What lessons are we learning from the Youth Contract and the impact of Wage Incentives? Hugh Stickland – Youth Employment Convention, 9 th May 2013
Youth Unemployment Trends
Like for like quarter on quarter changes ILO and JSA
Youth JSA by duration
Off-flow rates remain high
Youth Contract Not just Wage Incentives k Work Experience places Additional time and support with JCP advisor Day 1 access to NCS Package of support for 16/17 NEETs Incentives for SME to hire apprentices
What do we know? Work Experience Feb 11 didn’t help Large employers Large employers interactions with the Work Programme Variation within and between Work Programme providers Jobcentre Plus hotspots Awareness