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Claim: In Belfast, the digital sector employs 26 per cent of the workforce. (Simon Duke, 2020-09-08)
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Claim: In Belfast, the digital sector employs 26 per cent of the workforce. (Simon Duke, 2020-09-08)
Evidence (2024-09-26): Digital sector workforce analysis - Technical report [...] The primary purpose of these experimental statistics is to suggest areas for further research into Digital sector workforce dynamics, helping the Department to understand how current and future policy interventions can be most effective. [...] 2.1 Digital Sector definition
Claim: In Belfast, the digital sector employs 26 per cent of the workforce. (Simon Duke, 2020-09-08)
Evidence (2022-11-23): The digital sector directly employs more than 270,000 people in Ireland.
Claim: In Belfast, the digital sector employs 26 per cent of the workforce. (Simon Duke, 2020-09-08)
Evidence (2024-10-08): There are two ways that digitalization may affect the workforce. Thus, when robots take the place of human input, employment may decrease as a result of automation. The emergence of new occupational profiles in line with emerging technologies also contributes to the creation of jobs, as does the rise in demand for technology-based goods and services brought on by declining costs or the emergence of new markets, clientele, or demand areas. Because of the lower prices brought about by the digitization context, more people will have actual income to spend on goods and services, even outside of high-tech areas, which will help create new jobs. Wage levels in the labour market may also be impacted by digitalization (
Claim: In Belfast, the digital sector employs 26 per cent of the workforce. (Simon Duke, 2020-09-08)
Evidence (2022-05-24): The ICT sector was also found to have highly educated workforce: almost two-thirds had a college degree or higher.
Claim: In Belfast, the digital sector employs 26 per cent of the workforce. (Simon Duke, 2020-09-08)
Evidence (2019-06-11): Jobs in the digital sector now account for 20 per cent of all vacancies in the UK as the boom in the tech economy shows no signs of slowing down. [...] In Cambridge, half the working population is employed in the digital tech sector, while in Reading the sector employs a third of the workforce. But now Oxford, Belfast and Newcastle are climbing up the ranks as well, with more than 10 per cent of the population employed in tech.
Claim: In Belfast, the digital sector employs 26 per cent of the workforce. (Simon Duke, 2020-09-08)
Evidence (2021-12-20): Belfast has been named among the UK's fastest growing tech cities according to a new report for the UK's Digital Economy Council. [...] Belfast scored highly for a combination of high levels of venture capital funding, available job opportunities, salaries and both current and future high-growth tech companies. [...] "It's fantastic to see Belfast rank in the top-ten regional UK cities for tech. The new data recognises the talent in the region and Northern Ireland's thriving digital sector," the UK's digital minister Chris Philp said. "As part of our mission to level up the country we are helping power new tech growth in the region by helping people get the skills they need to succeed and backing businesses with pro-innovation policies."
Claim: In Belfast, the digital sector employs 26 per cent of the workforce. (Simon Duke, 2020-09-08)
Evidence (2023-11-08): Nowhere is this energy of tech growth felt more strongly than in the capital. In Belfast, more than one fifth of workers are employed in the digital tech sector, making it one of only five UK cities where the workforce is comprised of 10% or more digital workers. Belfast has a rich tech ecosystem, with tech giants including Microsoft, Google, and Amazon moving in alongside start-ups and scaling SMEs. Between 2011 and 2016, there was a 143% rise in the number of new digital businesses in the city, and Belfast boasts 17% of the UK’s high-growth tech businesses. So, demand for tech talent is significant – and growing. According to Tech Nation, one of the biggest challenges facing Belfast start-ups is access to talent. [...] In Belfast, and all-over Northern Ireland, tech business is booming. The challenge will be sustaining that growth, especially as lucrative sectors like cybersecurity, financial services, and information technology services take off. But for a city that is all pulling in the same direction, and working collaboratively to do so, the strain of meeting demand with supply should be more straightforward. Because today, technology in Belfast is more than simply another sector, it’s the lifeblood of its economy.
