575 children). This is 3% of decreased by 6% (30) all families in Sefton, and 3% of all children. compared to August In January 2017 some 308 households in 2015. This is slightly Blundellsands were claiming Housing Benefit (6% higher than the of all households in the ward as of Census 2011). percentage reduction This is lower than the averages seen across the seen across the Borough comparison areas with the borough having 18%, as a whole (5%). LCR with 22%, and NW with 18% and England as a Of working age benefit whole 17%. A vast number of these households claimants within the are Housing Association properties. Like the ward 57% are in receipt comparison areas the ward has seen a decrease in of either Employment the number of claimants when comparing January Support Allowance (ESA) 2017 to the same period in 2016. or Incapacity Benefit. Some 517 households in the ward are claiming This has seen a 2% Council Tax Reduction (10% of all rated decrease compared to households); lower than the Sefton average of the same period last 21%. Some 45% of these claiming households are year, with Sefton seeing Housing Association properties. a 2% increase. Between April 2016 and March 2017 there were As of January 2017 there 57 applications to Sefton’s Emergency Limited were 9% of residents in Assistance Scheme (ELAS) by residents within Blundellsands claiming Blundellsands. This makes up 1% of residents aged Job Seekers Allowance 18 and over in the ward, lower than the borough (JSA) aged between 18 rate. The ward has seen a rise in the number of and 24 years of age. applications made in 2016/17 compared to the The ward is similar to previous year unlike Sefton which saw an overall the proportion of 18 to reduction. Of the applications in the ward, 60% 24 year olds claiming JSA were approved in full, with 9% being partially across Sefton (9%) and approved (2016/17). The ward made up just 1% of LCR (10%) the North all Sefton’s applicants.
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Trussell Trust Food Bank data for April 2015 to Universal Credit March 2016 shows that 35 Blundellsands residents were fed by a Food Bank located in Sefton, equating to just 3 per 1,000 residents which is significantly lower than the Sefton rate of just 57 per 1,000.
Benefit Claimants
Ward Percentage of Total Working Age Population Count Ward Sefton LCR NW England Total Claimants 495 7.2 14.9 16.9 13.5 11.3 Job Seekers Allowance 40 0.6 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.2 ESA & Incapacity 280 4.1 8.9 10.1 7.8 6.1 Lone Parents 20 0.3 1.1 1.4 1.1 1.0 Housing Benefit Carers 80 1.2 2.3 2.7 2.1 1.7 Other Income Related Benefits 10 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 Disabled 50 0.7 1.1 1.1 0.9 0.8 Bereaved 15 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 Key out-of-Work Benefits 350 5.1 11.4 13.0 10.3 8.6
Council Tax Reduction
Job Seekers Allowance
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Emergency Limited Assistance Scheme (ELAS) Within Blundellsands there is a lower level of Applications reliance on most forms of benefits; however the new reforms may lead to a potential reduction in household income for some of the more vulnerable residents in the ward. This could have an increased demand on other provisions including ELAS, Food Banks and homeless services. The reduction in household income may also have a knock on effect on local businesses and landlords.
Blundellsands Application Status Count Ward Sefton Total Applications 57 Approved 34 60% 65% Partially Approved 5 9% 5% Not Approved 18 32% 30%
The Welfare Reform Act introduced major changes to the national benefits system. As of November 2016 the benefit cap on household income was reduced from £26,000 per annum to £20,000 per annum. This was in addition to the already implanted reforms of the ‘bedroom tax’ (a reduction in housing benefit for occupants of rented housing who have more rooms than they are deemed to require); and council tax reduction scheme (the personal capital limit has been reduced from £16,000 to £6,000 for council tax liability meaning unemployed working age people, 16-64, with less than £6,000 being liable to pay 20% of the annual council tax bill). Along with the changes in limits and accessibility the way benefits are paid is also changing. Universal Credits is being introduced as a single means-tested benefit paid to people of working age replacing JSA, ESA, IS, HB, WTC and CTC. Personal Independence Payment is replacing DLA, it is a benefit for people aged 16-64 with a long- term health condition or disability that means they have trouble getting around or need help with daily living activities. These changes in the welfare reform system are going to have varying impacts across Sefton wards.
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Education than the levels seen across Sefton (30%), North West (33%), and England (31%). Given the direct correlation between deprivation levels it is unsurprising that overall Blundellsands ▪ 10% were entitled to a free school meal has a lower to average proportion of children with (Sefton is 19%). special educational needs and higher levels of The number of pupils subject to Special attainment rates compared to the Sefton results. ▪ Educational Needs (SEN) support was below The higher levels of attainment and lower levels five and so could not be reported in the ward of specialist support needed for children in the (Sefton is 7%). ward may present particular challenges to further Blundellsands Sefton improve the delivery of services and pressures on Nursery Class Pupils Count % Count % service delivery across school and educational Total Pupils 27 1922 services. The population spike seen in the Females 12 44% 936 49% demographic profile of the Borough could also Males 15 56% 986 51% add to service pressures over the medium term. Receiving Free School Nursery Settings Meal 0 0% 180 9% SEN Support 0 0% 80 4% Of the 27 students resident in Blundellsands English as a First attending a Sefton maintained Nursery setting: Language1 27 100% 1830 95% English not as a First ▪ 1% of all Nursery pupils in Sefton live in Language1 0 0% 86 4% Blundellsands Born in Great Britain2 24 89% 1692 88% Born Outside Great 2 ▪ 9% of the estimated Nursery age population Britain 0 0% 24 1% 1 The Language Breakdowns may not add up to the total number of pupils as the Language within the ward attend a Sefton maintained was either not provided, unknown or refused 2 The Country of Births may not add up to the total number of pupils as the Country was nursery (Sefton has a rate of 21%). either not provided, unknown or refused
▪ The number of pupils entitled to a free school meal was below five and so could not be reported in the ward (Sefton is 9%).
▪ The number of pupils subject to Special Educational Needs (SEN) support was below five and so could not be reported in the ward (Sefton is 4%).
