Scotland's Devolved Employment Services: statistical summary May 2020

Footnotes

1. The start rate for the most recent quarter is not highlighted as some individuals referred to the service within the most recent quarter (January – March 2020) will not have had enough time to join the service before the end of March 2020.

2. Fair Start Scotland evaluation report 2: overview of year one - November 2019 www.gov.scot/publications/fair-start-scotland-evaluation-report-2-overview-year-1-november-2019/

3. Not enough time has passed to report final figures for people sustaining employment for 12 months.

4. April 2018 to March 2019.

5. See Data Quality section in the Background Information for further information

6. An interim evaluation report, covering the implementation and early delivery phase of the Health and Work Support pilot, was published 30 Mar 2020: www.gov.scot/publications/health-work-support-pilot-interim-evaluation-report-implementation-early-delivery-review/pages/1. A further evaluation report is currently being conducted, and will be published when finalised.

7. Data collected via a phone survey of people engaging with FSS.

8. Fair Start Scotland evaluation report 2: overview of year one - November 2019 www.gov.scot/publications/fair-start-scotland-evaluation-report-2-overview-year-1-november-2019/

9. Fair Start Scotland evaluation report 2: overview of year one - November 2019 www.gov.scot/publications/fair-start-scotland-evaluation-report-2-overview-year-1-november-2019/

10. See Data Quality section in the Background Information for further information

11. A complete picture is available for those who started in year 1 (April 2018 to March 2019)

12. Not enough time has passed to report final figures for people sustaining employment for 12 months.

13. Fair Start Scotland evaluation report 2: overview of year one - November 2019 www.gov.scot/publications/fair-start-scotland-evaluation-report-2-overview-year-1-november-2019/

14. The Health & Work Support service delivery offer includes a commitment to avoid turning individuals away from the service without some form of support. As such, where individuals have self-referred or have been formally referred into the service and do not meet the eligibility criteria they may be offered light touch support that includes advice, onward referral or signposting to appropriate services. Data from the pilot suggests that the primary reason individuals are offered light touch support is that they have been unemployed for longer than six months and hence do not meet the eligibility criteria for the pilot's core service delivery offer.

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