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Six Month Offer

Last Published: 12 October 2011

Available at: http://research.dwp.gov.uk/asd/index.php?page=6month_offer

The Six Month Offer was announced in January 2009 as a support package for Jobseeker’s Allowance customers reaching six months unemployment. The Six Month Offer was introduced nationally from the 6 April 2009. There are four strands to the Six Month Offer:

  1. Recruitment Subsidy
  2. Self Employment
  3. Volunteering 
  4. Work Focused Training.

This is a joint statistical publication between the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) and the Scottish Government.