FOI Request - Local Employability Partnership
Request 101003679952
Under the Freedom of Information Act, I would like to request the following information:
1. The amount of funding your local authority/local employability partnership has received from the Scottish Government for Employability Services/Employment Support Services (under NOLB, PES, Best Start, Bright Futures etc), for each of the last five financial years (24/25, 23/24, 22/23, 21/22, 20/21). Please provide a breakdown of the source of Employability Services funding for each financial year (e.g. NOLB, PES etc).
2. The amount of funding your local authority/local employability partnership has received from other sources (i.e. not Scottish Government) for employability services in each of the last five financial years.
3. The amount of funding your local authority/local employability partnership has invested directly in Employability Services from core council finances (i.e. not from the sources referenced in Q1 and Q2.
4. The number of participants/service users who have commenced employment support provision funded by your local authority/local employability partnership in each of the last five financial years.
5. The number of participants/service users who have moved into paid employment through your employability services in each of the last five financial years.
6. The total amount of funding your local authority/local employability partnership have spent via external providers (including contracted provision, grant funding, arms-length bodies) on employability services for in each of the last five financial years.
7. The total number of employability providers your local authority/local employability partnership have commissioned (or otherwise awarded work to) during each of the last five financial years (not those on frameworks, just those who have been commissioned/awarded work to deliver services).
8. How many people (FTE) you currently employ (in 2024) directly within the council involved in the direct delivery of employment support services (i.e. front-line staff), and the average annual salary cost per employee.
9. How many people (FTE) you currently employ (in 2024) directly within the council involved in the management of employment support services, be that those the council delivers directly, or contracts with an external provider for (including managers, administrators, claims and compliance staff), and the average salary cost per employee.
Response 06-02-2025
1.
| Year | NOLB | PESF | YPG | LTU | Total: |
| 20/21 | 127,948 | 120,000 | 247,948 | ||
| 21/22 | 127,948 | 178,000 | 420 | 725,948 | |
| 22/23 | 264.000 | 333,000 | 957 | 420 (CF) | 1.9M ( includes C.F) |
| 23/24 | 506,000 | 748,000 | 1.254m | ||
| 24/25 | 585,000 | 683,000 | 1.268m |
2. The amount of funding your local authority/local employability partnership has received from other sources (i.e. not Scottish Government) for employability services in each of the last five financial years.
20/21 – No additional funding
21/22 - £800K ESF
22/23 = £194,103K UKSPF
23/24 = £363,943 UKSPF
24/25 - £894,685 UKSPF
3. The amount of funding your local authority/local employability partnership has invested directly in Employability Services from core council finances (i.e. not from the sources referenced in Q1 and Q2.
£233K per year for the last 5 years
4. The number of participants/service users who have commenced employment support provision funded by your local authority/local employability partnership in each of the last five financial years
Year 1 – 98 participants
Year 2 – 319 participants
Year 3 – 490 participants
Year 4 – 763 participants ( Includes carried forward from previous years )
Year 5 – Year end not achieved yet
5. Year 1 – 936, Year 2 – 88, Year 3 – 172 , Year 4 – 65 , Year 5 – 100 so far
6. 20/21 - £65K
21/22 - £467K
22/23 - £618K
23/24 – £518K
24/25 - £920K ( Forecast )
7. Year 1 - 4 Providers
Year 2 – 12 Providers
Year 3 – 14 Providers
Year 4 – 12 Providers
Year 5 – 19 Providers
8. 16 FTE – 40K Average – Including on-costs
9. 4 FTE – 50k Average – including on-costs