NEW DEAL FOR UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE AND NEW DEAL FOR LONE PARENTS IN SCOTLAND:
'STATISTICS TO END MARCH 2004
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This news release is the first of a new set of news releases combining the previous New Deal for Unemployed People in Scotland and the New Deal for Lone Parents in Scotland news releases. This news release provides summary information to the End of March 2004 on the numbers of people at different stages of New Deal processes in Scotland. This information includes the different routes that they have followed as well as equivalent data for Great Britain.
These new quarterly news releases will be published in the middle of June, September, December and March with data up to the end of March, June, September and December respectively.
Next release in this series: 15 September 2004
NEW DEAL 18-24
Jobs
- Since the New Deal scheme began, 58,300 young people in Scotland have gone into jobs from New Deal compared to 493,000 across Great Britain. In 2004, between January and March, 2,200 in Scotland and 16,600 in Great Britain entered jobs.
- Of the 58,300 entering jobs in Scotland, 45,100 (77%) were sustained.
Participants
- There were 129,200 starts on New Deal in Scotland by the end of March 2004. Of these 119,100 clients have left the programme, leaving 10,200 participants still on New Deal. This compares to 89,500 participants in New Deal in Great Britain.
- Of the 10,200 participants in New Deal 18-24 at the end of March in Scotland, the majority 6,050 (59%) were on the New Deal Gateway, 2,210 (22%) were on options and 1,510 (15%) were on follow through.
Destinations
- Of the 119,100 leavers, 39% went into unsubsidised employment, 14% to other benefits, 22% to other known destinations and 25% to unknown destinations.
- 9% of leavers for unsubsidised employment leave before having an initial interview, 56% leave during Gateway, 19% leave from an option and the remainder, 16% leave from Follow Through.
Client group Unemployment
- Youth unemployment (18-24s unemployed for 6 months or more) in Scotland was 4,100 in April 2004, an increase of 21% in the last year, compared to an increase of 6% in Great Britain as a whole.
NEW DEAL 25+ (original and enhanced programmes combined)
Jobs
- Since the New Deal 25+ scheme began, 20,300 people in Scotland have gone into jobs compared to 178,000 across Great Britain.
- Of the 20,300 entering jobs in Scotland through the enhanced programme, 15,800 (78%) were in sustained employment.
Participants
- There were 77,200 starts on New Deal 25+ in Scotland, including 40,000 to the enhanced programme, by the end of March 2004. Of these, 71,200 clients have left the programme, leaving 5,800 participants. This compares to 54,800 participants on the enhanced programme in Great Britain.
- 18% of participants on the enhanced New Deal 25+ in Scotland are aged over 50 years and 86% of clients are male (data no longer available for original programme).
- Of the 5,800 participants on the enhanced New Deal 25+ at the end of March 2004 in Scotland, the majority, 60%, were on Gateway and 6% were in subsidised employment.
Destinations
- 24% of all leavers from the enhanced New Deal 25+ find unsubsidised employment while 30% return to claiming JSA without taking up a New Deal opportunity, a similar proportion to Great Britain as a whole.
Client Group Unemployment
- Long term unemployment (over 25s who have been unemployed for 18 months or more) in Scotland was 7,100 in April 2004, this is the same as last year compared to a decrease of 4% for Great Britain as a whole.
NEW DEAL 50+
On the 6th April 2003 the Employment Credit was replaced by the over 50s element of the Working Tax Credit (WTC). In future, the number of WTC awards to New Deal 50plus clients will be used to measure the number of jobs gained through the programme. However, the number of WTC claims and awards are not yet available from the Inland Revenue. Due to problems with data matching between the Inland Revenue and the Department for Work and Pensions the information on WTC for people aged 50 plus will not be available until late 2004.
Client Group Unemployment
- The number of people in Scotland aged 50+ and unemployed for over 6 months, was 8,300 in April 2004. This was an increase of 2% in the last year compared to a decrease of 1% in GB as a whole
NEW DEAL FOR LONE PARENTS
Jobs
- In Scotland, 33,100 jobs have been gained through the New Deal for Lone Parents (all spells) among 28,800 individual lone parents. This compares to 293,700 jobs gained among 261,300 lone parents across Great Britain.
