Scotland's Devolved Employment Services: statistical summary May 2021

Footnotes

1. Employment support programme: equality impact assessment - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

2. This total includes 752 people who were previously on Activity Agreements.

3. Coronavirus and the latest indicators for the UK economy and society - Office for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk)

4. Fair Start Scotland - evaluation report 3: year two – overview - November 2020 https://www.gov.scot/publications/fair-start-scotland-evaluation-report-3-overview-year-two/

5. Fair Start Scotland evaluation report 2: overview of year one - November 2019 http://www.gov.scot/publications/fair-start-scotland-evaluation-report-2-overview-year-1-november-2019/

6. Since the first COVID-19 lockdown FSS has been delivered over the phone or online, with face-to-face interaction paused. This has impacted the collection of equalities data. We have been working with FSS service providers to ensure response rates are maximised. For more information, see the Data Quality section in the Background Information.

7. The early leaver rate is calculated for the 22,148 people who joined FSS from April 2018 – March 2020 as we have the most complete data.

8. LTHC is an abbreviation of Long-Term Health Condition.

9. Coronavirus and the latest indicators for the UK economy and society - Office for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk)

10. Data from the Total Rates columns of Table 4 in the supplementary tables.

11. LTHC is an abbreviation of Long-Term Health Condition.

12. The job start rate is calculated for the 22,148 people who joined FSS from April 2018 – March 2020 as we have the most complete data.

13. The 3 month job outcome rate is calculated for the 19,009 people who joined FSS from April 2018 – December 2019 as we have the most complete data.

14. The 6 month job outcome rate is calculated for the 16,141 people who joined FSS from April 2018 – September 2019 as we have the most complete data.

15. The 12 month job outcome rate is calculated for the 10,063 people who joined FSS from April 2018 – March 2019 as we have the most complete data.

16. Data on lone parents was collected from the launch of FSS in April 2018. Data on age of youngest child and number of dependent children was additionally collected from late 2019 and we worked with providers to implement and improve the collection of this data for the remainder of year 2, resulting in better quality data for year 3. As a result, the percentage of parents increases over time, but this is likely to be a result of data collection changes rather than changes to the number of parents supported.

17. This total includes 752 young people who were participating in Activity Agreements the previous year. Activity agreements - mygov.scot

18. Totals for starts by quarter in year 1 are not currently available

19. Figures are based on management information and so are subject to change in future publications

20. Disability reported in context of being a barrier to work. See background section for more information.

21. Fair Start Scotland evaluation report 2: local area case studies - November 2019 www.gov.scot/publications/fair-start-scotland-evaluation-report-2-local-area-case-studies-year-1-november-2019/