"Training for Work (TfW) was a major DfEE programme aimed at helping people who
had been claimant unemployed for over six months to find jobs and improve their
skills, by providing appropriate training and work experience. After initial assessment
and guidance, entrants took one of three main routes: employer placements (with
either trainee or employed status), full-time off-the-job training, or project
placements... A nationally representative sample of TfW participants in England and Wales who left
TfW during the autumn of 1995 was interviewed in spring 1996 and a second time in
summer 1997. The present analysis excluded those who had been unemployed for
less than six months at the point of entry to the programme (the 'special needs'
group)." - Page 1