Early Years Foundation Stage
▪ Of the 95 students residing within Blundellsands ward and attending a Sefton Pupils with SEN & Eligible for Free maintained setting with SEN Support (EYFS) School Meal (EYFS) an Early Years Count % Count % Foundation Stage (EYFS) Blundellsands 9 9.5% level: Sefton 193 6.6% 549 18.8% LCR 1876 10.5% 3956 22.2% NW 8067 9.0% 14562 16.3% 22% did not achieve ▪ England 60560 9.1% 93538 14.0% a “Good Level of Development”. Lower
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Primary Settings Key Stage 1 (KS1) Of the 612 Sefton maintained Primary School During 2015/16 there were 63 students residing students living in the ward: within Blundellsands ward and attending a Sefton maintained setting with a KS1 level. For these ▪ 3% of all Primary pupils in Sefton live in students: Blundellsands. ▪ 37% did not achieve the expected standard in ▪ 71% of the estimated primary school age Reading, Writing, and Maths; lower than the population within the ward attend a Sefton average for Sefton at 43%. maintained primary school (Sefton has a rate of 83%). ▪ Blundellsands had a higher attainment in three of subject types when compared to the ▪ 7% were entitled to a free school meal (Sefton Borough, with Science being on par. is 18%).
▪ 5% were subject to Special Educational Needs (SEN) support (Sefton is 11%).
Blundellsands Sefton Primary School Pupils Count % Count % Total Pupils 612 19663 Females 283 46% 9601 49% Males 329 54% 10062 51% Receiving Free School Meal 42 7% 3623 18% SEN Support 32 5% 2126 11% English as a First Language1 590 96% 18729 95% English not as a First Language1 22 4% 930 5%
Born in Great Britain2 530 87% 17638 90% Born Outside Great 2 Britain 12 2% 473 2% 1 The Language Breakdowns may not add up to the total number of pupils as the Language was either not provided, unknown or refused 2 The Country of Births may not add up to the total number of pupils as the Country was either not provided, unknown or refused
Pupils with SEN & Eligible for Free SEN Support (KS1) School Meal (KS1) Count % Count % Blundellsands 4 6.3% 1 1.6% Sefton 316 11.3% 63 2.3% LCR 2898 16.8% 3955 22.9% NW 13330 15.3% 15080 17.3% England 95180 14.8% 97397 15.2%
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Key Stage 2 (KS2) Secondary School Settings During 2015/16 there were 85 students residing Of the 365 Sefton maintained Secondary School within the ward and attending a Sefton students living in the ward: maintained setting, with a KS2 level. For these students: ▪ 3% of all secondary school pupils in Sefton live in Blundellsands. ▪ 36% did not achieve the expected standard in Reading, Writing, and Maths; lower than the ▪ 55% of the estimated secondary school age average for Sefton at 45%. population within the ward attend a Sefton maintained secondary school (Sefton has a When comparing the individual subjects by rate of 75%). teacher assessment, the Blundellsands cohort has had better results across all subjects than ▪ 6% were entitled to a free school meal (Sefton compared to Sefton. Writing has the lowest is 17%). attainment rate and Science has the highest. ▪ 6% were subject to Special Educational Needs (SEN) support (Sefton is 12%).
Blundellsands Sefton High School Pupils Count % Count % Total Pupils 365 212 13058 5462 Females 189 52% 6411 49% Males 176 48% 6647 51% Receiving Free School Meal 21 6% 2257 17% SEN Support 23 6% 1539 12% English as a First Language1 365 100% 12600 96% English not as a First Language1 0 0% 455 3% Born in Great Britain2 212 100% 5251 96% Born Outside Great 2 Britain 0 0% 211 4% 1 The Language Breakdowns may not add up to the total number of pupils as the Language was either not provided, unknown or refused 2 The Country of Births may not add up to the total number of pupils as the Country was either not provided, unknown or refused Please note within the table counts below four have been suppressed
Key Stage 4 (KS4) During 2015/16 there were 70 students residing within Blundellsands ward and attending a Sefton maintained setting undertaking GCSE examinations. For these students:
▪ 24% did not achieve A* to C in English and
Pupils with SEN & SEN Eligible for Free Maths; lower than the averages for Sefton, Support (KS2) School Meal (KS2) LCR, the North West and England. Count % Count % Blundellsands 6 7.1% 1 1.2% ▪ 74% did not achieve the English Sefton 337 12.8% 406 15.4% LCR 3268 20.1% 3686 22.7% Baccalaureate, similar to Sefton, LCR, and NW 14450 18.0% 14080 17.5% England. England 102619 17.7% 90680 15.6% ▪ The students in Blundellsands had an average Attainment 8 score of 53.96 higher than the Borough, city region, region, and country.
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▪ The average Progress 8 score in the ward (- Not in Employment Education or Training (NEET) 0.14) again higher than most of the There are a total of 564 people aged between 16 comparison areas. This means that on average and 24 registered as Not in Employment students is achieving as expected. Education or Training (NEET) within Sefton, of these:
▪ 2% (11) reside within Blundellsands. ▪ Of these 18% were registered as needing support as a result of their Special Educational Needs or Disabilities (SEND). National Client Caseload Information System (NCCIS) have introduced a new measure, targeting 16 – 17 year old NEET:
▪ 45% of the NEET cohort living in the ward are aged 16 – 17.
▪ This made up 2% of the Sefton 16 – 17 year old NEET cohort.
▪ Overall, 3% of the 16 – 17 year olds residing in Blundellsands are registered as NEET, this is lower than the rate seen across Sefton, and LCR and similar to the North West and England.
