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 April to June 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 67,150 people started receiving support from April 2019 to June 2024. The number of people starting to receive support has increased each year from 2,648 in year 1 (2019/20) to 21,702 in year 5 (2023/24).

• In the most recent quarter, quarter 1 of year 6, 4,643 people started to receive support through No One Left Behind. This was a 27% decrease on the previous quarter and a 3% decrease on the same quarter in the previous year.

• In the most recent quarter, 1,693 (36%) participants reported having no or limited work experience, 949 (20%)  reported transport and 871 (19%) reported childcare as barriers to entering employment.

• Overall, most participants were unemployed when starting to receive support on No One Left Behind (57%), 12% of participants were in employment. A further 21% of participants were economically inactive when starting to receive support on No One Left Behind.

• Of the 67,150 people receiving support on No One Left Behind, 20,743 (31%) have entered employment, while a further 8,999 (13%) entered further or higher education or training.