How many individuals who participated in the self-employment route of the New Deal have gone back to claiming benefit since the New Deal's …

A distinct self-employment route has been available through New Deal 18-24 since its inception and through New Deal 25 plus since April 2001. The route consists of three stages with Stages 1 & 2 delivered in the Gateway and Stage 3 as part of the Employment Option or Intensive Activity Period (IAP) respectively. Prior to April individuals joining New Deal 25 plus and seeking to be self-employed could be referred to Training for Work (TfW). Clients participating in other New Deal programmes are also supported in moving into self-employment. Data is not available across all New Deals detailing the total number of individuals who have received New Deal self-employment support and returned to benefits. The information below may be helpful in giving an indication of outcomes.Three hundred and sixty six young people had followed the self-employment route through New Deal 18-24 up to the end of September 2001. Of these, 145 (45%) had returned to claiming JSA within 18 months.Published figures for the enhanced New Deal 25 plus are available from April 2001
- September 2001. Fourteen New Deal 25 plus clients have started mainstream self-employment provision and 20 clients have started New Deal for Musicians IAP self-employment provision. Data is not yet available regarding New Deal 25 plus clients returning to benefits from self-employment provision. Nine per cent of New Deal 50 plus clients, 557 individuals, claiming the employment credit on the basis of being of being self-employed (end September).One hundred and ninety three self-employed job entries in TfW in 2000-01. (96 to end September 2001).