DWP Working Age Reports 2002
This page gives links directly to the full text and summaries of our Working Age reports from 2001
Working age research and analysis publications: 2002
| No. | Report | Brief summary | Date | Summaries | Full report |
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| 140 | Early Findings from Lone Parent Personal Adviser Meetings: Quantitative Survey of Clients | The objectives of the quantitative research were to assess the impact PA (Personal Adviser) meetings were having on the attitudes and perceptions of lone parents, and consequently on the way they respond and behave | 11/02 | summary not yet available online | Full report – 140 (5.3MB)  |
| 139 | Personal Advisers in New Deal 25+ and Employment Zones | This study compares the views and actions of Personal Advisers across twocontrasting programmes for the long-term unemployed. It examines the extentto which they deal with similar clients and assesses the impact of programmeand organisational features on casework practices. | 09/02 | 4 page summary – 139 (42KB) |
Full report – 139 (439KB) |
| 138 | Evaluating the impact of Access to Work: A Case Study Approach | 09/02 | 4 page summary – 138 (73KB) |
Full report – 138 (749KB) |
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| 137 | The re-engineered New Deal 25 plus: a summary of recent evaluation evidence | This Summary Report provides an overarching view of the implementation and early impact of the re-engineered ND25plus programme. It synthesises evidence from case studies of the re-designed programme, qualitative surveys with Personal Advisers, providers, employers and ND25plus participants as well as evidence from the New Deal Evaluation database and earlier evaluation research. It concludes by identifying areas for further improvement to the programme | 09/02 | 4 page summary – 137 (48KB) |
Full report – 137 (139KB) |
| 136 | Work Preparation and Vocational Rehabilitation: A Literature Review | The report examines specific approaches drawing on both UK and international literature. Particular processes and components of vocational rehabilitation are described and findings from evaluations of effectiveness reported, where available. The report concludes with key points emerging from the review. | 08/02 | 4 page summary – 136 | Full report – 136 (402KB) |
| 135 | Good Practice in Work Preparation: Lessons from Research | To provide a baseline of the effectiveness of Work Preparation, a study was undertaken of the relationship between the nature of the provision, user characteristics and outcomes in three Regions. The report presents the key findings and draws out the implications of the research for key players in the programme. | 08/02 | 4 page summary – 135 (68KB) |
Full report – 135 (7.1MB) |
| 134 | New Deal for Partners: Characteristics and Labour Market transitions of eligible couples | This report aims to provide a more thorough understanding of those couples eligible for NDP and the extent to which they move closer to or further from the labour market. The results are based on a specially-constructed dataset spanning the period 1996-2000. This dataset is drawn from a series of Labour Force Surveys and contains a longitudinal element which allows individuals to be tracked five times over the period of a year | 08/02 |
4 page summary – 134 (75KB) |
Full report – 134 (563KB) |
| 133 | Evaluation of 6 and 12 Month Enhanced JSA Process | This report assimilates the findings from all stages of the evaluation. It assesses the way in which the new process was implemented, how the revised Advisory Interview and intensive jobmatching process have worked, and the effectiveness and impact of the process | 08/02 | 4 page summary – 133 (75KB) |
Full report – 133 (1.27MB) |
| 132 | Early Findings from Lone Personal Adviser Meetings: Qualitative Research with Clients and Case Studies on Delivery | This report presents findings from the first phase of qualitative research, draws out key lessons to date and seeks to identify how the research questions can be refined and extended for the second phase. | 08/02 | 4 page summary – 132 (70KB) |
Full report – 132 (731KB) |
| 131 | Evaluation of Work Based Learning for Adults (WBLA) - Qualitative Research with Non JSA Clients | This report presents findings of a qualitative study evaluating the impact of widening the WBLA programme to include Non JSA clients since it came under the responsibility of ES in April 2001. The study examines views of ES staff, providers and clients. | 08/02 | 4 page summary – 131 | Full report – 131 (727KB) |
| 130 | New Deal 50 Plus Regional Marketing Evaluation | This report looks at how clients who had joined ND50plus found out about the programme and their experiences of its delivery. It includes detailed feedback on marketing activity, following a hands-on review of marketing materials from four Jobcentre Plus regions | 08/02 | 4 page summary – 130 (101KB) |
