Scotland's Devolved Employment Services: statistical summary May 2022

Footnotes

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

2. See 'How many people have joined FSS?' section and Fair Start Scotland (FSS) Background Information for more details of how this affects the counts in this publication.

3. Data from the 'Job starts, in month' column of Table 3 in the supplementary tables.

4. There is a decrease in the year 1 total from previous publications as this was previously derived from year 1 aggregate data that was collected during that period. Since then we have developed year 1 data and combined it with data currently collected for subsequent periods, which has allowed us to provide more detailed information for year 1 participants, including their achievements. As a result of this and Management Information changes the start dates for some participants changed.

5. This is a result of a change made to the service during April – June 2021. See 'How many people have joined FSS?' section on page 6 and Fair Start Scotland (FSS) Background Information for more details of how this affects the counts in this publication.

6. 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.

7. 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.

8. 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)

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

10. Fair Start Scotland evaluation report 2: overview of year one - November 2019

11. Fair Start Scotland - evaluation report 3: year two – overview - November 2020

12. These breakdowns are for the 42,583 people that started on FSS, showing the characteristics that were reported for participants when they first joined.

13. Gender was unknown for less than 0.5% of participants, these have not been displayed in Figure 3.

14. These breakdowns are for the 42,583 people that started on FSS, showing the characteristics that were reported for participants when they first joined.

15. The early leaver rate is calculated for the 32,507 starts on FSS who joined from April 2018 – March 2021 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 32,507 starts on FSS that joined from April 2018 – March 2021 as we have the most complete data for this group.

21. The 3 month job outcome rate is calculated for the 29,478 starts on FSS that joined from April 2018 – December 2020 as we have the most complete data for this group.

22. The 6 month job outcome rate is calculated for the 27,084 starts on FSS that joined from April 2018 – September 2020 as we have the most complete data for this group.

23. The 12 month job outcome rate is calculated for the 22,148 starts on FSS that joined from April 2018 – March 2020 as we have the most complete data for this group.

24. 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 onwards. 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.

25. The Scottish Government has identified a number of 'priority family groups' at risk of child poverty, further information can be found here: Tackling child poverty priority families overview - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

Please note that the data presented in this publication and the supplementary statistical tables differs in some aspects from the priority family group definitions due mainly to its focus on participants rather than family units. For example, the data covers participants accessing FSS support that are disabled parents but does not include families with a disabled child, therefore differing from the 'families with a disabled adult or child' priority family type.

26. These breakdowns are for the 2,947 unique individual parent starts in year 4 of FSS and their equality characteristics that were reported when they first joined.

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

28. The job start rate is calculated for the 5,401 parent starts on FSS that joined from April 2018 – March 2021 as we have the most complete data for this group.

29. The 3 month job outcome rate is calculated for the 4,508 parent starts on FSS that joined from April 2018 – December 2020 as we have the most complete data for this group.

30. The 6 month job outcome rate is calculated for the 3,815 parent starts on FSS that joined from April 2018 – September 2020 as we have the most complete data for this group.

31. The 12 month job outcome rate is calculated for the 2,674 parent starts on FSS that joined from April 2018 – March 2020 as we have the most complete data for this group.

32. A breakdown by local authority of all participants receiving support between April 2019 and December 2021 is available in Table 13 of the accompanying Excel tables.

33. There was a decrease in the year 1 total from previous publications as this was previously derived from year 1 aggregate data that was collected during that period. Since then we have developed year 1 data and combined it with data currently collected, which has allowed us to provide more detailed information for year 1 participants, including their achievements. As a result of combining year 1 data and Management Information changes the start dates for some participants changed.

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

35. Gender and age were unknown for less than 0.5% of participants, these have not been displayed in Figure 12.

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

37. In the previous publication there were 1,045 parents recorded as receiving support in year 2, as this is Management Information the numbers are subject to change.

38. Gender and age were unknown for less than 0.5% of participants that were parents, these have not been displayed in Figure 14.

39. Shared Measurement Framework: Employability Shared Measurement Framework published | Employability in Scotland

40. Currently not all data items presented here are fully aligned to the SMF recommendations. Data collection activity will align to the recommendations from 1 July 2022 and our statistics will reflect those in due course.

41. The flexibility of the No One Left Behind approach allows people to come in and out of support as often as is needed, so the time between the initial start date and that to achieve certain progression outcomes can vary considerably.

42. The 2,521 people that entered further or higher education or training also includes some people that were in school.

43. Fair Start Scotland evaluation report 2: local area case studies - November 2019

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