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<p>The Youth Offer launched on the 20 September 2020 and provides support for 16–24-year-olds
who are on Universal Credit to help them move into employment. It includes three elements:</p><p>
</p><ul><li>The Youth Employment Programme, which provides young people dedicated
intensive Work Coach support in finding & applying for jobs, with additional assistance
available for those who have recently begun their Universal Credit claim.</li><li>Youth
Hubs, which bring together in one location DWP services with local support provided
by youth experts. This ensures that the needs of young people are matched to services
that help them tackle barriers to employment.</li><li>Youth Employability Coaches,
who are focused on supporting young people furthest from the labour market overcome
complex challenges so that they can move into work.</li></ul><p><em> </em></p><p>As
of 01 March 2024, there have been 1,123,000 starts on the Youth Offer.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Starts
by strand nationally:</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Starts
between dates</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Youth Employment Programme</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Youth
Hub</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Youth Employability Coach</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Youth
Offer</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>21/09/2020 – 31/03/2021</p></td><td><p>206,700</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>206,700</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>01/04/2021 – 31/03/2022</p></td><td><p>259,300</p></td><td><p>14,800</p></td><td><p>21,700</p></td><td><p>295,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>01/04/2021
– 31/03/2023</p></td><td><p>272,700</p></td><td><p>15,100</p></td><td><p>18,300</p></td><td><p>306,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>01/04/2023
– 29/02/2024</p></td><td><p>282,800</p></td><td><p>13,000</p></td><td><p>18,500</p></td><td><p>314,300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total
Starts</strong></p></td><td><p>1,021,500</p></td><td><p>43,000</p></td><td><p>58,500</p></td><td><p>1,123,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p><strong>Starts by strand and region:</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Region</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Youth
Employment Programme</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Youth Hub</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Youth
Employability Coach</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Youth Offer</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>East
Midlands</strong></p></td><td><p>69,000</p></td><td><p>1,000</p></td><td><p>2,500</p></td><td><p>72,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>East
of England</strong></p></td><td><p>78,400</p></td><td><p>400</p></td><td><p>3,800</p></td><td><p>82,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>London</strong></p></td><td><p>157,800</p></td><td><p>3,100</p></td><td><p>5,900</p></td><td><p>166,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>North
East</strong></p></td><td><p>51,100</p></td><td><p>2,800</p></td><td><p>3,300</p></td><td><p>57,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>North
West</strong></p></td><td><p>131,500</p></td><td><p>10,700</p></td><td><p>9,600</p></td><td><p>151,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Scotland</strong></p></td><td><p>85,300</p></td><td><p>3,000</p></td><td><p>7,900</p></td><td><p>96,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>South
East</strong></p></td><td><p>107,000</p></td><td><p>3,700</p></td><td><p>3,800</p></td><td><p>114,600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>South
West</strong></p></td><td><p>64,700</p></td><td><p>700</p></td><td><p>4,100</p></td><td><p>69,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Wales</strong></p></td><td><p>51,500</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>2,200</p></td><td><p>54,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>West
Midlands</strong></p></td><td><p>108,900</p></td><td><p>8,900</p></td><td><p>7,800</p></td><td><p>125,600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Yorkshire
and The Humber</strong></p></td><td><p>96,400</p></td><td><p>8,200</p></td><td><p>7,300</p></td><td><p>112,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Unknown</strong></p></td><td><p>19,800</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>400</p></td><td><p>20,400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p>1,021,500</p></td><td><p>43,000</p></td><td><p>58,500</p></td><td><p>1,123,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><ol><li>Eligible claimants who have recently begun
their Universal Credit claim, and are actively searching for work, start in the Youth
Employment Programme element of the Youth Offer. A Work Coach may later refer them
to a Youth Hub, Youth Employability Coach or other employment support as appropriate
based on their needs.</li><li>When a claimant starts on any of the three elements
of the Youth Offer, this is recorded as a start on that element, as well as a start
on the Youth Offer.</li><li>A claimant may take part in multiple elements of the Youth
Offer. They may start any element of the Youth Offer multiple times. Each of these
starts is recorded as a start on the Youth Offer.</li><li>Claimants do not take part
in multiple elements of the Youth Offer simultaneously.</li><li>Data for Youth Hubs
and Youth Employability Coaches is not available prior to April-21.</li><li>Youth
Hub and Youth Employability Coach data is produced from a manual process and although
care is taken when processing and analysing Youth Hub and Youth Employability Coach
referrals, the data collected might be subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any
large-scale recording system which features manual data. Therefore, Youth Hub and
Youth Employability Coach figures are likely to underestimate the number of young
people who have started at a Youth Hub and/or with a Youth Employability Coach.</li><li>Figures
have been rounded to the nearest 100. Therefore, the individual elements in the table
may not sum to the total figure.</li><li>Figures are subject to retrospective revision.</li><li>Youth
Offer starts are categorised as “unknown” in cases where limited data is available.</li></ol>
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