Universal Credit Scotland Universal Credit areasand 2nd quarter 2015 rollouts

Highland Council Inverness

City of Edinburgh Edinburgh City High Riggs Leith Wester Hailes

Dumfries and Galloway

Annan Dumfries Stranraer

East Lothian Musselburgh

Midlothian Dalkeith Penicuik

North Ayrshire Irvine Kilbirnie Saltcoats

North Lanarkshire Airdrie Bellshill Cumbernauld Motherwell

Scottish Borders Eyemouth Galashiels Hawick

West Dunbartonshire

Alexandria Clydebank Dumbarton

Universal Credit Scotland Universal Credit areas

and May - July 2015 rollouts

Aberdeenshire Banff Fraserhead Peterhead

Clackmannanshire Alloa

Eilean Siar Council Stornaway

Falkirk Falkirk Grangemouth

Glasgow Anniesland Bridgeton Castlemilk Drumchapel

Easterhouse Govan Langside Laurieston

Maryhill Newlands Parkhead Partick

Shettleston Springburn

Orkney Islands Kirkwall

Renfrewshire Johnstone Paisley Renfrew

Shetland Islands Lerwick

Stirling Stirling

Universal Credit recipientsUnemployment in Scotland fell by 2,000, to 176,000 in the period April to June 2014, according to the Office for National Statistics.

Scottish Secretary Alistair Carmichael said:

“It is also good to see the number of people claiming Jobseekers allowance continues to fall. It is now at its lowest level since October 2008 and is 35,500 lower than one year ago.”

Universal Credit recipients (continued)

More than 400,000 (414,000) workers in Scotland are still being paid less than the living wage, according to a study undertaken KPMG (Nov 2014)

Between 5-8% of families in Scotland (604,000) receive child and working tax credits.

Branding and customising

Branding and customising (2)

• Free technical help throughout term of contract

• Service specific version that is branded

• Service specific administrator/tutor stats

• Customisation options • 300 End user leaflets• Induction for team

• Monthly checks and updates to reflect government changes

• Upgrades:• Individual's time usage• Files usage• Tutorial on Tablets and

touch screens basics• Leaflet Templates• Poster Templates• Four minute video "teaser"

Full Support Service Details for each client

One year licence per Library Service £1,500 + vat

Three year licence per Library Service £3,000 + vat

Three year licence for 10 Library Services £20,000 + vat

Three year licence for 20 Library Services £35,000 + vat

Three year licence for all Library Services £45,000 + vat

Three year licence for all Library Services

and Schools Library Services £60,000 + vat

If a person remains unemployed from the age of 20 until 60, then they will cost the State at the very least £400,000.

Licence Costs

• Barnet• Brent• Bury• Coventry• Croydon• Darlington• Derby Adult

Learning

• Ealing• Harrow• Hounslow• Lambeth• Lancashire• Manchester• Middlesbrough• Newcastle

• Newham• North Tyneside• North Yorkshire• Northumberland• Solihull• South Tyneside• Tower Hamlets • Wirral

23 Authorities on board:

with more to follow shortly.

“Lancashire County Council’s library and adult learning services are supporting people needing to

learn or update their online jobseeking skills and find out key information about Universal Credit.

Branded in Lancashire County Council as "Jobseeker Skills", Universal Skills covers three key topics

with clear, easy to understand information and practical advice on using Universal Jobmatch,

employment skills and Universal Credit. Free access to Jobseeker Skills is offered to all Lancashire

County Council’s library members in every library branch or at home. The currency of the topics

and the speed of information updates is an important feature. Additionally it has full content

speech options that allow users to listen to the topics as well as reading them.” Carolyn Waite:Cultural ServicesLancashire County Council

“Lancashire County Council’s library and adult learning services are supporting people needing to

learn or update their online jobseeking skills and find out key information about Universal Credit.

Branded in Lancashire County Council as "Jobseeker Skills", Universal Skills covers three key topics

with clear, easy to understand information and practical advice on using Universal Jobmatch,

employment skills and Universal Credit. Free access to Jobseeker Skills is offered to all Lancashire

County Council’s library members in every library branch or at home. The currency of the topics

and the speed of information updates is an important feature. Additionally it has full content

speech options that allow users to listen to the topics as well as reading them.” Carolyn Waite:Cultural ServicesLancashire County Council