Ethnic Minority Employment

National Audit Office

Inclusion was commissioned by the National Audit Office (NAO) to examine how ethnic minority employment in the UK can be increased. This involved an analysis of the effectiveness of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) programmes in increasing ethnic minority employment.

The research included an extensive literature review on ethnic minority employment and international comparisons. An analysis of DWP programme monitoring data, the Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study, and previous surveys on ethnic minorities in the labour market was also conducted.

To capture individual and community-shared experiences of unemployment, twelve focus groups with ethnic minority men and women were conducted in five conurbations in England.

Read Inclusion's summary of the research findings