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New Deal For Unemployed People In Scotland: Statistics To End September 2003

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This News Release, the latest in a quarterly series, provides summary information to the end of September 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: 26 February 2004

Employers

• The number of employers signed up to New Deal by the end of September 2003 was 17,099 in Scotland and 107,184 in Great Britain.

NEW DEAL 18-24

Jobs

• Since the New Deal scheme began, 54,600 young people in Scotland have gone into jobs from New Deal compared to 462,900 across Great Britain. In 2003, between July and September, 3,000 in Scotland and 21,800 in Great Britain entered jobs.
• Of the 54,600 entering jobs in Scotland, 42,300 (78%) were sustained.

Participants

• There were 119,800 starts on New Deal in Scotland by the end of September 2003. Of these 110,300 clients have left the programme, leaving 9,400 participants still on New Deal. This compares to 89,400 participants in New Deal in Great Britain.
• Of the 9,400 participants in New Deal 18-24 at the end of September in Scotland, the majority 5,500 (58%) were on the New Deal Gateway, 2,020 (21%) were on options and 1,500 (16%) were on follow through.

Destinations

• Of the 110,300 leavers, 39% went into unsubsidised employment, 14% to other benefits, 22% to other known destinations and 25% to unknown destinations.
• 10% 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.

Client group Unemployment

• Youth unemployment (18-24s unemployed for 6 months or more) in Scotland was 3,200 in October 2003, an increase of 11% in the last year, compared to an increase of 15% in Great Britain as a whole.

NEW DEAL 25+ (original and enhanced programmes combined)

Jobs

• Since the New Deal 25+ scheme began, 19,000 people in Scotland have gone into jobs compared to 164,900 across Great Britain.
• Of the 19,000 entering jobs in Scotland through the enhanced programme, 14,600 were in sustained employment.

Participants

• There were 71,900 starts on New Deal 25+ in Scotland, including 34,500 to the enhanced programme, by the end of September 2003. Of these, 65,500 clients have left the programme, leaving 6,100 participants. This compares to 58,300 participants on the enhanced programme in Great Britain.
• 18% 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 6,100 participants on the enhanced New Deal 25+ at the end of September 2003 in Scotland, the majority, 59%, were on Gateway and 6% were in subsidised employment.

Destinations

• 25% of all leavers from the enhanced New Deal 25+ find unsubsidised employment while 29% 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 6,600 in October 2003, a fall of 13% in the last year, the same as the reduction 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 early next year.

Client Group Unemployment

• The number of people in Scotland aged 50+ and unemployed for over 6 months, was 8,000 in October 2003. This was an increase of 2% in the last year.

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

The next quarterly News Release, New Deal for Lone Parents in Scotland: statistics to the end September 2003, is published on 4 ^th December 2003 and can be viewed online from that date at:http://www.scotland.gov.uk/stats/bulletins/00301-00.asp

GLASGOW EMPLOYMENT ZONE (DATA TO END MAY 2003)

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 May 2004 news release.

• There were 11,970 starts to the Glasgow zone between its inception in April 2000 and the end of May 2003 compared to 103,900 starts throughout GB.
• Focussing on the cohort who entered employment zones between May 2001 and May 2002 the percentage into employment in Glasgow was 47% compared to 44% in all employment zones. 76% of these jobs were sustained in Glasgow compared to 77% for all employment zones

Information at a GB level can be obtained from the DWP statistical first release at: http://www.dwp.gov.uk/asd/emp_zones/emp_zones.asp

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Department for Work and Pensions Research and Development Reports:

• WAE164 New Deal for Young People: Introducing a more 'tailored approach
• WAE165 Adviser Discretion Fund (ADF) Evaluation: New Deal for Lone Parents
• WAE166 Evaluation of the First 18 Months of Lone Parent Personal Adviser Meetings: Findings From the Qualitative Research
• WAE167 Longitudinal Study of Basic Skills Client Outcomes
• WAE168 Jobcentre Plus National Customer Satisfaction Survey 2003
• WAE169 New Deal for Disable People National Extension: Findings From the First Wave of Qualitative Research with Clients, Job Brokers and Jobcentre Plus Staff
• WAE170 New Deal for Disabled People: Evaluation Eligible Population Survey Wave One Interim Report
• WAE171 Synthesising the evidence on Flexible Delivery
• WAE172 National Evaluaton of Lone Parent Personal Adviser Meetings: Findings from a longitudinal survey of clients
• WAE173 Intermediate Labour Markets in Britain and an International Review of Transitional Employment Programmes
• WAE174 A review of 'what works' for clients aged over 50

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
Chart 1: Numbers starting and leaving New Deal 18-24 by Quarter (Scotland)
Chart 2: Position of those on New Deal 18-24 (Scotland)
Chart 3: Entries to 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 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+
Chart 4: Numbers starting and leaving New Deal 25+ (enhanced programme) by Quarter (Scotland)
Chart 5: Entries to jobs from New Deal 25+ (enhanced programme) (Scotland)

Alternatively, contact David McPhee, ETLLD, 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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