Scotland's Devolved Employment Services: statistical summary November 2022

Main Points

• There were 4,316 referrals to Fair Start Scotland (FSS) in the most recent quarter (July – September 2022). This is 7% lower than the previous quarter and 11% lower than the same quarter in 2021. There were 2,850 starts on FSS in the most recent quarter, 11% lower than the previous quarter and 12% lower than the same quarter in 2021.
• Overall, there have been 76,576 referrals and 51,076 starts to FSS since its launch in April 2018. The number of starts includes 3,463 re-joins to the service, re-joining FSS has been possible since April 2021.
• There were 1,134 job starts this quarter, 1% lower than the previous quarter and 12% lower than the same quarter in 2021. Overall, there has been 17,669 job starts since FSS launched.
• For those where enough time has passed in both pre-employment support and to measure job outcomes; 37% started a job, 27% have sustained employment for 3 months, 22% have sustained employment for 6 months and 17% have sustained for 12 months.
• Experimental statistics for No One Left Behind show a total of 24,907 people started receiving support from April 2019 to June 2022. The number of people starting support has increased each year; 2,767 in year 1, 4,849 in year 2 and 14,070 in year 3.