Editing North East England (section)

===Social deprivation===
A study into social deprivation was published in 2010 to help the local partners developing a Regional Strategy for the North East better understand the factors influencing deprivation in the region. The study had two main aspects: Firstly to establish if there are different types of deprived neighbourhoods in the Northeast, and if so, how deprived neighbourhoods can be better recognised. Secondly to present a summary of "what works" in tackling deprivation in each of these types of area.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sutherland |first1=V. |last2=McTier |first2=A. |last3=Macdougall |first3=L. |last4=McGregor |first4=A. |website=University of Glasgow |title=Factors Influencing Deprivation in North East England |url=http://eprints.gla.ac.uk/45807/1/45807.pdf|access-date=23 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150427032241/http://eprints.gla.ac.uk/45807/1/45807.pdf|archive-date=27 April 2015}}</ref>

The report discusses the factors influencing deprivation and points out that it is a significant problem for the North East with 34% of the regions Lower Super Output Areas (LSOAs) are amongst England's 20% most deprived in the 2007 [[Indices of deprivation 2007|Indices of Deprivation]] (these indices have been [[Indices of deprivation 2010|updated in 2010]]). It takes many years for areas to become deprived, suggesting that the underlying causes of area-based deprivation are long-term such as:
* Major changes in the employment base, which has changed the nature and spatial distribution of jobs in the UK and within specific regions and localities.
* The "residential sorting" effects of the public and private housing markets.
Industrial restructuring has disproportionately affected some communities and groups. In particular:
* Job losses in manufacturing and coalmining were most severely felt in the north of England, Scotland and Wales – and particular communities within these areas.
* As a result of the types of jobs that were lost, some demographic groups – particularly older working age males in skilled manual work – were more likely to be affected than others.{{update inline|date=May 2023}}<!-- All these bullet points and the whole paragraph-->

The region's most deprived council districts, as measured by the LSOA data<ref>Communities and Local Government. ''[http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20120919132719/http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/communities/pdf/576659.pdf The English Indices of deprivation 2007]''</ref> before County Durham and Northumberland became unitary authorities in 2007, are in descending order [[Easington (district)|Easington]] (7th in England), Middlesbrough (9th), Hartlepool (23rd), [[Wear Valley]] (33rd), Sunderland (35th), Newcastle upon Tyne (37th), South Tyneside (38th), Wansbeck (46th), Redcar and Cleveland (50th), Gateshead (52nd), [[Sedgefield (borough)|Sedgefield]] (54th), [[Derwentside]] (73rd), [[Blyth Valley]] (80th), and Stockton on Tees (98th). The least deprived council districts in 2007 were, in descending order, Tynedale, [[Castle Morpeth]], [[Teesdale (district)|Teesdale]], then [[Alnwick (district)|Alnwick]]. Since the April 2009 abolition of these four districts, Northumberland is the least deprived, followed by North Tyneside. Unemployment is a severe problem in the North East, where many children grow up in households where no adult works. in 2010 Easington had the highest rate in the country, as 40.3% of its households with children had no working adult, followed by Sedgefield with 34%.{{citation needed|date=November 2019}}{{update inline|date=May 2023}}<!-- Whole paragraph-->

As of April 2013, youth unemployment in the North East was 24.8%, with 51,000 out of work.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ippr.org/news-and-media/press-releases/youth-unemployment-set-to-top-1-million-again|title=Youth unemployment set to top 1 million again {{!}} IPPR|date=16 April 2013 |publisher=IPPR North|access-date=23 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190113232300/https://www.ippr.org/news-and-media/press-releases/youth-unemployment-set-to-top-1-million-again|archive-date=13 January 2019}}</ref> In 2013, the Office for National Statistics report issued the statements highlighted in the table below:<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Office for National Statistics|title=Regional Labour Market Statistics, June 2013|url=http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/subnational-labour/regional-labour-market-statistics/june-2013/index.html|access-date=23 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131117063129/http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/subnational-labour/regional-labour-market-statistics/june-2013/index.html|archive-date=17 November 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|+The North East compared to other regions in 2013
!Rate!!Highest!!<!--Between (rank)||-->Lowest
|-
!Employed
|South East (74.8%)
<!--|''rank, North East ()''-->
|''North East (66.6%)''
|-
!Unemployed
|''North East (10.1%)''
<!--|''rank, North East ()''-->
|South West (6.2%)
|-
!Inactive
|''North East (25.8%)''
<!--||''rank, North East ()''-->
|South East (19.8%)
|-
!Claimant 
|''North East (7.2%)''
<!--||''rank, North East ()''-->
|South East (2.7%)
|}
In November 2017 the region's employment dropped to 5.5%, the joint highest unemployment rate in the UK.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/bulletins/regionallabourmarket/november2017|title=Regional labour market statistics in the UK – Office for National Statistics|last=robers1|website=www.ons.gov.uk|access-date=4 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171205194615/https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/bulletins/regionallabourmarket/november2017|archive-date=5 December 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>