Fair Start Scotland average waiting times: FOI release
- Published
- 26 October 2020
- Topic
- Public sector, Work and skills
- FOI reference
- FOI/202000083473
- Date received
- 2 September 2020
- Date responded
- 22 September 2020
Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.
Information requested
You asked for the average wait time for an individual between being referred to Fair Start Scotland programme and them joining the service. Broken down by year since April 2018 when the programme was launched.
Response
Please see below breakdown of average wait times between referral and start date in working days, by year, as requested.
Service Providers delivering Fair Start Scotland work to the Key Delivery Indicator that 90% of participants start the service within 5 working days of referral, with the remaining 10% starting within 10 working days.
|
Year |
Average working days between Referral/Start date |
| 2018/2019 |
4.80 |
| 2019/2020 |
4.59 |
| 2020* |
2.20 |
*The average wait time for the current year (2020/2021) has been calculated using data from April
2020 to September 2020.
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Central Enquiry Unit
Email: ceu@gov.scot
Phone: 0300 244 4000
The Scottish Government
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