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Activating lone parents: an evidence-based policy appraisal of the 2008 welfare-to-work reform in Britain (ISER working paper series no 2010-29) [2010] External document

Examines the likely effect of the reform to welfare-to-work which will mean that lone parents will be considered to be eligible for work when their youngest child is seven years old or older. Explain...

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Unemployment: June 2010 (Financial Scrutiny Unit briefing 10/43) [2010] Full document External document

Provides the latest unemployment data for Scottish Parliament constituency areas including the claimant count rate and count numbers by alphabetical order, the worst and best performers over the previ...

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Unemployment: July 2010 (Financial Scrutiny Unit briefing 10/45) [2010] Full document External document

Provides the latest unemployment data for Scottish Parliament constituency areas including the claimant count rate and count numbers by alphabetical order, the worst and best performers over the previ...

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Access all areas [2010] External document

Examines the impact of apprenticeships and work experience on well-being, capabilities and employability of young people aged 16-24, using results from the 1970 British Cohort Study. Assesses the rol...

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Youth tracker, No 4 Summer 2010 [2010] Full document External document

Focuses on the effects of the recession on young people, looking in particular at what can be done to support them through education and skills policy. Provides an overview of a project, Base, which ...

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Young people not in education, employment or training: Government response to the Children, Schools and Families Committee's eighth report of session 2009-10 - first special report of session 2010-11 (HC 416) [2010] Full document External document

Sets out the current Government's response to recommendations on policies and practices relating to young people not in education, employment or training. Addresses a range of issues including the pr...

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Provider-led Pathways: experiences and views of implementation in phase 2 districts (Research report no 643) [2010] Full document External document

Presents findings from the qualitative study of the implementation of the second phase of the Provider-led to Work (PL Pathways) programme, and explores the delivery and experiences of the programme f...

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Activity Agreement pilots: follow-up survey of 2007-2008 participants (Research report DFE-RR010) [2010] Full document External document

Explains that Activity Agreement (AA) pilots use financial incentives, intensive support and tailored activities to encourage disengaged young people back into education, employment and training. Inve...

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Welfare reform in tough fiscal times: creating a better and cheaper benefits system [2010] External document

Considers problems with the current welfare system. Sets out how a better and cheaper benefits system could be designed, that would reduce damaging marginal tax and benefit withdrawal rates on the po...

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The Coalition Budget 2010: key welfare changes and their impact on low income households (Briefing) [2010] External document

Explains the tax credit and benefit changes announced in the Budget and how they will affect different low income households. Provides an overview of the key changes, analyses the impact of each chan...

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