Employers and the New Deal for Disabled People - Qualitative Research, First Wave

Aston J, Atkinson J, Evans C, Davis S, O'Regan S | Report WAE145 | Department for Work and Pensions | Feb 2003

This report contributed to the national evaluation of the New Deal for Disabled People (NDDP). It sets out the first results from research on employer awareness of, and involvement with NDDP. Other linked studies contributed evidence on otherstakeholders, particularly customers of the programme and the job brokers delivering it.

The research was conducted by a team at the Institute for Employment Studies,and draws on qualitative interviews with 80 employers in six labour markets: Merseyside and Manchester, East Midlands and West Midlands, London and Home Counties, South Wales, Newcastle and Gateshead, Plymouth, Bolton and Bristol. The fieldwork was undertaken during early summer 2002, some nine months after NDDP had been launched nationally. This report is part of the national evaluation of the New Deal for Disabled People. It looks at employer awareness of, and involvement with, NDDP during the first year of operation of the programme.

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