Evidence library

This News Release, the latest in a quarterly series, provides summary information to the end of December 2003 on the numbers of people at different stages of New Deal processes in Scotland. This information includes the different routes that they have followed as well as equivalent data for Great Britain. On the 6th April 2003 the Employment Credit was replaced by the over 50s element of the Working Tax Credit (WTC). In future, the number of WTC awards to New Deal 50plus clients will be used to measure the number of jobs gained through the programme however, the number of WTC claims and awards are not yet available from the Inland Revenue. Information on WTC for people aged 50plus will be available in Spring 2004.