Restart Scheme
(asked on 10th May 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department for 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.
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:
- Starts - the number of individuals with a start date on provision
- Leavers - the number of individuals with both a start date and an end date recorded on provision (reasons for leaving the Restart Scheme include a participant starting work, moving off Universal Credit or moving out of the Universal Credit Intensive Work Search regime)
- Caseload - the number of individuals with a start date recorded but without an end date recorded
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 |
3b Greater Manchester | 14,650 | 770 | 13,875 |
4a South West | 14,630 | 880 | 13,755 |
4b South Central | 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 |
5c Home Counties | 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.