Labour Market Partnership Action Plan 2025 - 2027 p3

3. Baseline

The MEA LMP Action Plan will impact on the following set of indicators from the baseline position stated below.

Strategic Priorities

Indicators to which Local LMP makes a contribution (Source)

2024-2025 Baseline

Strategic Priority

1: To form and successfully deliver the functions of the local Labour Market Partnership for the area

LMP Delivery and Development

Indicator: % LMP members who feel the local LMP is making a positive contribution and delivering effectively (LMP)

Baseline: LMP members who feel the local LMP is making a positive contribution and delivering effectively as of December 2022: (Source: Mid and East Antrim Labour Market Partnership)

2022	75%
2023	100%
2024	100%

Strategic Priority

2: To improve employability outcomes and/or labour market conditions locally

Economic Inactivity

INDICATOR: MEA % of Economic Inactivity 16-64 excluding students (Source NISRA, LMI Portal):

MEA economic inactivity rate (Source NISRA):

2016	18.2%
2017	15.9%
2018	20.5%
2019	18.2%
2020	19.7%
2021	19.1%
2022	16.6%
2023	15.5%

Latest available figure is 2023

Unemployment

INDICATOR: % of Claimant Count in MEA (Source: NISRA, LMI Portal)

MEA Claimant Count as of November 2023:
(Source: NISRA, LMI Portal)

2017	2.4%
2018	2.3%
2019	2.5%
2020	4.2%
2021	4.2%
2022	3.1%
2023	3%

Disability

INDICATOR: MEA % of Employment rate of people with disabilities(Source: NISRA, LMI
Portal)

Percentage of working age adults with disabilities in employment:
(Source: NISRA, LMI Portal)

2017	32.9%
2018	41.1%
2019	41.2%
2020	42.1%
2021	38.8%
2022	46.9%
2023	53.9%

Skilled Labour Supply

Indicator: MEA # Median Gross Annual Pay by Place of Work (NISRA LMI Portal)

MEA Full Time All Persons Median Annual Pay (Source: NISRA)

2016	£21,724
2017	£20,845
2018	£22,150
2019	£21,512
2020	£20,991
2021	£21,303
2022	£22,752
2023	£24,655
2024	£26,402 NOTE: this is for all types of working patterns and not just Full Time (which is £31,578). These figures are for Workplace wages not those of residents which are a little higher.

Strategic Priority

3: To promote and support delivery of existing employability or skills provision available either regionally or locally

Indicator: Increased Awareness # of Participants with increased awareness of existing regional/local employability or skills provision (LMP)

Participants who have increased awareness of existing regional/local employability or skills provision (LMP)

2019	0
2020	0
2021	0
2022	0
2023	0
2024	87

Labour Market Partnership Action Plan 2025 - 2027