Claim: In Belfast, the digital sector employs 26 per cent of the workforce. (Simon Duke, 2020-09-08)
Evidence (2020-07-28): Belfast’s digital innovation strengths - Belfast identified as one of the world’s top 10 Digital Economies of the Future (the only UK city other than London). [...] - In 2019, 26 per cent of all job openings in Belfast were in digital technology - the highest in UK. [...] Collaborative partners - Telecoms and cloud industry - Belfast creative digital sector - Belfast Region City Deal - Future Screens NI - Belfast Stories - Digital Catapult UK
Claim: In Belfast, the digital sector employs 26 per cent of the workforce. (Simon Duke, 2020-09-08)
Evidence (2024-04-22): It sits at the centre of Northern Ireland’s tech scene, and more than 25 per cent of all available jobs in the city are tech related compared to just 10 per cent in 2018. According to a report by the Digital Economy Council, the tech sector now accounts for more than one in seven jobs in the region. The data also shows that 15 per cent of new jobs are in tech, with a 12.4 per cent month-on-month increase. [...] It’s also an appealing place to live for tech professionals. Belfast is the second-best place in the UK for tech workers to live (in terms of value) according to the Digital Economy Council. The cost of living in Belfast, for example, is significantly cheaper than other UK cities. [...] In addition, Northern Ireland’s tech scene is quite varied and there are a few main clusters that include cybersecurity, AI data and analytics, sports tech, and IT and cloud services. Cybersecurity firms Rapid7 and Whitehat security have both set up bases in Belfast in recent years.
Claim: In Belfast, the digital sector employs 26 per cent of the workforce. (Simon Duke, 2020-09-08)
Evidence (2019-09-30): Fifth of Belfast workers employed in digital tech sector Tech Nation has said a fifth of Belfast's workers are now employed in the digital tech sector, as it prepared to hold an industry event today. Belfast's digital tech sector had almost 17,000 vacancies during 2018, according to research by the Government body into digital tech jobs.
Claim: In Belfast, the digital sector employs 26 per cent of the workforce. (Simon Duke, 2020-09-08)
Evidence (2021-09-23): The tech scene in the North is flourishing, with the sector now accounting for more than one in seven jobs, according to new figures. The data also shows that some 15 per cent of all new jobs advertised are for the sector, with a 12.4 per cent month-on-month increase in tech roles to 7,707 recorded in June alone. Unsurprisingly, Belfast is the centre of the North's tech scene. More than a quarter of all available jobs in the city are tech-related, compared with 10 per cent in 2018. The figures were compiled by the Digital Economy Council, which advises the UK government. [...] As well as indigenous start-ups, Belfast is increasingly home to large US tech companies, which are all vying for talent. The median digital tech salary is £32,657, compared with £24,030 across all industries. Belfast is ranked 14 in the UK for costs of living versus salary for tech jobs.
Claim: In Belfast, the digital sector employs 26 per cent of the workforce. (Simon Duke, 2020-09-08)
Evidence (2021-09-23): New data shows Northern Ireland is now home to one of the UK’s fastest-growing digital sectors with one in seven jobs now in the digital sector. Northern Ireland’s digital sector is now growing faster than most of the UK with 15% of all available job opportunities in the tech industry, ahead of the UK average of 13%, according to data analysed by smarter job search engine Adzuna for the UK’s Digital Economy Council and Tech Nation. [...] Belfast is the centre of Northern Ireland’s tech scene with digital tech roles now making up 27% of all available jobs in the city, an increase of 10% from 2018. The city was named a tech hub to watch by Tech Nation earlier this year thanks to its high proportion of early-stage companies.
Claim: In Belfast, the digital sector employs 26 per cent of the workforce. (Simon Duke, 2020-09-08)
Evidence (2022-11-25): The current woes of the tech industry are not likely to be its death knell. Years ago, Dell Technologies closed its manufacturing plant in Ireland but the company now employs more people in Ireland than before - just in different roles. Since then, Ireland has gone from strength to strength as a global digital hub, with a strong indigenous base alongside a range of multinationals with their Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) headquarters here. More than 200,000 people are employed in the sector here and it accounts for 13 per cent of Ireland’s GDP.
