Scotland's Devolved Employment Services: statistical summary August 2021

Footnotes

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

2 See ‘Starts’ note within Fair Start Scotland (FSS) background information

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

4 Economic activity and social change in the UK, real-time indicators - Office for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk)

5 This is a result of a change made to the service during April – June 2021. See ‘Starts’ note within Fair Start Scotland (FSS) background information

6 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/

7 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/

8 Since the first COVID-19 lockdown FSS has mostly 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.

9 The early leaver rate is calculated for the 24,394 people who joined FSS from April 2018 – June 2020 as we have the most complete data.

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

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

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

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

14 The job start rate is calculated for the 24,394 people who joined FSS from April 2018 – June 2020 as we have the most complete data for this group.

15 The 3 month job outcome rate is calculated for the 22,148 people who joined FSS from April 2018 – March 2020 as we have the most complete data for this group.

16 The 6 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 for this group.

17 The 12 month job outcome rate is calculated for the 13,069 people who joined FSS from April 2018 – June 2019 as we have the most complete data for this group.

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

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

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

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

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