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Location: North East Population: 316,000 (ONS, census 2011) Interesting fact: Cragside at Rothbury became the first houses in the world to be lit by electric light bulbs and the first house in the world to be lit by hydro electricity
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| Northumberland |
Northumberland is a member of the Rural Services Network and falls |
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Link placed on Northumberland Council's Intranet page for easy access
Northumberland Information |
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| Phone number 0845 600 6400 |
Website www.northumberland.gov.uk |
Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) North Eastern |
| Frequency of elections Every 4 years |
Number of councillors 67 |
Political composition Liberal Democrat - 25 Conservative - 19 Labour - 17 Independent - 5 Non Aligned - 1 |
| MPs Berwick - Alan James Beith (Liberal Democrat)** Blyth Valley - Ronnie Campbell (Labour) Hexham - Guy Opperman (Conservative)** Wansbeck - Ian Lavery (Labour) |
Decision making structure Leader and a Cabinet |
Population change One Year Population Change + 900 (0.29%) Ten Year Population Change + 4,700 (1.53%) |
| Police Authority Northumbria Police Authority |
Fire Service Northumberland Fire and Rescue Service |
Health Authority Northumberland Care Trust (PCT) |
| Area 502,644 Hectares |
Super Sparsity Indicator 0.1292 |
Audited by Deloitte (England) |
| Rural Classification (Birbeck) Predominently Rural (Rural 50) |
Population by Area- (Density) 0.62 people per hectare |
Number of Parishes 163 (for further info click here) |
| Number of Parish Meetings Information not available |
Number of Parish Councils 144 |
Number of Town Councils 12 |
| Average house price £178,987 (Jan - March 2010) £180,378 (Oct - Dec 2010) £168,654 (July - Sept 2011) £160,047 (Oct - Dec 2011) £170,029 (July - Sept 2012) £169,236 (Oct - Dec 2012) |
Outsourced Services Waste & Re-cycling, Housing (partly), Leisure Centres (partly), Tourist Info |
Average age of population 42.8 (2011 Census data) |
| Main Towns Alnwick, Ashington, Berwick, Blyth, Cramlington, Hexham, Morpeth |
Unemployment rate 4.4% (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 - £1,374.00 2011/2012 Council Tax - £1,373.40 2012/2013 Council Tax - £1,373.40 2013/2014 Council Tax - £1,373.40 |
| Percentage of households which are second homes/holiday accommodation 2.09% (Department for Communities and Local Government, October 2012) |
Percentage of population who have reported they are in very good health 44.0% (2011 Census data) |
Percentage of employed people who have less than 2km to travel to work 32% |
| Employed by Occupation Percentage of people aged 16 and over who are in Social Major Group 1-3 37.5% (2011 Census data) |
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Percentage of those employed in full time employment 37.0% (2011 Census data) |
| Cars or vans owned per household (2011 Census data) No cars or vans - 22.0% 1 car or van - 43.9% 2 cars or vans - 26.6% 3 cars or vans - 5.5% 4 or more cars and vans - 1.8% |
Local Newspapers News Post Leader, Herald & Post, Morpeth Herald, Hexham Courant, Berwick Advertiser |
National Park/AONBs North Pennines (AONBS), Northumberland Coast (AONBS), Northumberland (NP) |
| MP with ** beside their name are members of the APPG on Rural Services. | ||
Detail and Analysis for Northumberland |
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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 Documents
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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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Fairer Funding
Financial Analysis
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 Northumberland 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 Northumberland 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)