Claim: In Belfast, the digital sector employs 26 per cent of the workforce. (Simon Duke, 2020-09-08)
Evidence (2022-03-02): UPDATE: The Times corrected its article, in response to our request. Its updated article states that in Belfast, the tech sector makes up 26 per cent of vacancies, not overall employment. [...] Using BRES (Table 1.1 "DCA"), the two relevant industrial sectors (SIC Sections J ‘Information and communication’ and M ‘Professional, scientific, and technical’) are estimated to have employed 32,927 people in Belfast, or 14% of the city’s workforce. This includes jobs that are very unlikely to match the Tech Nation report’s meaning of "Digital Tech". (For example, section M includes lawyers, accountants and planners as well as engineering roles.) [...] The Tech Nation "Jobs and Skills Report 2020" analyses data on advertisements for job vacancies across the UK and by particular categories. The report states that for Belfast, from June to August 2020, 26% of job adverts at the online search site Adzura were in the category of IT jobs. NISRA estimate that 14% of the workforce in Belfast is employed in the broader industry sectors of information and communication, and professional, scientific, and technical activities. FactCheckNI estimates that 8% of jobs in Belfast approximate those advertised by Adzura as "IT and engineering".
Claim: In Belfast, the digital sector employs 26 per cent of the workforce. (Simon Duke, 2020-09-08)
Evidence (2024-02-28): Just over 29% of the creative workforce is freelance, compared to 15% across the UK (DCMS Sector Economic Estimates: Employment July 2020 – June 2021).
Claim: In Belfast, the digital sector employs 26 per cent of the workforce. (Simon Duke, 2020-09-08)
Evidence (2024-09-22): - ^ "'Leprechaun economics' - Ireland's 26pc growth spurt laughed off as 'farcical'". Irish Independent. 13 July 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
Claim: In Belfast, the digital sector employs 26 per cent of the workforce. (Simon Duke, 2020-09-08)
Evidence (2020-12-18): Job losses triggered by the coronavirus pandemic will hurt some parts of the UK more than others and deepen regional inequality, Labour has said. It said its analysis of official data showed that more than 10 per cent of the workforce in north west England was employed in retail – the highest proportion in the UK, followed by Wales and the north east. Almost 13 per cent of the East Midlands workforce was employed in manufacturing, it said. Meanwhile, the report said London was likely to be worst affected by redundancies in aviation and travel – sectors that previously employed more than 60,000 people. Labour said the figures suggested the government's blanket approach to ending the furlough scheme risked worsening regional inequality.
Claim: In Belfast, the digital sector employs 26 per cent of the workforce. (Simon Duke, 2020-09-08)
Evidence (2024-03-15): "Digitalization is the transformational opportunity of our time. The digital sector has become a powerhouse of innovation, economic growth, and job creation. Value added in the IT services sector grew at 8 percent annually during 2000†"22, nearly twice as fast as the global economy. Employment growth in IT services reached 7 percent annually, six times higher than total employment growth.
Claim: In Belfast, the digital sector employs 26 per cent of the workforce. (Simon Duke, 2020-09-08)
Evidence (2024-01-01): Attracting younger workers with future-fit skills is also critical. There are many opportunities for the sector to promote itself as a dynamic modern environment to work in. Communicating the role of digital advances in manufacturing, such as robotics, as well as product innovations will help change negative perceptions and spark interest in the sector. Meanwhile manufacturers must engage schools and colleges early or risk losing out to other sectors, particularly as the war on talent is likely to intensify post Brexit.
Claim: In Belfast, the digital sector employs 26 per cent of the workforce. (Simon Duke, 2020-09-08)
Evidence (2015-10-16): Over the past few decades, there has been a notable shift in the UK economy towards the most innovative, knowledge-intensive industries.Knowledge-intensive services1 now make up 34 per cent of UK output and 29 per cent of total employment.2 Within these sectors, growth has been particularly significant among the professional services, creative and digital sectors. Between 2009 and 2013, employment in these ‘new work’ industries increased at over four times the economy as a whole. Over the last four years employment in creative firms grew by 4.9 per cent, in digital firms by 3.2 per cent and in professional services firms by 12 per cent compared with overall growth of 2 per cent. [...] SMEs, particularly those in the most innovative sectors, are important drivers of employment. Between 2011 and 2014, 29 per cent of SMEs expanded the size of their workforce; this is an increase from 26 per cent between 2008 and 2011. The average number of jobs created by individual SMEs also increased from 4.9 between 2008 and 2011 to 5.4 between 2011 and 2014.
