1. What lessons are we learning from the Youth Contract and the impact of Wage Incentives? Hugh Stickland – Youth Employment Convention, 9 th May 2013

2. Youth Unemployment Trends

3. Like for like quarter on quarter changes ILO and JSA

4. Youth JSA by duration

5. Off-flow rates remain high

6. Youth Contract Not just Wage Incentives... 100k Work Experience places Additional time and support with JCP advisor Day 1 access to NCS Package of support for 16/17 NEETs Incentives for SME to hire apprentices

7. What do we know? Work Experience Feb 11 didn’t help Large employers Large employers interactions with the Work Programme Variation within and between Work Programme providers Jobcentre Plus hotspots Awareness