Full report – 130 (592KB) |
| 129 | Processes involved in implementing the National Basic Skills Programme | This report outlines the processes involved in implementing the National Basic Skills Programme and evaluates the effectiveness of the procedures. Identifying how the policy was being implemented and whether the policy objectives were being achieved | 08/02 | 4 page summary – 129 (891KB) |
Full report – 129 (4.1MB) |
| 128 | Evaluation of Work Based Learning for Adults - Action Research Qualitative Interviews with Employment Service Staff, Providers and Employers | This report presents findings of a qualitative study evaluating the WBLA programme since it came under the responsibility of ES in April 2001. The study examines views of ES staff, providers and employers on the effectiveness of the programme. | 07/02 | 4 page summary – 128 (108KB) |
Full report – 128 (678KB) |
| 127 | Evaluation of New Deal 25 Plus: Qualitative Interviews with Employment Service Staff, Providers, Employers and Clients | This evaluation of the Re-engineered New Deal 25 plus involved discussions with ES staff, providers, employers and clients over three waves of research and across eight Units of Delivery. The report examines how the re-engineered programme is being implemented and how different stakeholders judge its effectiveness. | 07/02 | 4 page summary – 127 (885KB) |
Full report – 127 (457KB) |
| 126 | Jobseeker Direct Customer Satisfaction Survey | The report presents findings from a survey of recent callers to Jobseeker Direct ascertaining their levels of satisfaction, or otherwise in the service. | 07/02 | 4 page summary – 126 (107KB) |
Full report – 126 (811KB) |
| 125 | Joint Claims for JSA: A Summary of Qualitative Research | The report presents the conclusions of the qualitative evaluation of Joint Claims for JSA. Drawing overall conclusions as to the likely impact of the enhancement, and relates observed successes and failures to key factors of influence, including the role of the Personal Adviser and cultural and attitudinal influences. | 07/02 | 4 page summary – 125 (71KB) |
Full report – 125 (528KB) |
| 124 | Employment Zones: A Study of Local Delivery Agents and Case Studies | This report is based on a series of semi-structured interviews with Zone Managers and Personal Advisers and also with Employment Service District Managers, in all 15 Zones | 07/02 | 4 page summary – 124 (873KB) |
Full report – 124 (603KB) |
| 123 | Evaluation of the Remote Jobpoints Experiment in Port Talbot and Luton - Survey Results from Stage 1 and Stage 2 | This report presents the findings of a remote Jobpoints experiment that was carried out in Tesco stores in Port Talbot and Luton. | 07/02 | 4 page summary – 123 (867KB) |
Full report – 123 (2.59MB) |
| 122 | Jobcentre Case Studies Year 1 | This report outlines the main findings from sweep 1 and 2 of qualitative interviews with Jobcentre staff, district office staff and partner organisations. | 07/02 | 4 page summary – 122 (868KB) |
Full report – 122 (1.39MB) |
| 121 | Qualitative Analysis of Employer Direct | This report provides the findings from the Qualitative surveys of employers and case studies of the Employer Direct Customer Service Centres. It identifies early issues and lessons to help improve the delivery and inform further development of the MES programme. | 07/02 | 4 page summary – 121 (875KB) |
Full report – 121 (1.13MB) |
| 120 | Modernising the Employment Service | This report summarises the first year of MES evaluation. This Summary highlights the findings in the MES and related studies through the consideration of issues surrounding the implementation of MES, the individual MES components and the impact of MES on Jobseeker Services, Employer Services and ES performance. | 07/02 | 4 page summary – 120 (881KB) |
Full report – 120 (1.11MB) |
| 119 | New Deal for Lone Parents: A Qualitative Evaluation of the In-Work Training Grant Pilot (IWTG) | New Deal for Lone Parents: A Qualitative Evaluation of the In-Work Training Grant Pilot (IWTG) | 07/02 | 4 page summary – 119 (88KB) |
Full report – 119 (695KB) |
| 118 | Joint Claims for JSA - Quantitative Survey Stage 2. Technical Report | This report presents the technical details of the Joint Claims Quantitative Survey - Stage 2. The findings from the survey are reported in WAE117. The report describes the sampling and fieldwork procedures, and reports on response rates and the treatment of movers. Analysis and weighting procedures are discussed and the full CAPI (Computer Assisted Personal Interviewing) questionnaire is provided as an appendix. | 07/02 | 4 page summary – 118 | Full report – 118 (455KB) |
