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Chamber and committees

Question reference: S5W-14130

  • Asked by: Jeremy Balfour, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: 26 January 2018
  • Current status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 9 February 2018

Question

To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of young people offered a job or apprenticeship through Scotland's Employer Recruitment Incentive (SERI) remained in employment after 13 weeks, broken down by (a) disabled people or people with a long-term health condition, (b) care-experienced young people, (c) carers, (d) people with convictions, including community payback orders, (e) early leavers from the armed forces, veterans or ex-forces personnel, (f) people unemployed for six months or more who are not on the Work Programme or a Community Work Placement, (g) people who have failed their ESA Work Capability Assessment, (h) Work Programme completers who remain unemployed, (i) ethnic minority groups, (j) people from the Gypsy/Traveller community, (k) partners of current or ex-Armed Forces personnel, (l) people requiring support with language, literacy or numeracy, including those for whom English is an additional language, (m) lone parents, (n) people with lower than SCQF Level 5 qualifications, (o) young people who received additional support for learning in school, (p) refugees or other people granted leave to stay in the UK, (q) homeless people, including those in temporary or unstable accommodation and (r) people affected by substance misuse.


Answer

The percentage of young people supported into employment, including apprenticeships, that remain in employment after 13 weeks is set out in the following table.

 

Eligibility

 

Percentage sustained at 13 weeks

2016-17

Disability or long term health condition

90.1%

Care Experienced

81.0%

Carer

90.0%

Person with a conviction

88.5%

Early leaver from forces & veterans

100.0%

Partner of current or ex-armed forces

66.7%

Long term unemployed (6 months +)

93.1%

Failed ESA Work Capability Assessment

N/A

Work Programme completer - unemployed

100.0%

Ethnic minority groups

80.0%

Gypsy/Travelling community

N/A

Language, Literacy, Numeracy (Inc ESOL)

100.0%

Lone Parent

75.0%

Person with lower than SCQF Level 5

90.0%

Received additional support - learning in school

93.3%

Refugee or other granted leave to stay in the UK

N/A

Person affected by substance misuse

100.0%

Homeless person

85.7%

 

* Eligibility for SERI change in 2016-17. Figures for 2015-16 reflect broadly the same criteria however related to the outcome at 12 weeks rather than 13 weeks.