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Location: South West England Population: 532,300 (ONS, census 2011) Interesting fact: Cornish miners first brought football to Mexico . The Mexican national game of football was first played in Mexico by Cornish miners at Pachuca in 1900, a fact that is celebrated each year. The Cornishman Alfred C. Crowle was once manager of the Mexico national football team
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Cornwall is a member of the Rural Services Network and falls |
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Cornwall Information |
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| Phone number 0300 1234 100 |
Website www.cornwall.gov.uk |
Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly |
| Frequency of elections Every 4 years |
Number of councillors 123 |
Political composition Conservative - 47 Liberal Democrat - 40 Independent - 30 Mebyon Kernow - 4 Labour - 1 No specific party affiliation - 1 |
| MPs Camborne and Redruth - George Eustice (Conservative)** North Cornwall - Dan Rogerson (Liberal Democrat)** South East Cornwall - Sheryll Murray (Conservative) St. Austell and Newquay - Steve Gilbert (Liberal Democrat) St. Ives - Andrew George (Liberal Democrat)** Truro and Falmouth - Sarah Louise Newton (Conservative) |
Decision making structure Leader and a Cabinet |
Population change One Year Population Change + 4,200 (0.79%) Ten Year Population Change + 39,900 (8.05%) |
| Police Authority Devon and Cornwall Police Authority |
Fire Service Cornwall County Fire Brigade |
Health Authority The South West Strategic Health Authority |
| Area 354,628 Hectares |
Super Sparsity Indicator 0.1290 |
Audited by A number of organisations are involved in auditing the Authority, though this is currently changing with the political landscape. They include CQC, Ofsted, Audit Commission (disbanded), CIPFA and Deloitte and Touche |
| Rural Classification (Birbeck) Predominently Rural (Rural 80) |
Population by Area- (Density) 1.50 people per hectare |
Number of Parishes 209 |
| Number of Parish Meetings 15 |
Number of Parish Councils 170 |
Number of Town Councils 29 |
| Average house price £211,688 (Jan - March 2010) £231,280 (Oct - Dec 2010) £225,833 (July - Sept 2011) £216,129 (Oct - Dec 2011) £221,024 (July - Sept 2012) £224,128 (Oct - Dec 2012) |
Outsourced Services There are a large number of partnership and commissioned services working with Cornwall Council. A selection of ‘outsourced’ services include; waste collection and management in some parts of Cornwall, building projects and framework, school meals and transportation and life guarding for the county’s beaches |
Average age of population 43.3 (2011 Census data) |
| Main Towns Truro (City), St Austell, Liskeard, Looe, Callington, Saltash, Torpoint, Falmouth, Penryn, Camborne, Helston, Porthleven, Redruth, Wadebridge, Bodmin, Bude-Stratton, Camelford, Launceston, Padstow, Penzance, St.Ives, Hayle, Marazion, Fowey, Lostwithiel, Newquay, St.Blazey, St. Columb Major |
Unemployment rate 3.0% (JSA claimants for December 2012) |
Current Council Tax (amount reported is the amount received by the Council - no other services are included) 2010/2011 Council Tax - £1,244.00 2011/2012 Council Tax - £1,244.41 2012/2013 Council Tax - £1,244.41 2013/2014 Council Tax - £1,244.41 |
| Percentage of households which are second homes/holiday accommodation 5.64% (Department for Communities and Local Government, October 2012) |
Percentage of population who have reported they are in very good health 45.2% (2011 Census data) |
Percentage of employed people who have less than 2km to travel to work 39% |
| Employed by Occupation Percentage of people aged 16 and over who are in Social Major Group 1-3 35.6% (2011 Census data) |
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Percentage of those employed in full time employment 31.7% (2011 Census data) |
| Cars or vans owned per household (2011 Census data) No cars or vans - 17.3% 1 car or van - 44.6% 2 cars or vans - 28.2% 3 cars or vans - 7.1% 4 or more cars and vans - 2.8% |
Local Newspapers Local papers include: Western Morning News, West Briton, The Packet Series, Cornish Guardian, Cornishman, Cornish & Devon Post, Cornish Times, Newquay Voice, St Austell Voice, The Sunday Independent |
National Park/AONBs Tamar Valley (AONBS), Cornwall (AONBS) |
| MP with ** beside their name are members of the APPG on Rural Services. | ||
Detail and Analysis for Cornwall |
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Organisations within your authority who receive free community service as a benefit of your membership.
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The most up-to-date analysis of your authority's grant allocation position.
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A review of how your authority is performing compared with all rural authorities and other key benchmarks.
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An analysis of your authority's costs compared with other rural authorities and key benchmarks. |
The latest economic data for your authority compared with key benchmarks to assist local economic assesments.
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Observatory
The Observatory opens the window to a statistical view of rural life. It provides analyses and comment on key service provision and issues affecting rural communities (Click here to visit this section) |
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Our Major Outcomes
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| (All factual information on these pages is updated annually by the RSN) (Information given via links will however be updated as new information becomes available) |
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A local insight
The RSN is asking Councils to give a local rural perspective through answers to the two questions set out below. This process is ongoing, but we hope to be given first replies for this year by the end of 2011. The boxes below will be completed as we hear back from authorities. Information given will be incorporated into Rural Services Network reports, representations and programmes.
One area of policy undertaken by Cornwall Council where (in their rural areas) they felt they have made real progress in the last year:
Comment
One area of policy delivery undertaken by Cornwall Council where (in their rural areas) they consider they still face or now face a significant challenge:
Comment
(All factual information on these pages is updated annually by the RSN)
(Information given via links will however be updated as new information becomes available)
