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Pathways to Work

Answer

Information on jobs achieved through Pathways to Work come from the Department's Pathways to Work database. Within this database, jobs are counted only where they start within 91 days of a customer's last contact with JCP. Jobs occurring after this period are not counted. This is in order to reasonably attribute the job to the activity which takes place through Pathways. The mandatory activity takes on average around nine months from Pathways start. This means that the majority of jobs recorded within this data are obtained within one year and therefore the average time it takes a Pathways customer to find work may appear lower than would otherwise be expected.Jobs information is drawn from tax records from Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs. The data does not include people who are self-employed, and some people earning below the tax threshold. These figures are therefore likely to be an underestimate of the proportions finding work.The table shows of the annual number of JCP Pathways starts between 1 April 2005 and 31 March 2009, the proportion who find employment within (i) six months (ii) 12 months (iii) 18 months (iv) two years and (v) three years¹,²:"¹ n/a—not available, job entry data not complete. Job entry data are only available up to 31 July 2010. Therefore for those who start JCP Pathways in the 2008-09 financial year, there is insufficient data to obtain the proportions who find employment after 12 months. This also applies to those who start JCP Pathways in the 2007-08 financial year, for the proportion who find employment within three years.""² Source:""DWP JCP Pathways to Work database. Percentages are rounded to one decimal place."

Percentage
	Financial year of JCP Pathways start
Proportion who find employment within:	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09
Six months	11.2	13.4	14.8	10.2
12 months	14.7	16.4	18.0	13.4
18 months	16.1	17.6	19.1	n/a
Two years	17.1	18.3	19.8	n/a
Three years	18.0	19.0	n/a	n/a

Figures on the number of annual JCP Pathways starts between 1 April 2005 and 31 March 2009, and of those the number and proportion who find employment within one year are published at:"http://statistics.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd1/adhoc_analysis/2011/jcp_pathways_average_time_to_employment_condition.pdf"Official statistics are routinely published for employment programmes such as Pathways to Work. Official statistics on Pathways to Work starts and job entries are available up to July 2010, and are published at:"http://research.dwp.gov.uk/asd/workingage/index.php?page=ib_ref_p2w"

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

36799; 522 c1021-2W

Session

2010-12

Subjects

Pathways to work programme

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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