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<p>The Department for Work and Pensions will be monitoring and evaluating the Plan
for Jobs programmes throughout their implementation.</p><p> </p><p>As of the 11th
October, 86,000 young people have started a Kickstart job. Over 204,900 roles have
been made available for young people to apply to through the scheme and over 307,500
jobs have been approved for funding.</p><p> </p><p>Although care is taken when processing
and analysing Kickstart applications, referrals and starts, the data collected might
be subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system, which
has been developed quickly.</p><p> </p><p>The management information above has not
been subjected to the usual standard of quality assurance associated with official
statistics, but is provided in the interests of transparency. Work is ongoing to improve
the quality of information available for the programme.</p><p> </p><p>Employment outcomes
are available for Job Entry Targeted Support (JETS) in England and Wales and JETS
Scotland, and provided in the table below. It should be noted that JETS provides support
for up to six months and many people who have started on the scheme will not yet have
had time to achieve an employment outcome.</p><p> </p><p>JETS Starts and Employment
Outcomes</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Programme Starts (To End August
2021)</p></td><td><p>Employment Outcomes (To End August 2021)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>JETS
England and Wales (launched 5 October 2020)</p></td><td><p>168,020</p></td><td><p>41,830</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>JETS
Scotland (launched 25 January 2021)</p></td><td><p>8,440</p></td><td><p>1,540</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>Note: JETS data are taken from the Provider Referrals and Payments (PRaP) system.
An employment outcome is defined as when an individual achieves £1,000 cumulative
earnings within eight months of starting on the programme as identified via HMRC earnings
information.</p><p> </p><p>The number of people who have started on Job Finding Support
(JFS) and Sector Based Work Academies (SWAPs) provision is provided in the tables
below. Employment outcomes for these programmes are not currently available.</p><p>
</p><p>SWAPs Starts</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>1 April 2020 - 31 March 2021</p></td><td><p>64,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1
April 2021 - 10 October 2021</p></td><td><p>40,050</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total since April 2020</p></td><td><p>104,550</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>Notes: A SWAP start is defined as someone attending the first day of the placement,
which is usually the first day of pre-employment training. A start is only recorded
where a claimant attended their placement. SWAPs starts data are collected by Jobcentre
staff and reflect the number of SWAP starts by claimants in receipt of Universal Credit
(UC), Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA), Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) or Income
Support (IS).</p><p> </p><p>JFS Starts</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Month</p></td><td><p>Starts
to JFS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-21</p></td><td><p>1,440</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-21</p></td><td><p>3,465</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-21</p></td><td><p>4,530</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-21</p></td><td><p>2,585</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-21</p></td><td><p>4,490</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-21</p></td><td><p>4,940</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-21</p></td><td><p>5,740</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-21</p></td><td><p>4,420</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-21</p></td><td><p>4,080</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>14,250</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>Notes: JFS Starts are taken from the Provider Referrals and Payments (PRaP)
system. Starts occur where an initial meeting has taken place and participant has
acknowledged receipt of appropriate documents such as the Job Finding Action Plan
(JFAP). JFS Start volumes, particularly those in more recent months, are likely to
increase as starts can be recorded retrospectively.</p><p> </p><p>Through our Youth
Offer we currently have over 135 Youth Hubs physically open to support young people
across Great Britain get into work and the ambition is to have 150 open by the end
of the year.</p>
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