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Offences Blundellsands Crimes Sefton Crimes Community Safety 2016 Count Rate1 Change2 Count Rate1 Change2 Burglary 70 6.2 27.3% p 1829 6.7 -7.3% q Associated with its lower levels of socio-economic Criminal p p issues Blundellsands has below average levels of Damage 66 5.9 46.7% 2668 9.7 3.5% Drugs 14 1.2 -33.3% q 987 3.6 -17.0% q crime and disorder compared to the Borough as a Other3 28 2.5 -3.4% q 1342 4.9 79.2% p whole. Sexual 6 0.5 -53.8% q 398 1.5 4.2% p Theft 125 11.1 33.0% p 4947 18.1 -6.8% q Crime Violence 86 7.6 83.0% p 4631 16.9 27.5% p There were 395 crimes reported to Merseyside Total 395 35.1 29.9% p 16802 61.4 6.2% p 1 The rate is the count per 1,000 population residing in the w ard Police between January and December 2016 in 2 Change in direction w hen comparing 2016 counts to the same period in Blundellsands ward representing 2% of all crimes 2015 3 Other includes, Fraud and Robbery offences along w ith Other as stated that occurred within Sefton. This is 35 crimes per by Merseyside Police 1,000 population - lower than the rate seen across Sefton as a whole (61 per 1,000). ASB Incidents Blundellsands Incidents Sefton Incidents The numbers of crimes in the ward have seen an 2016 Count Rate1 Change2 Count Rate1 Change2 increase from the previous year (30%), compared General p p to a 6% increase seen across the Borough. Nuisance 18 1.6 260.0% 811 3.0 42.8% Noise 3 0.3 -25.0% q 120 0.4 -32.2% q Nuisance Nearly a third (32% / 125) of all reports related to q q theft. Of these, 62 (50%) were offences relating to Neighbour 10 0.9 -28.6% 687 2.5 -35.1% Other3 3 0.3 -70.0% q 404 1.5 -12.0% q vehicles. Personal 13 1.2 225.0% p 527 1.9 64.2% p Rowdy Anti-social Behaviour (ASB) Inconsiderate q q Behaviour 58 5.2 -32.6% 4512 16.5 -9.8% There were 182 Anti-social Behaviour incidents Vehicle p p reported to Merseyside Police between January Nuisance 77 6.8 156.7% 1802 6.6 7.3% and December 2016 occurring within Total 182 16.2 19.0% p 8863 32.4 -4.4% q 1 The rate is the count per 1,000 population residing in the w ard Blundellsands: 2% of all Sefton incidents. The 2 Change in direction w hen comparing 2016 counts to the same period in ward has a rate of 16 incidents per 1,000 2015 3 population – again lower than the rate seen Other includes, Animal Problems, Begging / Vagrancy, Environmental Issues Firew ork Issues, Malicious Communications and Street Drinking across Sefton as a whole (32 per 1,000).
However, there has been a 19% increase in the number of incidents occurring in the ward compared to 2015 (the average across Sefton saw a 4% reduction). 42% of the incidents within the ward were reports of Vehicle Nuisance; 66% of which were reports relating to scrambler bikes.
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Blundellsands Crimes Sefton Crimes Index of Multiple Deprivation – Crime Fires 2016 Count Rate1 Change2 Count Rate1 Change2 Deliberate Property The wards LSOAs are in some of the least affected Fire 0 0.0 0% u 63 23.0 -3% q areas nationally, with overall levels reducing when Deliberate Secondary Fire 3 26.6 -75% q 466 170.3 11% p comparing the 2015 scores to 2010, (five of the Vehicle Fire 1 8.9 0% u 96 35.1 60% p eight LSOAs in the ward showed reduced scores) Total 4 35.5 -69% q 625 228.3 15% p 1 The rate is the count per 100,000 population residing in the w ard 2 Change in direction w hen comparing 2016 counts to the same period in 2015
The ward has low levels of crime and disorder, however some levels have increased year on year. Budgets cuts seen by both Merseyside Police and Merseyside Fire and Rescue coupled with the increases seen, may result in increases in demand and therefor increasing level of direct costs. Associated with these issues are also indirect costs including lowered levels of community satisfaction and wellbeing; and reduced attractiveness to encourage businesses and job creators to locate in the area.
Deliberate Fires
Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service (MFARS) responded to just 4 deliberate fires in the ward between January and December 2016. This is only 0.6% of all deliberate fires across the borough. The rate of deliberate fires per 100,000 population in the ward is 36 compared to 228 across Sefton as a whole. The number of deliberate property fires in Blundellsands has decreased by 70 % compared to the previous year; Sefton saw an increase of 15%.
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Health Overall Blundellsands has an average to good level of health compared to the Borough with higher levels of life expectancy and lower levels of hospital admissions During the 2011 Census:
▪ 5% of residents were in either bad or very bad health (Sefton average was 7%).
▪ 18% had their activities limited a little or a lot by their health (Sefton average was 23%). Blundellsands residents have lower than average Based on current age-specific mortality rates, levels of emergency hospital admissions. women in the ward could expect to live over two Standardised Admission Ratios (SAR) for the ward years more than the England average; with men 2010/11 to 2014/15 were: expected to live for nearly three years more. ▪ 85 – All Causes (Sefton: 116) The fertility rate in Blundellsands (53.4) is lower than the Sefton rate (61.2). The number of ▪ 44 – Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease conceptions to under 18s in Blundellsands was (COPD) (Sefton: 111) also one of the lowest of all Sefton’s 22 wards. ▪ 86 – Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) (Sefton: Of 86 reception age pupils (4 to 5 year olds) in the 109) ward taking part in the annual National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP) 2015/16, 23% ▪ 90 – Hip Fractures (Sefton: 96) were overweight compared to 25% across Sefton. Of 84 Year 6 pupils (10 to 11 year olds) in ▪ 85 – Myocardial Infarction (Sefton: 94) Blundellsands taking part in the annual National ▪ 82 – Stroke (Sefton: 91) Child Measurement Programme (NCMP) 2015/16, 27% were overweight ▪ 72 – Alcohol Harm (Sefton: 108) compared to 35% across Sefton. ▪ 29 – Intentional Self-harm (Sefton: 95) Hospital Admissions Between 2010/11 and 2014/15 there were a total of 77 hospital admissions for injuries in under 15 years olds across Blundellsands, a crude rate 95.6. This is lower than the rates seen across Sefton (120.2), the Liverpool City Region (114.5), North West (136.1) and England (111.7).
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Closely linked to the lower to average levels of poor health from birth of residents of the ward the levels of other disease and mortality rates are also lower. For the period 2010 to 2014 Blundellsands had a Standardised Mortality Ratio (SMR) of 83, lower than Sefton at 105. The ward has a significantly better SMR than that of England, and falls within the bottom 30% of all areas in England.
