Scotland's Devolved Employment Services: statistical summary November 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. 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

^5. Fair Start Scotland: evaluation report 4 - year 3 overview - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

^6. Fair Start Scotland year three evaluation and annual reports: accompanying statistics - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

^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. 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/

^9. 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.

^10. Data for disabled participants in year 3 showed a lot of change throughout the year, as both data completeness and people identified as disabled decreased immediately after the first COVID-19 lockdown in the first half of the year.

^11. The early leaver rate is calculated for the 27,084 people who joined FSS from April 2018 – September 2020 as we have the most complete data.

^12. LTHC is an abbreviation of Long-Term Health Condition.

^13. Coronavirus and the latest indicators for the UK economy and society - Office for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk)

^14. Data from the Total Rates columns of Table 4 in the supplementary tables.

^15. LTHC is an abbreviation of Long-Term Health Condition.

^16. The job start rate is calculated for the 27,084 people who joined FSS from April 2018 – September 2020 as we have the most complete data for this group.

^17. The 3 month job outcome 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.

^18. The 6 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.

^19. The 12 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 for this group.

^20. This total includes 752 young people who were participating in Activity Agreements the previous year. Activity agreements - mygov.scot

^21. As year 1 data was not reported at an individual level, these breakdowns are currently only possible for year 2 onwards

^22. Disability reported in context of being a barrier to work. See background section for more information.

^23. The data we currently hold for year 1 is not consistent with data collected from year 2 onwards and so is not included in this chart – year 1 data does not include ethnic group, full disability information and all age categories. See 'Developing these statistics' for more information

^24. 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/

^25. Economic activity and social change in the UK, real-time indicators - Office for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk)