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

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This News Release, the latest in a quarterly series, provides summary information to the end of December 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. These quarterly releases are published at the end of May, August, November and February with data to end of March, June, September and December, respectively.

Next release in this series: 29 May 2003

Employers

• The number of employers signed up to New Deal by the end of December 2002 was 16,025 in Scotland and 101,541 in Great Britain.

NEW DEAL 18-24

Jobs

• Since the New Deal scheme began, 48,600 young people in Scotland have gone into jobs from New Deal compared to 414,200 across Great Britain. Between October and December 2002, 2,500 in Scotland, and 19,500 in Great Britain entered jobs.
• Of the 48,600 entering jobs in Scotland, 37,200 were sustained, of which 34,300 were unsubsidised.

Participants

• There were 104,300 starts on New Deal in Scotland by the end of December 2002. Of these, 94,700 clients have left the programme, leaving 9,600 participants still on New Deal. This compares to 83,800 participants in New Deal in Great Britain.
• Of the 9,600 participants in New Deal 18-24 at the end of December in Scotland, the majority 5,200 (55%) were on the New Deal Gateway, 2,700 (28%) were on options and 1,700 (17%) were on follow through.

Destinations

• Of the 94,700 leavers, 39% 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, 16% leave from Follow Through.

Client group Unemployment

• Youth unemployment (18-24s unemployed for 6 months or more) in Scotland was 3,400 in January 2003, a fall of 8% in the last year, compared to a fall of 1% in Great Britain as a whole.

NEW DEAL 25+ (original and enhanced programmes combined)

Jobs

• Since the New Deal 25+ scheme began, 14,900 people in Scotland have gone into jobs compared to 135,900 across Great Britain.
• Of the 14,900 entering jobs in Scotland, 11,500 were in sustained employment of which 8,700 were unsubsidised.

Participants

• There were 62,000 starts on New Deal 25+ in Scotland by the end of December 2002. Of these, 54,700 clients left the programme, leaving 7,300 participants (including 320 still on the original programme). This compares to 68,500 participants in New Deal in Great Britain.
• 20% 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 7,000 participants on the enhanced New Deal 25+ at the end of December 2002 in Scotland, the majority, 66%, were on Gateway and 6% were in subsidised employment.

Destinations

• 26% of all leavers from the enhanced New Deal 25+ find unsubsidised employment while 27% 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 7,700 in January 2003, a fall of 25% in the last year, compared to 22% for Great Britain as a whole.

NEW DEAL 50+

Jobs

• Since its launch in April 2000, New Deal 50+ has achieved 11,400 positive job outcomes in Scotland. This compares to 91,700 jobs secured in Great Britain. Around 1,000 and 8,300 jobs were gained during October to December 2002 in Scotland and Great Britain, respectively.

Client Group Unemployment

• The number of people in Scotland aged 50+ and unemployed for over 6 months, was 8,100 in January 2003. This was an increase of 3% in the last year.

NEW DEAL FOR LONE PARENTS (DATA TO END DECEMBER 2002)

The next quarterly News Release, New Deal for Lone Parents in Scotland: statistics to the end December 2002, is published on 6 March 2003 and can be viewed online from that date at:http://www.scotland.gov.uk/stats/bulletins/00239-00.asp

GLASGOW EMPLOYMENT ZONE (DATA TO END JUNE 2002)

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 June 2003 news release. The last statistical update for the Glasgow Zone, providing data to the end June 2002, was provided in the November News Release which can be found at: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/stats/bulletins/00214-00.asp

Information at a UK level can be obtained from the DWP statistical first release at http://www.dwp.gov.uk/asd/emp_zones/Sept2002/ezsep02.pdf

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Department for Work and Pensions Research and Development Reports:

• WAE140 Early Findings from Lone Parent Personal Adviser Meetings: Quantitative Survey of Clients

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, 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 the New Deals and other Welfare to Work initiatives in Scotland has been recently expanded into a forum for disseminating news and sharing good practice: http://www.newdealscotland.com

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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