Question reference: S5W-35178
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 11 February 2021
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Current status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 19 February 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many long-term unemployed young people have accessed the Fair Start Scotland service.
Answer
Information on access to Fair Start Scotland (FSS) service by age is published quarterly in Scotland’s Devolved Employment Services: A Statistical Summary .
Between April 2018 (when FSS was launched) and September 2020 (the latest period for which data is available), 5,386 young people (16-24 years) accessed Fair Start Scotland services. Of these:
- 1,898 were reported by the service providers as long term unemployed (they had not been working for 12 months or more);
- 233 were reported as never worked but the length of their unemployment is unknown, and the length of unemployment was not reported for a further 1,256 people.