Participants
- 4,900 lone parents joined the NDLP between January and March 2004, an increase of 400 over October to December 2003.
- Since the scheme began, 67,700 people have started NDLP while 56,500 people have left leaving 11,200 participants at the end of March 2004, an increase of 600 (6%) since December 2003. This compares to 106,000 participants across Great Britain at the end of March 2004, an increase of 7000 (7%) since December 2003.
Client group
- The employment rate among lone parents in Scotland was 53% in the year ending February 2003, no change in the past year but an increase of 11 percentage points since year ending February 1998.
GLASGOW EMPLOYMENT ZONE (DATA TO END SEPTEMBER 2003)
Fifteen Employment Zones were established in April 2000 in areas of GB with persistently high unemployment. Employment Zones target participants aged 25 years and over who have been receiving income-based JSA for 12 months plus or 18 months plus. Participation is mandatory. The Glasgow Employment Zone targets those unemployed for 18 months or more.
Statistics for the Glasgow Zone are updated every six months and will next be reported in the December 2004 news release.
- There were 13,370 starts to the Glasgow zone between its inception in April 2000 and the end of September 2003 compared to 114,980 starts throughout GB.
- Focussing on the cohort data the percentage into employment in Glasgow was 47% compared to 45% in all employment zones. 68% of these jobs were sustained in Glasgow compared to 73% for all employment zones
Information at a GB level can be obtained from the DWP statistical first release at: http://www.dwp.gov.uk/asd/emp_zones/emp_zones.asp
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Department for Work and Pensions Research and Development Reports:
- WAE183 Joint Claims for JSA: Age Range Extension - Qualitative Evaluation Report
- WAE184 Integrated Findings from the Evaluation of the First 18 Months of Lone Parent Work Focussed Interviews
- WAE185 Evaluation of the Adviser Discretion Fund (ADF)
- WAE186 Evaluation of StepUP: Interim Report
- WAE187 Work-based Learning for Adults: an evaluation of labour market effects
- WAE188 Lone Parents and Work Based Learning for adults
- WAE189 Evaluation of Work Based Learning for Adults: technical report
- WAE190 Volunteering and Availability for Work: an evaluation of the change to Jobseeker's Allowance Regulations
- WAE191: Jobcentre Plus customer satisfaction 2003: findings from qualitative research
- WAE192: Targeting services in the individual customer strategy: the role of profiling a review of research evidence
FURTHER INFORMATION
The Department for Work and Pensions New Deal statistical first release for GB, Government Office Regions and Jobcentre Plus districts on New Deal for Unemployed People and New Deal for Lone Parents can be found at the following URL's:
New Deal for unemployed: http://www.dwp.gov.uk/asd/ndyp.asp
New Deal for Lone Parents: http://www.dwp.gov.uk/asd/ndlp.asp
Alternatively, contact David McPhee, ETLLD, Transitions to Work: 3, Scottish Executive, Meridian Court, 3 rd Floor, Cadogan Street, Glasgow G2 6AT. Telephone 0141-242-5490.
Email: labour-market.statistics@scotland.gsi.gov.uk
New Deal Policy Design
More detailed information on the New Deal policy design can be found on the internet. The address of the national New Deal website is: www.newdeal.gov.uk. In addition, a website covering Welfare to Work initiatives has recently been created and can be found at: www.w2w.org.uk
Details on criteria for early entry to New Deal are described in the News Release dated 29 June 2000: New Deal for Unemployed People in Scotland: Statistics to end April 2000, at the URL, http://www.scotland.gov.uk/stats/bulletins/00002-00.asp
Notes for News Editors
The New Deal for the Young Unemployed was introduced nationally on 6 April 1998. The New Deal for the Long-term Unemployed was launched throughout the country on 29 June 1998.
Employment policy is reserved to the UK Government, which takes the lead on the funding and delivery of the New Deal. In Scotland it does this in partnership with the Scottish Executive and contributing Scottish organisations, many of whom provide New Deal services under contract or provide funds and other resources, including training funds, to enhance the quality of New Deal at local level.
Further notes for News Editors can be found in the News Release dated 29 June 2000, at the URL, http://www.scotland.gov.uk/stats/bulletins/00002-00.asp