DWP Working Age Reports 2004
This page gives links directly to the full text and summaries of our Working Age reports from 2004
Working age research and analysis publications: 2004
| No. | Report | Brief summary | Date | Summaries | Full report |
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| 214 | A Stepping-Stone to Employment? An Evaluation of the Permitted Work Rules – Wave 2 |
12/04 | 4 page summary – 214 (131KB)  |
Full report – 214 (969KB) |
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| 213 | New Deal for Disabled People: Survey of Registrants – Report of Cohort 1 Waves 1 and 2 |
01/05 | 4 page summary – 213 (150KB) |
Full report – 213 (1.56MB) |
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| 212 | Incapacity Benefit Reforms - the Personal Adviser Role & Practices | This research report presents the findings from a qualitative research study conducted by teams from the National Centre for Social Research (Natcen), the Policy Studies Institute (PSI) and the Social Policy Research Unit at York University (SPRU). This focused study examined the role of the IBPA through two focus groups and 14 in depth interviews with Incapacity Benefit Personal Advisers (IBPAs) from the first three IB Reforms pilot areas. | 30/11 | Full report – 212 (1.38MB) |
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| 211 | Mentoring and Post-Employment Support | This report presents the findings from an evaluation of sixteen mentoring and post-employment support pilots introduced under the New Deal Next Phase (NDNP). The Mentoring Pilots were developed in order to meet customer’s needs which were not being met by mainstream mentoring, and to provide alternative methods of resolving barriers to employment. | 12/04 | 4 page summary – 211 (155KB) |
Full report – 211 (561KB) |
| 210 | Evaluation of Jobcentre Plus Key Management Indicators | This report presents findings from an Evaluation of Key Management Indicators (KMIs), which are intended to improve levels of performance and assist the delivery of services within Jobcentre Plus. The report explores how KMIs are applied across Jobcentre Plus, based on interviews with over 250 members of staff at all levels of the organisation. | 12/04 | 4 page summary – 210 (160KB) |
Full report – 210 (1.69MB) |
| 209 | Evaluation of the Extension to NDLP Eligibility | New Deal for Lone Parents is a voluntary programme aimed at helping lone parents into work, improving their job-readiness, and supporting them in employment. The aims of this evaluation were to ascertain how newly eligible participants differ from those participants claiming income support, whether there are any issues specific to the new groups and how well NDLP works for these newly eligible participants. | 10/04 | 3 page summary – 209 (107KB) |
Full report – 209 (479KB) |
| 208 | This report presents the results of an extensive 12-month study conducted in 2003-2004 across four regions and eleven districts. It examines the extent, nature, effectiveness and impact of Jobcentre Plus involvement in strategic partnership working at the local and regional level and sets out some recommendations for providing appropriate support and guidance on partnership working for Jobcentre Plus staff. | 12/04 | 4 page summary – 208 (129KB) |
Full report – 208 (1.19MB) |
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| 207 | Evaluation of Jobcentre Plus Key Management Indicators | This report presents findings from an Evaluation of Key Management Indicators (KMIs), which are intended to improve levels of performance and assist the delivery of services within Jobcentre Plus. The report explores how KMIs are applied across Jobcentre Plus, based on interviews with over 250 members of staff at all levels of the organisation. | 12/04 | 4 page summary – 207 (XXXKB) |
Full report – 207 (XXXKB) |
| 206 | Destination of Leavers from NDYP and ND25 Plus 3rd Draft Report | This research report details the findings from a survey of people who left the New Deal for Young People and the New Deal 25 plus, whose destination was unknown. The survey was conducted by BMRB International on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions. | 12/04 | 3 page summary – 206 (143KB) |
Full report – 206 (1.44MB) |
| 205 | Review of the matching element of the employer outcome target | 12/04 | 5 page summary – 205 (152KB) |
Full report – 205 (997KB) |
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| 204 | Evaluation of the Jobcentre Plus Team Bonus Scheme |
Following the introduction of the Jobcentre Plus Team Bonus Scheme in the 17 original rolled out Districts, MORI were commissioned to undertake a two stage qualitative research study. The study compared initial views of the Scheme with those gauged after payment, assessed impacts on staff and resources, and identified lessons of good practice that can be built upon for any implementation of subsequent bonus schemes. | 12/04 | 4 page summary – 204 (147KB) |
Full report – 204 (592KB) |
| 203 | Review of Additional Points, 2003-2004 | This report presents the results of a review of the Additional Points (AP) element of the Jobcentre Plus Job Entry Target system. The aim was to assess the extent to which the AP system was working to encourage Jobcentre Plus to concentrate on achieving job entries within disadvantaged areas and areas with relatively high proportions of ethnic minority residents. | 12/04 | 4 page summary – 203 (142KB) |
Full report – 203 (959KB) |
| 202 | Incapacity Benefit Reforms - early findings from qualitative research | 09/12 | 5 page summary – 202 (289KB) |
Full report – 202 (636KB) |
