Youth Incentive Payments

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A decision made on 14 August 2012:

Decision Reference: MD-S-2012-0064
Decision Summary Title :	Youth Incentive Payments		Date of Decision Summary:	14 August 2012
Decision Summary Author:	Business Manager		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:	N/A
Written Report Title :	Youth Incentive Payments		Date of Written Report:	14 August 2012
Written Report Author:	Business Manager		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Public
Subject: Youth Incentive Payments (YIP)
Decision(s): The Minister decided to extend the non-statutory Youth Incentive Payment scheme from 01 September 2012 until 31 August 2013.
Reason(s) for Decision: In line with changes to the treatment of young jobseekers aged under 19 in the Income Support system, a Youth Incentive Payment scheme (YIP) was implemented from 5 September 2011 until 31 August 2012. This was funded from savings within the Income Support budget. The youth incentive payments encourage young people to make best use of the support available to them in terms of improving their employability and supporting them into paid employment. The YIP scheme ensures that individuals successfully completing approved voluntary work placements and intensive training courses receive a payment in respect of their reasonable costs and will further reward young people for successfully completing a 13 week voluntary work placement. The YIP scheme originally commenced from 5 September 2011 until 31 August 2012 with provision to continue this beyond August 2012 dependent on its success combined with other measures taken during 2011/2012 to support young jobseekers. The scheme has been successful and will now be extended for a further period of 12 months.
Resource Implications: Based on current take up the financial implication is approximately £50,000. This will be funded through the Income Support Budget.
Action required: Business Manager to notify the Operations Director that the scheme has been extended.
Signature:		Position: Minister
Date Signed:		Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):