In relation to the occurrence of Cancer between 2010 and 2014, the ward had a Standardised
Incidence Ratio (SIR) of 91 with the rate for Sefton
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at 95. The ward falls within the bottom 20% of all areas nationally.
The health and well-being of Blundellsands is Index of Multiple Deprivation – Health & Disability generally better than Sefton as a whole. Residents The Blundellsands LSOAs are within mid table of Blundellsands tend to live longer lives in better meaning residents of the ward are living in lesser health. Hospital admission and mortality rates are health and disability deprived areas of England, lower for adults in Blundellsands and cancer with the overall picture of poor health improving incidence is similar to the national rate. Health from 2010. outcomes for children are better than the Sefton average in Blundellsands. Whilst Blundellsands currently experiences better health than many of Sefton’s wards, changes to its population such as an increasing older population and rising deprivation may increase the health needs of this community in the future.
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Area Moved To Total 0to19 20to54 55Plus 2011 Census Flows – Migration Blundellsands (Internal) 167 18.9% 41 4.6% 90 10.2% 36 4.1% Sefton (Other Wards) 355 40.2% 70 7.9% 240 27.2% 45 5.1% The 2011 Census indicated that 712 people LCR (Not Sefton) 148 16.8% 30 3.4% 105 11.9% 13 1.5% North West (Not LCR) 58 6.6% 15 1.7% 34 3.9% 9 1.0% immigrated into the Blundellsands ward from Other 155 17.6% 39 4.4% 93 10.5% 23 2.6% outside of the ward when comparing current Total Emigrated From addresses to the address the previous year, with Blundellsands Ward 716 81.1% 154 17.4% 472 53.5% 90 10.2% (excluding Internal) 167 moving within the ward, totalling 879 people moving in the area. 45% of these moved from other wards within Sefton, with a further 16% coming from the other areas outside the North West. 52% of all people moving into the ward are aged between 20 and 54. In comparison 716 people have moved out of the ward, to other areas, with 40% moving to other Sefton wards, and 18% moving to other areas outside of the North West. 54% of the people who left the ward were aged between 20 and 54.
Area Moved From Total 0to19 20to54 55Plus Blundellsands (Internal) 167 19.0% 41 4.7% 90 10.2% 36 4.1% Sefton (Other Wards) 393 44.7% 83 9.4% 232 26.4% 72 8.2% LCR (Not Sefton) 126 14.3% 20 2.3% 87 9.9% 19 2.2% North West (Not LCR) 49 5.6% 13 1.5% 33 3.8% 9 1.0% Other 144 16.4% 11 1.3% 105 11.9% 28 3.2% Total Immigration into Blundellsands Ward 712 81.0% 127 14.4% 457 52.0% 128 14.6% (excluding Internal)
Whilst overall the pattern of in and out migration appeared relatively stable the net loss of younger residents could have an impact on demands services relating to children reducing in the area i.e. places in nurseries, schools, etc.
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2011 Census Flows – Travel to There were 66 wards in the area with where one to nine Blundellsands residents travelling to Work. Work There were 81 wards in the area with one to nine residents travelling into Blundellsands to Work. The 2011 Census indicated that 91% (3,961) of People Traveling to working residents within Blundellsands travelled Total 16 - 34 35 - 49 50 Plus Blundellsands to Work out of the ward to their place of work. 376 (9%) Blundellsands (Internal) 376 18.6% 95 4.7% 112 5.5% 169 8.3% travelled within the ward to work. 42% of the Sefton (Other Wards) 1282 63.3% 397 19.6% 447 22.1% 438 21.6% LCR (Not Sefton) 278 13.7% 112 5.5% 83 4.1% 83 4.1% people travelling out of the area travelled to other North West (Not LCR) 79 3.9% 22 1.1% 34 1.7% 23 1.1% Sefton wards with 39% travelling to from other Other 10 0.5% 4 0.2% 2 0.1% 4 0.2% Total People Travelling LCR areas. 345 people did not have a fixed to Blundellsands for 1649 81.4% 535 26.4% 566 28.0% 548 27.1% workplace with a further 546 people residing in Work the ward stating they worked from home. There were a total of 1,649 people traveling into the ward to attend their place of work from outside of the ward. 63% of these travelled from other Sefton wards with 14% travelling from other LCR areas. Blundellsands Residents Travel to Work Total 16 - 34 35 - 49 50 Plus Blundellsands (Internal) 376 8.7% 95 2.2% 112 2.6% 169 3.9% Sefton (Other Wards) 1800 41.5% 477 11.0% 613 14.1% 710 16.4% LCR (Not Sefton) 1697 39.1% 483 11.1% 621 14.3% 593 13.7% North West (Not LCR) 361 8.3% 127 2.9% 124 2.9% 110 2.5% Other 103 2.4% 37 0.9% 31 0.7% 35 0.8% Total Blundellsands Residents Working 3961 91.3% 1124 25.9% 1389 32.0% 1448 33.4% Outisde the Ward
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Service Demand & Delivery in a factor for either the child or parents. This is a rate of 7 per 1,000 (pop 0-17) much lower than Ward that of the Sefton rate (22). There were a total of 15 assessments carried out in Blundellsands Children’s Social Care where Domestic Violence and / or Substance In the ward there were 30 children aged between Misuse was a factor comprising 1% of all 0 and 17 on a Sefton Children’s Services plan assessments involving Domestic Violence and / or between April 2016 and March 2017; this equates Substance Misuse carried out in Sefton. on 16 per 1,000 children residing in the ward, Children Centres lower than the Sefton rate of 50 per 1,000 children. Between October 2015 and September 2016 there were 293 attendances at a Sefton Children There are three plan types, Children Looked After Centre made by residents of Blundellsands, – CLA, Children in Need Plan – CIN and Child accounting for 3% of all the borough attendances, Protection – CP. In Blundellsands Ward during slightly lower than the Sefton average of 5%. 2016/17: YOT (Youth Offending Team) ▪ Five children were subject to CLA (Sefton 631) In Blundellsands there were six young people ▪ 25 children were subject to CIN Plan (Sefton (aged between 10 and 17) on YOT interventions 1,761) between April 2016 and March 2017 at the start of their intervention. This equated to 7 per 1,000 ▪ The number of 10 to 17 year olds in the ward, lower than the rate children subject to CP seen across Sefton (10 per 1,000), totalling six was below five and so interventions. could not be reported in Between April 2015 and March 2016 there were the ward (Sefton 648) five young people on five interventions. Early Help Sefton’s Early Help team had 35 episodes in Blundellsands for children aged between 0 and 18 during 2016/17; a rate of 17 per 1,000 of 0 – 18 year olds residing in the ward. The ward makes up 1% of all the Early Help Episodes within the Borough. The ward rate was
considerably below the rate seen in Sefton (46 per 1,000 0 – 18 year olds).
