Department for Work and Pensions written question – answered at on 20 May 2022.
Alison McGovern
Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions)
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have left the Restart Scheme since its establishment by (a) region, (b) constituency, (c) age, (d) gender, (e) ethnicity, (f) disability and (g) highest level of education.
Alison McGovern
Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions)
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have (a) started and (b) remain in the Restart Scheme by (i) region, (ii) constituency, (iii) age, (iv) gender, (v) ethnicity, (vi) disability and (vii) highest level of education.
Mims Davies
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
The Restart Scheme began in July 2021, providing up to 12 months of support to help people who have been unemployed for more than nine months, into sustained employment.
The tables below show the following data on the Restart Scheme for up to and including 30 April 2022:
Data is not currently available by ethnicity, disability, and highest education level or by constituency.
Table 1 – Starts, leavers, and caseload by Contract Package Area (CPA)
CPA | Starts | Leavers | Caseload |
1a West Central | 20,825 | 1,425 | 19,400 |
1b East Central | 18,345 | 1,605 | 16,740 |
2a North East and Humberside | 16,500 | 1,405 | 15,095 |
2b South and West Yorkshire, Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire | 24,275 | 2,095 | 22,180 |
3a North West | 15,070 | 600 | 14,470 |
14,650 | 770 | 13,875 | |
4a South West | 14,630 | 880 | 13,755 |
14,665 | 985 | 13,675 | |
5a Central and West London | 30,350 | 1,585 | 28,765 |
5b South and East London | 19,635 | 1,540 | 18,095 |
28,265 | 2,505 | 25,760 | |
6 Wales | 9,575 | 785 | 8,790 |
National | 226,785 | 16,180 | 210,605 |
Table 2 – Starts, leavers, and caseload by Sex
Sex | Starts | Leavers | Caseload |
Female | 92,530 | 5,965 | 86,570 |
Male | 134,235 | 10,210 | 124,020 |
Unknown | 20 | 5 | 15 |
Total | 226,785 | 16,180 | 210,605 |
Table 3 – Starts, leavers, and caseload by Age
Age | Starts | Leavers | Caseload |
18 to 24 | 12,780 | 665 | 12,115 |
25 to 49 | 148,080 | 10,840 | 137,245 |
Over 49 | 65,485 | 4,665 | 60,820 |
Unknown | 445 | 15 | 430 |
Total | 226,785 | 16,180 | 210,605 |
Data Source: Provider Referrals and Payment System (PRaP) and DWP administrative datasets.
A breakdown of the CPAs can be found in the following link.
Restart Scheme: Contract Package Areas - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
All values rounded to nearest 5 - total numbers may not sum perfectly due to rounding.
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.
There are some unknown values (less than 1%) recorded in the system for both gender and age. Some are recorded as such while others are due to a mismatch between Provider Referrals, Payment System, and DWP administrative datasets.
The numbers of leavers and caseload depends on accurate recording of the end date and so there maybe inaccuracy in these numbers.
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