Claim: The United Kingdom has one of the highest teenage pregnancy rates in Europe. (Family Planning Association (FPA), 2015-12-01)
Evidence (2015-12-01): The claim is true, however, the teenage pregnancy rate in Northern Ireland was the lowest within the British Isles in 2014.
Claim: The United Kingdom has one of the highest teenage pregnancy rates in Europe. (Family Planning Association (FPA), 2015-12-01)
Evidence (2016-11-22): Background: In 1999, the UK Labour Government launched a 10-year Teenage Pregnancy Strategy for England to address the country's historically high rates and reduce social exclusion. The goal was to halve the under-18 conception rate. This study explores how the strategy was designed and implemented, and the features that contributed to its success. [...] Conclusions: As rates of teenage pregnancy are influenced by a web of inter-connected factors, the strategy was necessarily multi-faceted in its approach. As such, it is not possible to identify causative pathways or estimate the relative contributions of each constituent part. However, we conclude that six key features contributed to the success: creating an opportunity for action; developing an evidence based strategy; effective implementation; regularly reviewing progress; embedding the strategy in wider government programmes; and providing leadership throughout the programme. The learning remains relevant for the UK as England's teenage birth rate remains higher than in other Western European countries. It also provides important lessons for governments and policy makers in other countries seeking to reduce teenage pregnancy rates. [...] Implementing the United Kingdom Government's 10-Year Teenage Pregnancy Strategy for England (1999-2010): Applicable Lessons for Other Countries.J Adolesc Health. 2016 Jul;59(1):68-74. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2016.03.023. Epub 2016 May 24. J Adolesc Health. 2016. PMID: 27235373 -
Claim: The United Kingdom has one of the highest teenage pregnancy rates in Europe. (Family Planning Association (FPA), 2015-12-01)
Evidence (2016-03-09): Percentage of girls under 16 and under 18 becoming pregnant, England and Wales, 1969 to 20141 [...] Governments in both England and Wales are committed to reducing the teenage pregnancy rate further, although they have now moved away from setting specific targets. The last target, set by the government in England in 1999, was to halve the 1998 under 18 teenage pregnancy rate for England by 2010. Rates fell substantially during this period and this target was reached in 2014.
Claim: The United Kingdom has one of the highest teenage pregnancy rates in Europe. (Family Planning Association (FPA), 2015-12-01)
Evidence (2023-03-29): In 1999, the government announced its 10-year Teenage Pregnancy Strategy for England, which aimed to reduce the conception rate for women aged under 18 years. This was followed by the release of the Teenage pregnancy prevention framework guidance in 2018, which aims to prevent unplanned pregnancy and promote healthy relationships among young people in England. These initiatives may have contributed to the low teenage conception rates we see today when compared with the last two decades. [...] Conception numbers and rates continue to show variation by area of usual residence. In 2021, the West Midlands had the highest conception rate, out of all the English regions and Wales, with 78.1 conceptions per 1,000 women aged 15 to 44 years. The South West had the smallest conception rate in 2021 with 64.6 conceptions per 1,000 women aged 15 to 44 years. [...] Image .csv .xlsThe North East had the highest conception rate for those aged under 18 years, out of all the English regions and Wales in 2021. In the North East there were 19.8 conceptions per 1,000 women of the same age in 2021. Over the last decade, the North East also had the smallest percentage decrease for those aged under 18 years, despite conception rates having nearly halved since 2011 from 38.4 conceptions per 1,000 women aged under 18 years.
