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