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| 201 | Emerging findings for the Refugee Employment Strategy | This report draws together recent research undertaken as part of the service delivered to Jobcentre Plus customers, particularly refugees with needs in English for Speakers of Other Languages. The work is in support of the DWPs refugee and employment strategy. The findings of four interrelated studies carried out in 2003 on preliminary initiatives developed to test how best to deliver language and employment support to refugees have been brought together in this report and analysed in ways to inform the final development of the strategy. | 09/04 | Full report – 201 (477KB) |
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| 200 | A review of ‘What we know’ about partners of benefit recipients | This review of evidence is based on analysis of survey data relating to characteristics of couples, administrative data on receipt of benefits, and on published evaluations of Jobcentre Plus (formerly Employment Service) programmes and policies. The report explores the characteristics of all couples and of all workless couples. It goes on to consider the characteristics of benefit recipients and their partners, and focuses on attitudes and barriers to work of non-working, non-claiming partners of benefit recipients, as this is the group for whom the Government is developing new welfare to work policies. | 09/04 | Full report – 200 (1.94MB) |
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| 199 | New Deal for Disabled People (NDDP): first synthesis report | NDDP aims to help people on incapacity benefits move into sustained employment. This report synthesizes the findings from early research with NDDP participants, employers and those charged with delivering the programme. It provides an emerging picture of the first 18 months of the nationally extended NDDP. | 09/04 | Full report – 199 (10MB) |
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| 198 | Tests of Nonexperimental Methods for Evaluating the Impact of the New Deal for Disabled People (NDDP) | This report tests alternative non-experimental evaluation methods that might be used to evaluate the impact of the New Deal for Disabled People against an experimental benchmark, using data from an earlier U.S. evaluation of employment services for people with disabilities in which random assignment was implemented. | 09/04 | 3 page summary – 198 (101KB) |
Full report – 198 (958KB) |
| 197 | Report of the Survey of Job Brokers | This report presents finding from a postal survey of Job Brokers conducted during Summer 2002. Job Brokers deliver the New Deal for Disabled People, and seek to help people on incapacity benefits move into sustained employment. The report provides a descriptive analysis of Job Brokers and the services they provide. | 09/04 | 3 page summary – 197 (101KB) |
Full report – 197 (1.48MB) |
| 196 | Evaluation of the Childcare Partnership Manager role | Childcare Partnership Managers (CPMs) were introduced in April 2003 to identify and help Jobcentre Plus customers to overcome childcare issues, to improve access to and coordination of childcare information for providers and employers and to keep Jobcentre Plus advisers up to date on childcare issues and initiatives. This report outlines the findings of an evaluation of the first year of the CPM role. | 08/04 | 4 page summary – 196 (135KB) |
Full report – 196 (1.5MB) |
| 195 | A study of providers new to Workstep | Following a procurement exercise to attract a more diverse range of WORKSTEP providers, the DWP commissioned the Disability Services Research Partnership to carry out research into the contribution and experiences of the newly contracted providers. The report describes the background of the new providers and their motivations for tendering to provide WORKSTEP. Their experiences and views are juxtaposed with those of Disability Employment Advisers. Participants’ recommendations for development of WORKSTEP are discussed. | 08/04 | 4 page summary – 195 (112KB) |
Full report – 195 (1.24MB) |
| 194 | Understanding Performance Variation | This report presents the results of work lead by GHK, together with Cambridge Econometrics and Bannock Consulting, to better understand variation between job entry rates in districts. This consists of two pieces of work (i) A statistical analysis to understand the main drivers behind performance variation and (ii) A resource allocation based on a needs-based formula to reduce variation in equality of outcomes. | 06/04 | 4 page summary – 194 (128KB) |
Full report – 194 (3.25MB) |
| 193 | Drug and alcohol use as barriers to employment: final report | In June 2002 the DWP commissioned the Centre for Research in Social Policy to undertake a study of the support needs of substance users, including drug, alcohol and drug and alcohol users, in Britain. This report combines the three distinct research activities in this study. Firstly, research into estimating the number, and describing the demographic and socio economic characteristics of substance users who are claiming social security benefits and living in private households. The study also includes interviews with ten treatment organisations and thirty drug or alcohol users into substance users employment support needs. Finally the review of the international literature dealing with substance users’ barriers to work, alongside a review of existing initiatives to assist substance users into work, is published as a separate document that should be read in conjunction with this report. | 09/04 | 4 page summary – 193 (138KB) |
Full report – 193 (2MB) |
| 193A | Drug and alcohol use as barriers to employment: a review of the literature | In June 2002 the DWP commissioned the Centre for Research in Social Policy to undertake a study of the support needs of substance users, including drug, alcohol and drug and alcohol users, in Britain. This report is the result of the international literature and programme review section of the research and is published as an individual report to be read in conjunction with report W193. | 09/04 | Full report – 193A (616KB) |
