Midlothian Employer Recruitment Incentive 2026/27
Midlothian Council (No One Left Behind)
Worth
£4,000 to £10,000
Deadline
Rolling - no fixed deadline
Type of funding
Grant
Where
Scotland (Midlothian)
What it is
Midlothian Council pays employers £4,000 to £10,000 per new employee, by weekly hours, for hiring an unemployed Midlothian parent who is disabled or long-term unemployed into a permanent Real Living Wage job.
Checked 9 Nov 2026 on locateinmidlothian.co.uk (Midlothian Council): for new permanent jobs starting by 31 March 2027, paid in four stages over 52 weeks. The person you hire must be an unemployed parent living in Midlothian who is disabled or has been out of work 12 months, and the job must not have started yet.
Official sourceWho can apply
A summary of the main rules, not the full list. Midlothian Council (No One Left Behind) decides who is eligible, so read their guidance before you apply. The free scan checks these against your own business.
- Business based in Scotland
- Business in the Midlothian council area
- You're hiring
Common questions
- Is Midlothian Employer Recruitment Incentive 2026/27 open for applications?
- Yes. It is open for applications, with no fixed deadline.
- How much is Midlothian Employer Recruitment Incentive 2026/27 worth?
- £4,000 to £10,000. It is a grant, and the funder decides what each applicant receives.
- Who runs Midlothian Employer Recruitment Incentive 2026/27, and where is it available?
- Midlothian Council (No One Left Behind) runs it. It is available in Scotland (Midlothian).
Does your business qualify?
Eligibility rules are where schemes get fiddly. Gov Owed checks your business against Midlothian Employer Recruitment Incentive 2026/27 — and every other UK scheme we track — in about two minutes, free. The £19.95 report then explains exactly why you qualify, drafts your answers and walks you through the real application step by step.
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Information, not financial advice; eligibility is decided by the funder. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Schemes change — confirm details on the official page before applying.