Factors at Assessment – Domestic Violence / Substance Misuse In the ward 14 children had an assessment in which Substance Misuse or Domestic Violence was
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Adult Social Care - Personal Care at Home This equates to 46 contacts per 1,000 residents aged 18 and over – lower than Sefton as a whole During April 2016 and March 2017, 106 residents (60 per 1,000 18+ residents). of Blundellsands aged 18 or over received personal care at home; this makes up 3% of all recipients residing within the Borough, and is a Personal Care at Home rate of 11 per 1,000 residents (aged 18 and over), Age Bands Total Population Counts slightly less than the rate seen across the Borough 18 to 64 39 36.8% 6560 5.9 (16 per 1,000 residents aged 18 and over). 65 - 84 29 27.4% 2310 12.6 Residents aged 18 to 64 make up the highest 85 and Over 38 35.8% 467 81.4 proportion of the total recipients (37%), with Total 106 100.0% 9337 11.4 those aged 85 and over making up (36%), those aged 85 and over, have the highest count per 1,000 population (81). Long Resedential and Nursing Homes Age Bands Total Population Counts Adult Social Care - Long 18 to 64 3 6.8% 6560 0.5 Term Residential and 65 - 84 12 27.3% 2310 5.2 Nursing Homes 85 and Over 29 65.9% 467 62.1 There were 44 people Total 44 100.0% 9337 4.7 residing in long term
residential or nursing Adult Social Care Contacts home who originally Age Bands Count Sefton % Population Counts resided in the ward Blundellsands 429 3.3% 9337 45.9 between April 2016 and Sefton 13113 100.0% 220506 59.5 March 2017.
Blundellsands makes up 3% of all the long term residential / nursing home residents, who originated from within the Borough. This equates to a rate of 5 per 1,000 – lower than the Sefton rate of 8 per 1,000 18+ residents.
Those aged 85 and over make up the highest percentage of long term residential / nursing home residents (66%); and have the highest count per 1,000 population (62). Adult Social Care - Contacts Sefton received 429 contacts to adult social care from residents of Blundellsands during the 2016/17 financial year.
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Libraries Street Sweeping is the most prolific issue in the ward making up 36% of all calls in the ward; there There are a total of 6,889 residents of has been a 32% increase in the number of calls Blundellsands registered as borrowers with from 2015 to 2016. Fly Tipping makes up a Library services within Sefton. 1,172 of these further 31% of all calls in the ward yet this has residents registered have borrowed from a Sefton seen a 7% reduction in reports. library in the past year this works out at a rate of 104 per 1,000, slightly lower than the Sefton rate of 110 per 1,000 residents. The wards residents Blundellsands make up 4% of all Sefton active borrowers. Collection Type Collections Sefton % Co-Mingled 126282 28% 28% Food Waste 110864 25% 24% Green Waste 48288 11% 10% Residual Waste 166842 37% 38% Total 452,276 100% 100%
Enviromental Issues Blundellsands Issues Sefton Issues 1 1 2016 Count Rate Change2 Count Rate Change2 Accumulation of p p Refuse 19 1.7 137.5% 671 2.5 7.0% Dog Fouling 9 0.8 -52.6% q 654 2.4 29.2% p Filthy & Verminous Domestic Waste Collection p p Premises 8 0.7 14.3% 440 1.6 47.7% It is estimated that 452,276 domestic bins / sacks Fly Tipping 104 9.2 -7.1% q 3736 13.6 10.6% p were collected as of May 2017; residual waste Other 25 2.2 78.6% p 721 2.6 4.3% p Rats 25 2.2 -35.9% q 987 3.6 -4.0% q makes up the largest amount of collections within Rear Entries 15 1.3 15.4% p 696 2.5 33.8% p Blundellsands at 37% (this is slightly lower than Stray Dogs 10 0.9 42.9% p 355 1.3 -8.3% q the Sefton percentage of 38%). Green waste Street Sweeping 121 10.7 31.5% p 2518 9.2 27% p collections in the ward were slightly higher than Total 336 29.8 8.0% p 10778 39.4 14% p 1 The rate is the count of offences per 1,000 residents residing in the w ard those seen across the borough (11% in the ward 2 The change is the direction of change w hen comparing rate from 2016 to 2015 compared to 10% across Sefton). 3 Other includes Abandoned Vehicles, Dangerous / Aggressive Dogs, Graffiti, Grot Spots, Unsecure Premises, Overgrow n land / gardens, Street Cleansing and Vacant / Calls for Service – Environmental Issues Unsecure Premises There were 336 calls made to Sefton’s contact centre relating to environmental issues between January and December 2016 in the ward representing 3% of environmental calls that occurred within Sefton. This is 30 environmental issues per 1,000 population –lower than the rate seen across Sefton as a whole (39 per 1,000).
However, the number of
environmental issues in the ward have seen a 8% increase from the previous year, compared to a 14% increase seen across the Borough.
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MOSAIC Profile There is high use of the internet and ownership of new technology. Experian’s Mosaic Public Sector product is designed to identify groupings of consumer ▪ E – Predominantly older families, with some behaviour for households and postcodes. The adult children still living at home in suburban methodology used is unique to Experian, and has mid-range three bedroom homes. Long term been developed over many years to create residents of the ward. The internet is used for classifications using data from a wide variety of research within the households. different sources and different levels of F – Predominantly older resi1,07dents, living geography. ▪ in their own homes, with additional pensions It is designed to describe the UK population in to that of the state. Minimal miles driven and terms of their typical demographics, social, new technology is not liked. economic, cultural, and lifestyle behaviour. The population is classified into 66 ‘Types’ that identify ▪ N – Predominantly older people living alone groups of individuals or households that are as on a low income and in need of support. Tend similar as possible to each other and as different as to live in small houses or flats and have a low possible from any other group. These ‘Types’ group use of technology. together hierarchically into 15 ‘Groups’.
