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NEW DEAL FOR UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE IN SCOTLAND: STATISTICS TO END JUNE 2003

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This News Release, the latest in a quarterly series, provides summary information to the end of June 2003 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 February, May, August and November with data to end of December, March, June and September, respectively.

Next release in this series: 27 November 2003

Employers

• The number of employers signed up to New Deal by the end of June 2003 was 16,803 in Scotland and 104,866 in Great Britain.

NEW DEAL 18-24

Jobs

• Since the New Deal scheme began, 52,300 young people in Scotland have gone into jobs from New Deal compared to 444,900 across Great Britain. In 2003, between April and June, 2,500 in Scotland and 10,300 in Great Britain entered jobs.
• Of the 52,300 entering jobs in Scotland, 40,300 (77%) were sustained.

Participants

• There were 114,400 starts on New Deal in Scotland by the end of June 2003. Of these 104,300 clients have left the programme, leaving 10,100 participants still on New Deal. This compares to 91,400 participants in New Deal in Great Britain.
• Of the 10,100 participants in New Deal 18-24 at the end of June in Scotland, the majority 5,800 (57%) were on the New Deal Gateway, 2,700 (27%) were on options and 1,600 (16%) were on follow through.

Destinations

• Of the 104,300 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 3,700 in July 2003, a fall of 4% 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, 17,400 people in Scotland have gone into jobs compared to 154,900 across Great Britain.
• Of the 10,400 entering jobs in Scotland through the enhanced programme, 7,900 were in sustained employment.

Participants

• There were 69,000 starts on New Deal 25+ in Scotland, including 31,600 to the enhanced programme, by the end of June 2003. Of these, 61,900 clients have left the programme including 24,800 from the enhanced programme, leaving 6,800 participants. This compares to 61,500 participants on the enhanced programme 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 6,800 participants on the enhanced New Deal 25+ at the end of June 2003 in Scotland, the majority, 61%, were on Gateway and 5% 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.

Client Group Unemployment

• Long term unemployment (over 25s who have been unemployed for 18 months or more) in Scotland was 6,800 in July 2003, a fall of 18% in the last year, compared to a fall of 16% 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. Information on WTC for people aged 50plus will be available in Spring 2004. In the interim period it is planned to release information on caseload numbers and job starts in the Autumn.

Client Group Unemployment

• The number of people in Scotland aged 50+ and unemployed for over 6 months, was 8,200 in July 2003. This was an increase of 3% in the last year.

NEW DEAL FOR LONE PARENTS (DATA TO END JUNE 2003)

The next quarterly News Release, New Deal for Lone Parents in Scotland: statistics to the end June 2003, is published on 4 ^th September 2003 and can be viewed online from that date at:http://www.scotland.gov.uk/stats/bulletins/00278.asp

GLASGOW EMPLOYMENT ZONE (DATA TO END DECEMBER 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 November 2003 news release. The last statistical update for the Glasgow Zone, providing data to the end December 2002, was provided in the May News Release which can be found at: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/stats/bulletins/00258-00.asp

Information at a GB level can be obtained from the DWP statistical first release at http://www.dwp.gov.uk/mediacentre/pressreleases/2003/march/ez_sfr_mar03.pdf

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Department for Work and Pensions Research and Development Reports:

• WAE161 New Deal for People Aged 25 and over: A Synthesis Report.
• WAE162 Pathways to Work from Incapacity Benefits: A Pre-pilot Exploration of Staff and Customer Attitudes.
• WAE163 New Deal for Lone Parents: Second Synthesis Report of the National Evaluation.

http://www.dwp.gov.uk/jad/2003/163_rep.pdf

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 1: Summary of New Deal 18-24 as at end of June 2003
Table 2: Numbers participating in New Deal 18-24 at end of June 2003
Table 3: Immediate destinations on leaving New Deal 18-24 by stage reached
Table 4: Summary of people into jobs through New Deal 18-24

New Deal 25+: data for Scotland and GB

Table 5: Summary of Enhanced New Deal 25 + as at end of June 2003
Table 6: Numbers participating in New Deal 25+ at end June 2003
Table 7: Immediate destinations on leaving Enhanced New Deal 25+ by stage reached
Table 8: Summary of people into jobs through Enhanced New Deal 25+

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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