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Invest in the Somerset workforce.
Current measures of success
Increase the number of working age population qualified to at least level 2 or higher and those qualified to level 4 or higher.
Reduce the number of young people not in education, employment or training.
Increase the number of young people completing the full apprenticeship framework.
Increase numbers of care leavers in education, employment or training.
Key facts
Somerset has high levels of employment, the percentage of working age people in employment was 4% higher than the national average between April 2007 and March 2008.
Fewer young people in Somerset go on to full-time further education than in the rest of the South West. Sedgemoor and West Somerset being the most affected areas.
Just over 4% of 16-19 year olds were not in education, employment or training between November 2007 and January 2008, which is much lower than the national average of over 7%.
In Somerset, 2% of working age people claim incapacity benefit. Between 5% and 17% of people with a learning disability are in some form of work compared with 7% of disabled people and 74% of all adults of working age.
What we will do
Increase job opportunities for young people.
Support into work those who are likely to be unable to find it.
Achieve a better skilled, better paid workforce.
What will we do first?
We will encourage services, training and community learning opportunities to be conveniently located.
We will try to reduce the number of people who are unnecessarily excluded from paid employment.
We will assist working people in Somerset to be more highly skilled, qualified and rewarded.
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