Evaluation of multiple provider employment zones - early implementation issues
Research Report No. 310
by Andy Hirst, Roger Tarling, Morgane Lefaucheux, Christina Short, Sini Rinne, Alan McGregor, Andrea Glass, Martin Evans and Claire Simm
Multiple Provider Employment Zones (MPEZs) were introduced in April 2004 in Glasgow, Liverpool, Birmingham and London. In these areas more than one provider deliver to new client groups which include lone parents, unemployed people aged 18-24 (young people) and JSA claimants entitled to early entry due to their circumstances (early entrants) in addition to the over 25s.
Cambridge Policy Consultants Ltd was appointed by the Department of Work and Pensions to lead a consortium of the Training and Employment Research Unit at the University of Glasgow, the Centre for Social Exclusion at the University of Bath, and MORI in the qualitative evaluation of Multiple Provider Employment Zones.
Fieldwork in the first phase of the evaluation was carried out between November 2004 and May 2005 and included discussions with Jobcentre Plus managers and Personal Advisers (PAs) as well as with provider managers, PAs and specialist staff and in-depth interviews with lone parents.
This report presents the findings from the first phase of research into the delivery of Multiple Provider Employment Zones. The aim of the study is to examine the specific arrangements surrounding the implementation of the MPEZ model for the three new client groups and explore the issues surrounding multiple provider operations.
January 2006 100 pages 297x210mm
ISBN 1 84123 945 3