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| 192 | Targeting services in the individual customer strategy: the role of profiling a review of research evidence | Jobcentre plus have commissioned Warwick Institute for Employment Research to review available evidence relating to the profiling of employment services for job seekers. This report presents the findings of this review and a discussion of the potential for profiling within Jobcentre Plus strategy. | 04/04 | 4 page summary – 192 (141KB) |
Full report – 192 (714KB) |
| 191 | Jobcentre Plus customer satisfaction 2003: findings from qualitative research | This report details the findings from an in-depth qualitative research project examining reasons behind customers, satisfaction of Jobcentre Plus service. This research builds on the findings of the Jobcentre Plus National Customer Satisfaction Survey 2003. | 04/04 | 4 page summary – 191 (120KB) |
Full report – 191 (1.13MB) |
| 190 | Volunteering and Availability for Work: an evaluation of the change to Jobseeker's Allowance Regulations | An evaluation of the change in the 48 hour rule for people on Jobseeker’s Allowance who do voluntary work determines whether it has had the desired effect of increasing volunteering by unemployed people and encouraging voluntary organisations to make better use of them. The research presents the views and experiences of 100 Jobcentre Plus staff and voluntary organisations and adds further evidence on the links between volunteering and employability. | 03/04 | 4 page summary – 190 (136KB) |
Full report – 190 (1.01MB) |
| 189 | Evaluation of Work Based Learning for Adults: technical report | The DWP commissioned the National Centre for Social Research and the Policy Studies Institute to conduct an evaluation of Work Based Learning for Adults. This is a voluntary training programme aimed principally at those, aged 25 and over, who have been unemployed for at least six months and who are currently in receipt of Job Seekers Allowance or another qualifying benefit. This report examines the sampling methodology, the questionnaire development and fieldwork, and presents details of the weighting applied to the resulting dataset. | 03/04 | Full report – 189 (966KB) |
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| 188 | Lone Parents and Work Based Learning for Adults | This study examined the largest group of non-JSA WBLA participants: lone parents in receipt of Income Support. The report discusses their characteristics, experiences of and views on WBLA, any subsequent changes in their skills and qualifications, and the extent to which they have been in paid work since starting on the programme. | 03/04 | 1 page summary – 188 (86KB) |
Full report – 188 (2MB) |
| 187 | Work-based Learning for Adults: an evaluation of labour market effects | This report presents the results of an evaluation of Work-Based Learning for Adults (WBLA) based on a survey of those participating during the period January to April 2002. There are two elements: first, a descriptive analysis of participants and their experience during and after WBLA; second, an assessment of the impact of WBLA on labour market outcomes and employability. | 03/04 | 4 page summary (116KB) |
Full report (2.5MB) |
| 186 | Evaluation of StepUP: Interim Report |
This report presents early findings from the evaluation of StepUP, a pilot programme currently being run by the Department for Work and Pensions. The findings are based on data from the first of three phases of interviews in the evaluation. | 03/04 | 4 page summary – 186 (136KB) |
Full report – 186 (1.87MB) |
| 185 | Evaluation of the Adviser Discretion Fund (ADF) | The report explores the delivery of ADF since its initial introduction and following the issuing of revised guidance in April 2003, which widened ADF eligibility to new customer groups. It reflects on how personal advisers use flexibility to respond to customers’ circumstances, whether it assists remove barriers to work and whether the revised guidance placed any limits on the flexibility and discretion in the use of ADF. | 03/04 | 4 page summary – 185 (117KB) |
Full report – 185 (800KB) |
| 184 | Integrated Findings from the Evaluation of the First 18 Months of Lone Parent Work Focused Interviews | This report presents the integrated findings from the evaluation of the first 18 months of mandatory lone parent work focused interviews (WFIs) and review meetings, and explores some possible implications of the findings for future policy development. It brings together evidence from internal Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) statistical analysis with evidence from published reports on the quantitative survey of customers, qualitative customer interviews, case studies of delivery and impact analysis of administrative data. | 03/04 | 4 page summary – 184 (142KB) |
Full report – 184 (1.22MB) |
| 183 | Joint Claims for JSA: Age Range Extension - Qualitative Evaluation Report | Qualitative research was undertaken as part of the evaluation of the age range extension of Joint Claims for JSA. The project examined the effects of Joint Claims on the labour market participation of those in the extension age range. It also explored factors which affect the operation and delivery of the policy. | 03/04 | 4 page summary – 183 (118KB) |
Full report – 183 (731KB) |
| 182 | Evaluation of Lone Parent Work Focused Interviews: Final findings from administrative data analysis |
This final report gives final findings from a formal evaluation of the net impact of lone parent Work Focused Interviews (LPWFI), also formerly termed Personal Adviser Meetings, on outcomes for eligible lone parents, using linked administrative data. This report fully updates and revises early findings held in the interim report, and so supersedes it. | 06/02 | 1 page summary – 182 (98KB) |
Full report – 182 (3.62KB) |