In each type there are a number of key features which make each category distinctive and are Proportion of all households represented useful to bear in mind when devising by group communications or delivery strategies targeted at them. These are subjective and are intended to Mosaic Household highlight key issues rather than to be Group Count Blundellsands Sefton comprehensive. Clearly not every one of the B 1,393 27.1% 9.5% Borough’s 178,000 households will match exactly N 868 16.9% 12.7% to just one of 66 different Mosaic Types or 15 F 690 13.5% 14.6% Mosaic Groups. The description should be E 634 12.4% 14.1% recognised as “generic types”, examples to which D 628 12.2% 5.2% individual cases only approximate with various degrees of exactness. Overview There are approximately 11,400 residents living in 5,100 households across Blundellsands. Over three quarters (82%) of the households in the ward are classified as belonging to five of the 15 Mosaic Groups (B, D, E, F, and N) which are generally characterised as:
▪ B – Predominantly married couples with high assets and investments, residing in high value detached homes, often supporting students and older children. Managerial or senior roles. Use the internet for shopping and banking.
▪ D – Predominantly families with children living in three to four bedroom upmarket suburban homes, which are owned with a mortgage.
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Generic MOSAIC Characteristics Usage of social media is relatively low in the ward, with smart phone ownership and internet usage The groups can be characterised further by socio- being lower amongst the older groups yet higher economic data within Mosaic. The groups are in the younger group then ranked from 1 to 15 in terms of the predominance of the characteristic in the group. For Blundellsands: The majority of residents tend to be older (with one group of younger residents), with health generally being lower than average. Income ranges from low to high across the groups.
Ownership of smart TVs varies across the ward with the oldest two groups having low levels of ownership compared to the other groups.
Older residents reside in the ward longer with younger people tending to be more transient; residents have average to low environmental concern.
Those on a higher income are more likely to have more children than those on lower incomes (the two oldest groups have less children).
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Households range from average to very high Generally the ward has long term residents, with council tax bands; with properties likely to be average to low levels of education and overall owner occupied and generally higher incomes average to lower numbers of children (with the (with the exception of one group with low council exception of one group who have higher tax, high rent levels and low incomes). education levels and more children) .
Overall there is a range of education levels in the ward.
The higher the property value and council tax banding the more likely the households has more bedrooms.
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Notes on Data & Methodology Census 2011. Please note that IMD data is provided by LSOAs which have been merged into Output Area (OA) – are clusters of adjacent best fit wards. postcodes and are used as the basis of the Census Experian Mosaic is a classification tool used to data. They are made up of a minimum of 40 to categorise the population according to the type of 125 households. As of Census 2011 Sefton have neighbourhood in which they live. It is 933 OAs, previous to this there were 937. constructed from a range of sources including the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) – are built using Census, consumer behaviour, financial and adjoined OAs. They have between 400 and 1200 lifestyle factor data. It is a useful tool for gaining households. Currently Sefton has 189 LSOAs, more in-depth insight into lifestyles and behaviour previous to 2011 there were 190. of the population. Mosaic segments the population into 15 Groups (A-O) and 66 Types. Middle Super Output Area (MSOA) – are built using LSOAs, and have a minimum household Children Living in Low Income Families (CLIF) is number of 2000 up to 6000. There are 38 MSOAs defined as: Children living in families in receipt of in Sefton this has not changed. either out of work, or tax credits whose reported Ward – “administrative division of a city or income is less than 60 per cent of the median borough that typically elects and is represented income or in receipt of IS or (Income-Based) JSA, by a councillor or councillors” (Oxford Dictionary) divided by the total number of children in the area (determined by Child Benefit data) and is a proxy For further information relating to these measure for child poverty. CLIF is a snapshot in geographies please see: time (31st August) of people within the area. https://www.ons.gov.uk/methodology/geography /ukgeographies/censusgeography Occupancy Rating (bedrooms) provides a Population Estimates 2015 – annual population measure of whether a household's count estimates for wards in Sefton by single year accommodation is overcrowded or under of age and sex. occupied. NINo estimation – “The data covers adult Universal Credits (UC) is a monthly payment for overseas nationals entering the UK and allocated low income workers and those out of work. UC a National Insurance Number (NINo) on the replaces six other benefit types (Job Seekers National Insurance Recording & Pay As You Earn Allowance, Employment and Support Allowance, System (NPS). Allocation of a NINo includes all Income Support, Child Tax Credits, Working Tax reasons i.e. the figures cover benefit/tax credit Credits and Housing Benefits). UC has been rolled recipients as well as workers. out across England and was introduced in Sefton in June 2014. Please note that claims are per All adult overseas nationals allocated a NINo are household meaning two people who resided included, regardless of their length of stay in the together may claim the benefit, which will then be UK. “ https://stat- paid into one account. Please note that UC data is xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/jsf/dataCatalogueExplorer.xhtml provided LSOAs which have been merged into Please note that NINo data is provided by Middle best fit wards. Super Output Area (MSOA) which have been merged into best fit wards. Working Tax Credits (WTC) is a benefit for working people on a low income (there are a Index of Multiple Deprivation 2015 (IMD) number of stipulations which must be met to measures levels of deprivation, across seven qualify for this benefit). domains, nationally at Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) level. This provides a mean score and Child Tax Credits (CTC) is a benefit paid to parents ranking allowing areas to be compared relatively or guardians residing with at least one child under to other areas. The IMD data is created by the the age of 16, it is a means tested benefit with Department for Communities and local again has specific criteria to meet before an award Government. The higher the score the more is made. affected the area. Sefton has 189 LSOAs as of
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Child benefits is a social security payment paid to Schools should continue to focus on which parents or guardians of children under the age of qualifications are most suitable for individual 16 or those who continue into further education pupils, as the grades pupils achieve will help them until aged 18. reach their goals for the next stage of their education or training. Housing Benefits (HB) is a means tested benefit for people on low-incomes to help pay their rent. Attainment 8 measures the achievement of a pupil across 8 qualifications including Council Tax Reduction (CTR) is help for people on mathematics (double weighted) and English low-incomes towards their council tax payments. (double weighted), 3 further qualifications that “The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) sets count in the English Baccalaureate (EBacc) standards for the learning, development and care measure and 3 further qualifications that can be of children from birth to 5 years old. All schools GCSE qualifications (including EBacc subjects) or and Ofsted-registered early years providers must technical awards from the DfE approved list.” follow the EYFS, including childminders, Https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/systemuploads/attachme preschools, nurseries and school reception nt_data/file/583857/Progress_8_school_performance_measure_Jan _17.pdf classes.” www.foundationyears.org.uk/eyfs-statutory-framework/ Census Travel to Work data calculations were “Key Stage 1 is taught during Years 1 and 2 of based on best-fit LSOAs as the data is not readily primary school. Targets defined in the National available at ward level. Curriculum are assessed at the end of each Key Stage.” Fly tipping is the illegal dumping of waste; items http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/parents/national_curriculum_key_sta dumped can include household furniture, building ges/ material and vehicle parts.
