Scotland's Devolved Employment Services: statistical summary February 2022

Footnotes

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

2 See ‘Starts’ note within Fair Start Scotland (FSS) Background Information. Further analysis of people who have re-joined FSS will be included in the next publication.

3 Labour market trends: February 2022 Labour market trends: February 2022 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

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

5 Funding from Phase 1 of No One Left Behind (included previously), the Parental Employability Support Fund and the Young Person’s Guarantee.

6 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.

7 Fair Start Scotland - evaluation report 4 - year 3 overview - October 2021 Fair Start Scotland: evaluation report 4 - year 3 overview - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

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

9 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/

10 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/

11 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.

12 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.

13 These breakdowns are for starts, not unique individuals, and do not exclude people who have previously been on FSS.

14 These breakdowns are for starts, not unique individuals, and do not exclude people who have previously been on FSS.

15 The early leaver rate is calculated for the 29,478 people who joined FSS from April 2018 – December 2020 as we have the most complete data.

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

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

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

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

20 The job start rate is calculated for the 29,478 people who joined FSS from April 2018 – December 2020 as we have the most complete data for this group.

21 The 3 month job outcome 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.

22 The 6 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.

23 The 12 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.

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

25 From the more detailed data available from year 2 onwards, gender was unknown for 1% of participants.

26 A breakdown of 25-34 and 35-49 age groups is not available for year 1 participants.

27 Quarterly breakdowns are not currently available for the first year of No One Left Behind, as the data was collected at aggregate level.

28 Data was collected at aggregate level for year 1 participants, and so age by gender statistics for that period are not currently available.

29 Statistics on ethnic group are not currently available for year 1 participants.

30 In year 1, 17% of participants were disabled. Disability data for year 1 was reported in the context of being a barrier to work.

31 Parental status was not collected from participants in year 1. Parental Employability Support funding was made available from February 2020 onwards.

32 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/

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