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NEW DEAL FOR UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE IN SCOTLAND:
STATISTICS TO END OCTOBER 2001

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This is the latest News Release in a monthly series, giving summary information up to the end of October 2001. Information is given on the numbers of people at different stages of New Deal processes in Scotland, the equivalent figures for Great Britain, and the different routes that they have followed.

Employers

• The number of employers signed up to New Deal by the end of September 2001 was 14,100 in Scotland.

NEW DEAL 18-24

Jobs

• Since the New Deal scheme began, 39,100 young people in Scotland have gone into jobs from New Deal compared to 338,600 across Great Britain. In October 2001, 1,000 in Scotland, and 7,800 in Great Britain entered jobs.
• Of the 39,100 entering jobs in Scotland, 29,800 were sustained, of which 27,200 were unsubsidised.

Participants

• There were 81,300 starts on New Deal in Scotland by the end of October 2001. Of these, 71,800 clients have left the programme, leaving 9,400 participants still on New Deal. This compares to 80,600 participants in New Deal in Great Britain.
• Of the 9,400 participants in New Deal 18-24 at the end of October in Scotland, the majority 4,800 (51%) were on the New Deal Gateway, 2,800 (30%) were on options and 1,800 (19%) were on follow through.

Destinations

• Of the 71,800 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, 19% leave from an option and the reminder, 17% leave from Follow Through.

Client group

• Youth unemployment (18-24s unemployment for 6 months or more) in Scotland was 2,800 in November 2001, a fall of 2 per cent in the last year, compared to 7 per cent in Great Britain as a whole.

NEW DEAL 25+ (pre-April 2001 entrants)

From late March 2001 the New Deal 25+ was extended and enhanced to provide clients with access to a greater and more tailored range of support and provision. Eligibility has been extended to include those who have been claiming Jobseeker’s Allowance for 18 months. A table showing starts (Table D1) on the enhanced programme is included in this release.

Tables B1 to B4 show participation and outcomes for those joining ND 25+ before 26^th March 2001. As such there are no new starts shown in these tables, and the figures on activity and outcomes relate solely to those entering the programme prior to 26^th March 2001. A separate set of tables will be introduced over the coming months showing participation and outcomes from the enhanced 25+ New Deal programme, starting with Table D1.

Jobs

• Since the New Deal scheme began, 6,900 people in Scotland have gone into jobs compared to 75,200 across Great Britain. Around 40 and 500 jobs were gained in October 2001 in Scotland and Great Britain, respectively.
• Of the 6,900 entering jobs in Scotland, 5,600 were in sustained employment of which 4,200 were unsubsidised.

Participants

• There were 36,700 starts on New Deal 25+ in Scotland up to the start of the enhanced 25+ programmed on 26^th March 2001. Of these, 35,500 clients left the programme, leaving 1,200 participants still on the original programme. This compares to 14,500 participants in New Deal in Great Britain.
• 23% of participants in New Deal 25+ in Scotland are aged over 50 years and 86% of clients are male.
• Of the 1,200 participants in New Deal 25+ at the end of September 2001 in Scotland, the majority, 59%, were on the Advisory Process and 4% were in subsidised employment.

Destinations

• 55% of all leavers from the Advisory process return to claiming JSA without taking up a New Deal opportunity. This compares to 49% in Great Britain.

Client Group

• Long term unemployment (over 25s who have been unemployed for 18 months or more) in Scotland was 10,500 in November, a fall of 29 per cent in the last year, similar to that for Great Britain as a whole.

NEW DEAL 25+ (April 2001 entrants onwards)

Table D1 shows entrants to the enhanced programme in April 2001. Over the coming months new tables will be introduced showing participation and outcomes from the enhanced 25+ New Deal programme.

Participants

• The re-engineered New Deal 25+ was introduced in late March 2001 and in its first seven months of operation, 8,500 clients have started the programme in Scotland. This compares to 73,300 in GB.

NEW DEAL 50+

• Within the first nineteen months of its operation, New deal 50+ has achieved 6,700 positive job outcomes in Scotland. This compares to 54,500 jobs secured in GB. Around 370 and 3,300 jobs were gained in October in Scotland and GB, respectively.

Client Group

• The number of people in Scotland aged 50+ and unemployed for over 6 months, was 7,500 in November. This was a fall of 18% in the last year.

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

For the first time this month the Release, reflecting the fact that lone parents are able to start and leave NDLP more than once, focuses on all spells on NDLP. The adjustment is largely responsible for the apparent large increases in leavers and jobs reported here This change brings the lone parent data into line with those for the 18-24 and 25+ client groups..

Jobs

• In Scotland, 13,300 clients in the New Deal for Lone Parents have gone into jobs, compared to 127,700 jobs across Great Britain.

Participants

• Since the scheme began, 19,000 people have left NDLP leaving 9,500 participants, compared to 103,800 participants across Great Britain.

GLASGOW EMPLOYMENT ZONE (DATA TO END JUNE 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 February 2002. The latest update showing data to the end June 2001 was reported in October and can be found at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/stats/bulletins/00120-00.asp

Information at a UK level can be obtained from the DfEE statistical first release at http://www.dss.gov.uk/asd/emp_zones/emp_zones.html.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Employment Service Research and Development Reports:

• ESR102 Joint Claims for JSA: Case Studies of Delivery.

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 ESR103 Evaluation of the New Deal 50plus: Summary Report.

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

• 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)

New Deal 25+ - data for Scotland and GB

• Table B0: New Deal 25+ Key Facts
• Table B1: Starters, Leavers and Participants in New Deal 25+ over time
• Table B2: Stage of Participants in New Deal 25+
• Table B3: Destinations of clients from New Deal 25+ Advisory Interview Process
• Table B4: Numbers into employment from New Deal 25+ by month
• Chart 4: Numbers starting and leaving New Deal 25+ by month (Scotland)
• Chart 5: Entries to sustained jobs from New Deal 25+ (Scotland)
• Table D1: Starters, Leavers and Participants in New Deal 25+ (enhanced)

New Deal for Lone Parents – data for Scotland and GB

• Table C0: New Deal for Lone Parents Key Facts

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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