Our context - Derbyshire
A few facts and figures about Derbyshire that helped inform the Council Plan.
The council
- has 64 elected members
- employs more than 10,500 people
- serves a population of over 822,000 people
Our residents
Council services residents consider most important:
- Roads, transport and infrastructure (for examples buses, potholes, street cleaning)
- Waste and recycling
- Partnerships with local NHS services to improve population health
- Environmental health and trading standards
- Adult social care and support
Our services
- handle over 350,000 calls to our call centre each year
- support more than 6,700 people to identify their health and wellbeing needs
- support 12,000 adults with long-term care needs
- manage over 700 Child Protection Plans and care for over 1,000 children
- protect vulnerable residents from over 32,000 nuisance and scam calls
- manage 400 tonnes of waste and 9 recycling centres
- run 45 libraries and a mobile library service
- maintain over 3,300 miles of roads
Our county
- Derbyshire's £19.8 billion economy is driven by strong manufacturing and advanced engineering sectors
- Our population is aging faster than the national average: 23% are 65+ vs 19% in England
- Over 42,200 Derbyshire residents live in England's 10% most deprived areas
- Health inequalities are a key issue across the county