Main Points

This report presents statistics for the No One Left Behind strategic approach to employability delivery in Scotland. Statistics are presented to the most recent quarter of July to September 2024.

• There can be a delay between participant’s starting to receive No One Left Behind support and this being reported to the Scottish Government while the process of verifying eligibility takes place. This means participants starting in earlier quarters may not be reported until future publications. Therefore, data for the most recent quarters is provisional.

• Official statistics in development for No One Left Behind show a total of 73,470 people started receiving support from April 2019 to September 2024. The number of people starting to receive support has increased each year from 2,642 in year 1 (2019/20) to 21,919 in year 5 (2023/24).

• In the most recent quarter, quarter 2 of year 6, 5,424 people started to receive support through No One Left Behind. This was a 2% increase on the previous quarter and a 1% increase on the same quarter in the previous year.

• In the most recent quarter, 2,237 (41%) participants reported having no or limited work experience, 1,193 (22%)  reported transport and 917 (17%) reported childcare as barriers to entering employment.

• Overall, most participants were unemployed when starting to receive support on No One Left Behind 42,197 (57%), while 8,609 (12%) of participants were in employment. A further 14,957  (20%) of participants were economically inactive when starting to receive support on No One Left Behind.

• Of the 73,470 people receiving support on No One Left Behind, 22,782 (31%) have entered employment, while a further 10,519 (14%) entered further or higher education or training.