NEW DEAL FOR UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE AND NEW DEAL FOR LONE PARENTS IN SCOTLAND:
STATISTICS TO END JUNE 2004
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This news release, the latest in a quarterly series, provides summary information to the End of June 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 quarterly news releases will be published in the middle of September, December, March and June with data up to the end of June, September, December and March respectively.
New Deal Client group figures are no longer published in this release as these figures are published by the Office of National Statistics on the same day. These figures can be found at:www.statistics.gov.uk
Next release in this series: 15 th December 2004
NEW DEAL 18-24
Jobs
- Since the New Deal scheme began, 61,200 young people in Scotland have gone into jobs from New Deal compared to 518,200 across Great Britain. In 2004, between April and June, 2,800 in Scotland and 20,500 in Great Britain entered jobs.
- Of the 61,200 entering jobs in Scotland, 47,500 (78%) were sustained.
Participants
- There were 134,000 starts on New Deal in Scotland by the end of June 2004. Of these 124,400 clients have left the programme, leaving 9,700 participants still on New Deal. This compares to 82,800 participants in New Deal in Great Britain.
- Of the 9,700 participants in New Deal 18-24 at the end of June in Scotland, the majority 5,700 (59%) were on the New Deal Gateway, 1,800 (18%) were on options and 1,600 (17%) were on follow through.
Destinations
- Of the 124,400 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, 55% leave during Gateway, 19% leave from an option and the remainder, 16% leave from Follow Through.
NEW DEAL 25+ (original and enhanced programmes combined)
Jobs
- Since the New Deal 25+ scheme began, 21,900 people in Scotland have gone into jobs compared to 194,700 across Great Britain.
- Of the 21,900 entering jobs in Scotland through the enhanced programme, 16,900 (77%) were in sustained employment.
Participants
- There were 80,000 starts on New Deal 25+ in Scotland, including 42,800 to the enhanced programme, by the end of June 2004. Of these, 74,200 clients have left the programme, leaving 5,600 participants. This compares to 53,300 participants on the enhanced programme in Great Britain.
- 17% of participants on the enhanced New Deal 25+ in Scotland are aged over 50 years and 85% of clients are male (data no longer available for original programme).
- Of the 5,600 participants on the enhanced New Deal 25+ at the end of June 2004 in Scotland, the majority, 59%, were on Gateway and 7% were in subsidised employment.
Destinations
- 25% of all leavers from the enhanced New Deal 25+ find unsubsidised employment while 28% return to claiming JSA without taking up a New Deal opportunity, a similar proportion to 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.
NEW DEAL FOR LONE PARENTS
Jobs
- In Scotland, 35,500 jobs have been gained through the New Deal for Lone Parents (all spells) among 30,600 individual lone parents. This compares to 312,800 jobs gained among 276,700 lone parents across Great Britain.
Participants
- 4,200 lone parents joined the NDLP between April and June 2004, a decrease of 700 on the last quarter.
- Since the scheme began, 71,900 people have started NDLP while 61,000 people have left leaving 10,900 participants at the end of June 2004, a decrease of 400 (3%) since March 2004. This compares to 106,700 participants across Great Britain at the end of June 2004, which is a slight decrease on March 2004.
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Department for Work and Pensions Research and Development Reports:
- WAE194 Understanding Performance Variation
- WAE195 A study of providers new to Workstep
- WAE196 Evaluation of the Childcare Partnership Manager role
- WAE197 Report of the Survey of Job Brokers
- WAE198 Tests of Nonexperimental Methods for Evaluating the Impact of the New Deal for Disabled People (NDDP)
- WAE199 New Deal for Disabled People (NDDP): first synthesis report
- WAE200 A review of 'What we know' about partners of benefit recipients
- WAE201 Emerging findings for the Refugee Employment Strategy
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 Marina Hughes, ETLLD, Analytical Services Division: 3, Scottish Executive, Meridian Court, 3 rd Floor, Cadogan Street, Glasgow G2 6AT. Telephone 0141-242-5461.
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