| 117 | Joint Claims for JSA - Quantitative evaluation of labour market effects | This report presents findings from the quantitative evaluation of Joint Claims for JSA, which was designed to assess the impact of Joint Claims. The report has two complementary components: a descriptive account of the main characteristics of joint claimants (quantitative survey-stage 2); and an analysis of survey and administrative data to evaluate the impact of Joint Claims. | 07/02 |
4 page summary – 117 (84KB) |
Full report – 117 (6.19MB) |
| 116 | New Deal for Lone Parents: First Synthesis Report of the National Evaluation | This report updates the previous NDLP summary report and reviews evidence on NDLP and lone parents from a wide variety of sources | 07/02 | 4 page summary – 116 (318KB) |
Full report – 116 (1.19MB) |
| 115 | Partners of Non-JSA Benefit Recipients | 07/02 | 4 page summary – 115 (75KB) |
Full report – 115 (635KB) |
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| 114 | Evaluation for Action Teams | This report presents the findings from the evaluation of the Action Teams for Jobs initiative for its first year of operations (phase 1). The evaluation report examines the effectiveness of Action Team activities and processes during Phase 1. It also provides an analysis of client outcomes and considers the nature of Action Teams' work with employers. | 04/02 | 4 page summary – 114 (81KB) |
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| 113 | Process Evaluation of Post 16 Equal Opportunities Pilots | This report presents the findings from the process evaluation of the Post 16 Equal Opportunities Pilots and attempts to draw lessons from the experiences of the pilots for the future development of issues of equality of opportunity. | 04/02 | 4 page summary – 113 (140KB) |
Full report – 113 (279KB) |
| 112 | New Deal for Partners:Qualitative Research | This is a qualitative evaluation of New Deal for Partners. Partners and Jobseekers (JSA recipients), including participants and non-participants, were interviewed in Autumn 2000 and Summer 2001 | 04/02 | 4 page summary – 112 (96KB) |
Full report – 112 (96KB) |
| 111 | Evaluation of Re-engineered New Deal 25 plus: Case Studies | This formative evaluation of the Re-engineered New Deal 25 Plus, was based on six case studies, each involving interviews with ES staff, providers and employers. The report highlights implementation issues together with aspects of innovation and good practice identified in the case study areas. | 04/02 | 4 page summary – 111 (96KB) |
Full report – 111 (993KB) |
| 110 | Internet Access for Jobcentre Staff Pilot Evaluation | This report presents the finding of an evaluation which examined in detail how staff would make use of the Internet to help them in their day-to-day work and how it would enhance Jobcentre business processes | 03/02 | 4 page summary – 110 (94KB) |
Full report – 110 (164KB) |
| 109 | Early Views on the Internet Job Bank | This report presents findings from research which included an analysis of responses related to the use of information technology and the Internet that was researched by three earlier surveys, a telephone survey, a face to face interview and public places providing access to the internet. | 01/02 | 4 page summary – 109 (93KB) |
Full report – 109 (234KB) |
| 108 | Baseline Jobseekers Traffic Survey Report | This report shows the finding of a survey designed to determine who the current users of jobcentres are and the nature of jobcentre use, and how these have changed since the 1996 survey | 01/02 | 4 page summary – 108 (102KB) |
Full report – 108 (252KB) |
| 107 | Quantitative Baseline Employer Survey | This report presents results from a national survey of employers, undertaken as part of the baseline research for MES evaluation. The results are designed to be representative of the size and sector composition of employers across Britain | 01/02 | 4 page summary – 107 (70KB) |
Full report – 107 (310KB) |
| 106 | Joint Claims for JSA: Qualitative Research with Joint Claimants | This report presents findings from the third of three stages of qualitative research evaluating Joint Claims for JSA. In-depth interviews were carried out with joint claimants to explore experiences of Joint Claims for JSA and attitudes to work, including barriers to work. The report also re-addresses findings from stage one of the research, to provide comparative data and introduce a longitudinal element to the evaluation.' | 01/02 | 4 page summary – 106 (95KB) |
Full report – 106 (1.13MB) |
| 105 | More Frequent Attendance Post Implementation Review Qualitative research report | Following the introduction of the More Frequent Attendance (MFA) policy in January 2001 BMRB Qualitative were commissioned to carry out research to aid the Post Implementation Review. The overall aim was to find out how the policy is working in practice. | 01/02 | 4 page summary – 105 (97KB) |
Full report – 105 (174KB) |