“Key Stage 2 is taught during Years 3 to 6 of primary school. Targets defined in the National Curriculum are assessed at the end of each Key Stage.” http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/parents/national_curriculum_key_sta ges/
Progress 8 and Attainment 8 “Progress 8 aims to capture the progress a pupil makes from the end of primary school to the end of secondary school. It is a type of value added measure, which means that pupils’ results are compared to the actual achievements of other pupils with the same prior attainment. The performance measures are designed to encourage schools to offer a broad and balanced curriculum with a focus on an academic core at key stage 4, and reward schools for the teaching of all their pupils, measuring performance across 8 qualifications. Every increase in every grade a pupil achieves will attract additional points in the performance tables. Progress 8 is calculated for individual pupils solely in order to calculate a school’s Progress 8 score, and there is no need for schools to share individual Progress 8 scores with their pupils.
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Acronyms and Abbreviations NINo – National Insurance Number NW – Northwest A&E – Accident and Emergency OA - Output Area ASB – Antisocial Behaviour SAR – Standardised Admission Ratio ASC – Adult Social Care SIR – Standardised Incidence Ratio BAME – Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic SMR – Standardised Mortality Ratio CHD – Coronary Heart Disease SEND – Special Educational Needs & Disabilities CIN – Children In Need UC – Universal Credit CLA – Children Looked After UK – United Kingdom CLIF – Children in Low Income Families WTC - Working Tax Credits COPD – Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease YOT – Youth Offending Team CP – Child Protection
CS – Children’s Services CTC - Child Tax Credits CTR – Council Tax Reduction DLA – Disability Living Allowance EBacc - English Baccalaureate EH – Early Help ELAS – Emergency Limited Assistance Scheme ESA – Employment Support Allowance EYFS – Early Years Foundation Stage FSM – Free School Meals GCSE – General Certificate of Secondary Education HB – Housing Benefit IDACI Income Deprivation Affecting Children IDAOPI Income Deprivation Affecting Older People IMD – Index of Multiple Deprivation IS – Income Support JSA – Job Seekers Allowance KS – Key Stage LCR – Liverpool City Region LSOA – Lower Super Output Area MFARS – Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service MSOA – Middle Super Output Area NCMP – National Child Measurement Programme NEET - Not in Employment, Education or Training
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Benefit & Support Sources Page Sub Section Source Date Working Age Nomis - DWP Benefits - Working Age 16&17 2016 Claimants Clients for Small Areas - August 2016 Overview Job Seekers Nomis - Job Seekers Allowance - Age and Page Sub Section Source Date 16&17 2017 Allowance Duration January 2017 7 Ward Amenities Sefton MBC - Corporate GIS 2017 Stat-Xplore - People on Universal Credit 16&17 Universal Credits 2016 December 2016 Demographics Gov.UK - Child and Working Tax Credits Page Sub Section Source Date 16&17 Child Tax Credits Statistics: Finalised Annual Awards - 2014/15 ONS - Mid-2015 Population Estimates for 2014 to 2015 2015 Wards in England and Wales by 8&9 Population 2015 Gov.UK - Child Benefit Small Area Single Year of Age and Sex - Experimental 16&17 Child Benefits 2016 Statistics - August 2016 Statistics Sefton MBC - Revenues and Benefits Black, Asian, or 16&17 Housing Benefits 2017 8&9 Census 2011 - KS201EW Ethnic group 2011 System - January 2017 Minority Ethnic Council Tax Sefton MBC - Revenues and Benefits 16&17 2017 Stat-Xplore - NINo Registrations To Adult 2012 - Reduction System - January 2017 8&9 NiNo Overseas Nationals Entering The UK 2016 Emergency Limited 16&18 Assistance Scheme Sefton MBC - Welfare Reform 2016/17 Residents Known to Sefton MBC - Adults Social Care / 9 2016/17 (ELAS) Sefton Social Care Children's Social Care 17 Accessing Foodbanks Trussell Trust 2015/16 Deprivation Page Sub Section Source Date Education Gov.UK - English Indices of Deprivation Page Sub Section Source Date 2015 - File 3 Supplementary Indices - Nursery Settings - 10&11 IMD / IDACI / IDAOPI Income Deprivation Affecting Children 2015 19 Sefton School Census October 2016 Pupils Index and Income Deprivation Affecting Early Years Older People Index 19 Foundation Stage - Sefton School Census October 2016 Gov.UK - Personal tax credits: Children in Pupils Children in Low Low-Income Families Local Measure: 10&11 2014 Early Years Income Families 2014 Snapshot as at 31 August 2014: 30 19 Foundation Stage - Sefton MBC & DfE - EYFSP - SFR50-2016 2015/16 September 2016 Achievement Primary Settings - Housing & Households 20 Sefton School Census October 2016 Pupils Page Sub Section Source Date Sefton MBC & DfE - Household - Lone Primary Settings - KS1 Census 2011 - QS112EW Household 20 SFR42_2016_KS1_LA_tables&NCER 2015/16 12 Persons / Lone 2011 Achievement Composition - People Emerging National KS1 Parents Sefton MBC & DfE - Household - Census 2011 - QS412EW Occupancy Rating Primary Settings - KS2 12 2011 21 SFR62_KS2_2016_LA_Tables&NCER 2015/16 Occupancy (Bedrooms) Achievement Emerging National KS2 TA / Test 12 Household - Tenure Census 2011 - KS402EW Tenure 2011 Secondary School Household - Car / Census 2011 - KS404EQW Car or Van 21 Sefton School Census October 2016 12 2011 Settings - Pupils Van Access Availability Secondary School Sefton MBC - Council Tax Database - Sefton MBC & DfE - 12&13 Council Tax 2017 21&22 Settings - 2015/16 January 2017 SFR03_2017_LA_Characteristics_Tables KS4Achievement Vacant and Void Sefton MBC - Council Tax Database - April 12&13 2016 Properties 2016 Not in Employment 22 Career Connect - Connexions 2017 Sefton MBC - Housing Land Availability Education or Training 13 New Build Properties 2016 and Development Database March 2016 13 Average House Price Gov.UK - Price Paid Data 2016 Community Safety Barriers to Housing & Gov.UK - English Indices of Deprivation 14 2015 Page Sub Section Source Date Services IMD 2015 - File 2 Domains of deprivation 2015 - 263 Crimes Merseyside Police 2016 Economy & Business 2015 - Page Sub Section Source Date 23 Anti-Social Behaviour Merseyside Police 2016 Licensed Premises / 15 Sefton MBC - Licensing Database 2016 Gov.UK - English Indices of Deprivation Gambling Licenses 24 Crime IMD 2015 2015 - File 2 Domains of deprivation Sefton MBC - Environmental Health and Commercial Property 2015 - 15 Trading Standards (Regulation & 2016 24 Deliberate Fires Merseyside Fire and Rescue Inspections 2016 Compliance) Experian: Household Mosaic 15 Household Income 2016 Classification Census 2011 - KS603EW Economic 15 Economic Activity 2011 Activity by Sex Gov.UK - English Indices of Deprivation 15 Employment IMD 2015 2015 - File 2 Domains of deprivation
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Health Page Sub Section Source Date Bad Health / Daily Census 2011 - KS301EW - Health Provision 25 2011 Activities of Unpaid Care Life Expectancy Local Health Indicators - ONS - Life 2010 - 25 Female & Male Expectancy at Birth Females / Males 2014 Annual Births extract and mid-year population estimates - ONS - Crude 2014 - 25 General Fertility Rate Fertility Rate of live births per 1000 2016 females aged 15-44 Births to Mothers Ward level teenage conception rates - 2012 - 25 Aged Under 18 ONS 2014 National Child Sefton MBC - National Child 25 Measurement 2015/16 Measurement Programme Programme
Hospital Admissions - Local Health Indicators - Rate of Hospital 2010/11 25 injuries in under 15 Admissions for Injuries in Children (Aged - years olds Under 15) 2014/15
2010/11 Hospital Admissions - Local Health Indicators - HES - Emergency 25 - All Causes Hospital Admissions for All Causes SAR 2014/15 Hospital Admissions - Local Health Indicators - HES - Emergency 2010/11 Chronic Obstructive 25&26 Hospital Admissions for Chronic - Pulmonary Disease Obstructive Pulmonary Disease SAR 2014/15 (COPD)
Hospital Admissions - Local Health Indicators - HES - Emergency 2010/11 25&26 Coronary Heart Hospital Admissions for Coronary Heart - Disease (CHD) Disease SAR 2014/15 Local Health Indicators - HES - Emergency 2010/11 Hospital Admissions - 25&26 Hospital Admissions for Hip Fractures in - Hip Fractures 65+ SAR 2014/15
Local Health Indicators - HES - Emergency 2010/11 Hospital Admissions - 25&26 Hospital Admissions for Myocardial - Myocardial Infarction Infarction SAR 2014/15
2010/11 Hospital Admissions - Local Health Indicators - HES - Emergency 25&26 - Stroke Hospital Admissions for Stroke SAR 2014/15 Local Health Indicators - HES - Hospital 2010/11 Hospital Admissions - 25&26 Admissions for Alcohol Related Harm - Alcohol Harm SAR 2014/15
Hospital Admissions - 2010/11 Local Health Indicators - HES - Hospital 25&26 Intentional Self- - Admissions for Self Harm SAR harm 2014/15
Standardised Local Health Indicators - ONS - Deaths 2010- 26&27 Mortality Ratio From All Causes, All Ages SMR 2014 Local Health Indicators - ONS - Incidence 2010 - 26&27 Incidence of Cancer of All Cancer SIR 2014 Health & Disability Gov.UK - English Indices of Deprivation 27 2015 IMD 2015 - File 2 Domains of deprivation
2011 Census Flows Migration Page Sub Section Source Date 28 Moved From / To UK Data Service - MU01BUK_Ward_All 2011
2011 Census Flows – Travel to Work Page Sub Section Source Date 29 Travel From / To UK Data Service - WU02UK_LSOA 2011 Service Demand & Delivery in Ward Page Sub Section Source Date 30 Children Social Care Sefton MBC - Children's Social Care 2016/17 30 Early Help Sefton MBC - Children's Social Care 2016/17 30 YOT Sefton MBC - Youth Offending Team 2016/17 Personal Care at 31 Sefton MBC - Adult Social Care 2016/17 Home Long Term 31 Residential and Sefton MBC - Adult Social Care 2016/17 Nursing Homes Adult Social Care 31 Sefton MBC - Adult Social Care 2016/17 Contacts 32 Libraries Sefton MBC - Library Services 2017 Domestic Waste 32 Sefton MBC - Cleansing 2017 Collection Environmental 2015 - 32 Sefton MBC - Mayrise & Flare Issues 2016
Mosaic Classification Page Sub Section Source Date Experian: Household Mosaic 33to35 Mosaic Classification 2016 Classification
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