Claim: The United Kingdom has one of the highest teenage pregnancy rates in Europe. (Family Planning Association (FPA), 2015-12-01)
Evidence (2024-06-12): Department of Health (2001) The National Teenage Pregnancy Strategy (2001–2010). Teenage Pregnancy Unit. London, England: Department of Health. http://www.everychildmatters.gov.uk/health/teenagepregnancy/about/, cited 24 August 2008 [...] Wellings K (2001) Country Report for Great Britain: Teenage Sexual and Reproductive Behavior in Developed Countries. Occasional Report # 6. New York: Alan Guttmacher Institute Wellings K (2007) Reducing the rate of teenage conceptions. BMJ Health Intelligence. http://healthintelligence.bmj.com/hi/do/public-health/topics/content/teenage-pregnancy/index.html, cited 24 August 2008
Claim: The United Kingdom has one of the highest teenage pregnancy rates in Europe. (Family Planning Association (FPA), 2015-12-01)
Evidence (2024-08-12): Teenage pregnancy in the United Kingdom refers to the rate at which people under 20 fall pregnant in the United Kingdom. As of 2021, the rate of teenage conceptions in the United Kingdom was 5.226% percent of total conceptions,[1] whereas 2.199% of all live births in the United Kingdom were to mothers under 20 years of age.[2] The rate of teenage pregnancy is relatively high when compared with other developed countries; the only other Western countries with higher teenage pregnancy rates are the United States and New Zealand.[3] A report in 2002 found that around half of all conceptions to under-18s were concentrated among the 30% most economically deprived population, with only 14% occurring among the 30% least deprived.[4] [...] Geographic variation in pregnancy rate [edit]High teenage pregnancy rates are found in areas with low GCSE examination success, such as Nottingham, Kingston upon Hull, Doncaster, Barnsley, Middlesbrough, Manchester (highest), Nuneaton, Sandwell, Bristol, Stoke on Trent, Bradford, North East Lincolnshire, and Blackpool. In 1997, a study revealed that there was a north–south divide in England in the rate of conceptions to under-18s, with the highest rates and proportion leading to maternity being in the north, and the lowest rates with the highest proportion leading to abortion, being in the south, with the exception of London, which had high rates of both conception and abortion.[12]
Claim: The United Kingdom has one of the highest teenage pregnancy rates in Europe. (Family Planning Association (FPA), 2015-12-01)
Evidence (2023-10-20): Access to safe and free abortion and contraception are key issues when it comes to teenage pregnancy. While abortion was made legal in England, Scotland and Wales in 1967, Northern Ireland legalised abortion only in October 2019. Here, we explore the number of abortions and rate of conception in women below the age of 18 in England and Wales over time. [...] Reducing the rate of under-18 conceptions was an ambition set in 2013 in the Department of Health's A Framework for Sexual Health Improvement in England. While this ambition has succeeded, there remain stark inequalities in the conception rate with a seven-fold difference in rates across different local authorities. The teenage pregnancy prevention strategy published a framework for local authorities to address this disparity and invest further resources in educational and contraceptive support for women at higher risk of early pregnancy. Another challenge is the change in use of Long Acting Reversible Contraception (LARCs), such as IUDs and the hormonal implant, which have been credited with reducing teenage pregnancy rates. However, due to changes in funding arrangements, there has been a 13% drop in their use as many women are no longer able to access LARC. The government recommends further access to LARC at all sexual and reproductive health services, especially because £1 spent on contraception is estimated to save the NHS £11 plus welfare costs.
Claim: The United Kingdom has one of the highest teenage pregnancy rates in Europe. (Family Planning Association (FPA), 2015-12-01)
Evidence (2024-01-01): Annual 2021 conception data* released on 30 March 2023 by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that in England 13.1 per 1,000 young women under-18 became pregnant. [...] "The small rise in England’s under-18 conception rate, is the first increase in 14 years. Although it may in part be due to lower rates in 2020 caused by behavioural changes during the pandemic lockdown periods, it is a stark caution against complacency and a timely prompt to redouble our efforts to ensure all young people have the knowledge and confidence they need to navigate healthy relationships and prevent unplanned pregnancy. That means effective implementation of high-quality relationships and sex education (RSE) in schools, open conversations at home, and providing easy access to youth friendly contraceptive services. Yet although RSE is mandatory in all schools, the Sex Education Forum 2022 Poll [PDF] of 16- & 17-year-olds found only 40% reported their RSE as good or very good, nearly 1 in 10 didn’t learn anything at all about condoms or contraception from their school RSE, and 56% had learnt not enough or nothing about how to access local sexual health services, despite this being a requirement of the statutory guidance. As one young person in the Poll noted, ‘Schools should definitely improve on teaching "accessing sexual health services"- this is a very easy thing to teach and doesn’t take much time’. [...] Public Health England Teenage Pregnancy Reports