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NEW DEAL FOR UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE IN SCOTLAND: STATISTICS TO END JUNE 2002

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This News Release, the latest in a quarterly series, provides summary information to the end of June 2002 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.

Information on the New Deal for Lone Parents is released on a different schedule to the other programmes and is published in a separate quarterly news release. The next NDLP news releases, giving statistics to the end of June, will be published on 5 September 2002.

Next release in this series: 28 November 2002

Employers

• The number of employers signed up to New Deal by the end of June 2002 was 15,349 in Scotland and 97,517 in Great Britain.

NEW DEAL 18-24

Jobs

• Since the New Deal scheme began, 44,400 young people in Scotland have gone into jobs from New Deal compared to 379,800 across Great Britain. Between April and June 2002, 3,000 in Scotland, and 22,000 in Great Britain entered jobs.
• Of the 44,400 entering jobs in Scotland, 33,900 were sustained, of which 31,200 were unsubsidised.

Participants

• There were 94,600 starts on New Deal in Scotland by the end of June 2002. Of these, 83,900 clients have left the programme, leaving 10,700 participants still on New Deal. This compares to 87,800 participants in New Deal in Great Britain.
• Of the 10,700 participants in New Deal 18-24 at the end of June in Scotland, the majority 5,800 (55%) were on the New Deal Gateway, 2,900 (27%) were on options and 1,900 (18%) were on follow through.

Destinations

• Of the 83,900 leavers, 40% went into unsubsidised employment, 14% to other benefits, 22% to other known destinations and 24% to unknown destinations.
• 10% of leavers for unsubsidised employment leave before having an initial interview, 54% leave during Gateway, 20% leave from an option and the remainder, 17% leave from Follow Through.

Client group

• Youth unemployment (18-24s unemployment for 6 months or more) in Scotland was 3,800 in July 2002, a rise of 2 per cent in the last year, compared to an increase of 7% in Great Britain as a whole.

NEW DEAL 25+ (original and enhanced programmes combined)

Jobs

• Since the New Deal 25+ scheme began, 11,900 people in Scotland have gone into jobs compared to 111,600 across Great Britain.
• Of the 11,900 entering jobs in Scotland, 9,600 were in sustained employment of which 7,200 were unsubsidised.

Participants

• There were 54,000 starts on New Deal 25+ in Scotland by the end of June 2002. Of these, 47,200 clients left the programme, leaving 6,800 participants (including 580 still on the original programme). This compares to 61,800 participants in New Deal in Great Britain.
• 19% 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 6,200 participants on the enhanced New Deal 25+ at the end of June 2002 in Scotland, the majority, 56%, were on Gateway and 10% were in subsidised employment.

Destinations

• 27% of all leavers from the enhanced New Deal 25+ find unsubsidised employment while 22% return to claiming JSA without taking up a New Deal opportunity, a similar proportion to in Great Britain as a whole.

Client Group

• Long term unemployment (over 25s who have been unemployed for 18 months or more) in Scotland was 8,200 in July 2002, a fall of 35% in the last year, compared to 29% for Great Britain as a whole.

NEW DEAL 50+

• Since its launch in April 2000, New deal 50+ has achieved 9,300 positive job outcomes in Scotland. This compares to 75,200 jobs secured in GB. Around 1,200 and 8,300 jobs were gained during April to June 2002 in Scotland and GB, respectively.

Client Group

• The number of people in Scotland aged 50+ and unemployed for over 6 months, was 7,900 in July 2002. This was a fall of 4% in the last year.

NEW DEAL FOR LONE PARENTS (DATA TO END JUNE 2001)

The next quarterly News Release, New Deal for Lone Parents in Scotland: statistics to the end June 2002, is published on 5 September 2002 and can be viewed online from that date at:

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/stats/bulletins/00188-00.asp

GLASGOW EMPLOYMENT ZONE (DATA TO END DECEMBER 2001)

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 with the next update due in September 2002. The latest update providing data to the end December 2001 was reported in March and can be found at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/stats/bulletins/00152-00.asp

Information at a UK level can be obtained from the DfEE statistical first release at

http://www.dwp.gov.uk/mediacentre/pressreleases/2002/mar/asd2803-employment.pdf

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Department for Work and Pensions Research and Development Reports:

• WAE111 Evaluation of the Re-engineered New Deal 25 Plus: Case Studies.
• WAE112 New Deal for Partners: Qualitative Research.
• WAE115 Partners of Non-JSA Benefit Recipients.
• WAE117 Joint Claims for JSA - Quantitative evaluation of labour market effects.
• WAE126 Jobseeker Direct Customer Satisfaction Survey.
• WAE128 Evaluation of the Work Based Learning for Adults - Action Research Qualitative Interviews with Employment Service Staff, Providers and Employers.
• WAE129 Processes involved in implementing the National Basic Skills programme.
• WAE131 Evaluation of Work Based Learning for Adults (WBLA) - Qualitative Research with Non JSA Clients.
• WAE132 Early Findings from Lone Parent Personal Adviser Meetings: Qualitative Research with Clients and Case Studies on Delivery.
• WAE133 Evaluation of 6 and 12 Month Enhanced JSA Process.

FURTHER INFORMATION

The Department for Work and Pensions New Deal statistical first release for GB and the regions, "New Deal for Young People and Long Term Unemployed aged 25+" can be accessed from the URL, www.statistics.gov.uk/press_Release/CurrentReleases.asp

New Deal for Young People (New Deal 18-24) - data for Scotland and GB

Table A0: New Deal 18-24 Key Facts
Table A1: Numbers of Starters, Leavers and Participants in New Deal 18-24 over time
Table A2: Stage of Participants in New Deal 18-24
Table A3: Destinations of clients from New Deal 18-24 Gateway
Table A4: Immediate destinations on leaving New Deal 18-24, by stage reached
Table A5: Numbers into employment from New Deal 18-24
Table A6: Qualifications on entry for those joining New Deal 18-24
Chart 1: Numbers starting and leaving New Deal 18-24 by month (Scotland)
Chart 2: Position of those on New Deal 18-24 (Scotland)
Chart 3: Entries to sustained jobs from New Deal 18-24 (Scotland)
Chart 6: Destination by stage of leaving New Deal 18-24 (Scotland)

Enhanced New Deal 25+ - data for Scotland and GB

Table B0: New Deal 25+ (enhanced) Key Facts
Table B1: Starters, Leavers and Participants in Enhanced New Deal 25+ over time
Table B2: Stage of Participants in Enhanced New Deal 25+
Table B3: Destinations of clients from Enhanced New Deal 25+ Advisory Interview Process
Table B4: Numbers into employment from Enhanced New Deal 25+ by month
Chart 4: Numbers starting and leaving New Deal 25+ (original programme) by month (Scotland)
Chart 5: Entries to sustained jobs from New Deal 25+ (original programme) (Scotland)

Alternatively, contact John Sweeney, ELLD, EWW: 2, 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 New Deal website is: www.newdeal.gov.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

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