Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 1 April to question 236986 on Employment Schemes: Young People, what specific measures and outcome data have been collected in management information for the Youth Obligation.

Management Information for the Youth Obligation Support Programme was collected and covers claimants who were on the programme as of the end of January 2019. The specific measures and outcome data related to the Youth Obligation Support Programme collected for each of these claimants are:

Journey through the programme

• Date started the Youth Obligation Support Programme journey
• IAP Workshop 1 date of attendance
• IAP Workshop 2 date of attendance
• 5 month stocktake assessment date of attendance
• 6 month interview date of attendance
• Date ended the Youth Obligation Support Programme journey

Easements

• Whether the claimant was on an easement or an exclusion applies
• The type of easement or exclusion

Provision

• Referral to ESOL
• Referral to Work Experience
• Referral to a Traineeship
• Referral to an Apprenticeship
• Referral to Sector Based Work Academy
• Referral to a Scottish / Welsh devolved provision

Outcome

• Reason journey ended
• Date of job (if applicable)

We are now analysing this data and this is in the process of being quality assured before we consider plans to publish this data.