The Department's estimate of the number and proportion of young people not in education, employment or training (NEET) cannot be disaggregated to regional or local authority level. However, we can give an indication of the number of 16, 17 and 18-year-olds NEET from data provided by Connexions services, and this is given in the following table.
Data provided by Connexions services are used to set and monitor local authority NEET targets. However, it should be noted that figures are calculated on a different basis from that used in the Department's estimates, and therefore do not give the same totals.
Information cannot be broken down by parliamentary constituency, nor is it available at local authority level and age before 2005.
As at December each year Age 16 Age 17 Age 18 2005 2006 2005 2006 2005 2006 South East region 3,720 3,290 6,160 5,440 5,000 5,470 Bracknell Forest 50 30 100 60 80 80 Reading 140 90 210 160 190 130 Windsor and Maidenhead 40 30 70 60 70 50 Slough 100 60 140 90 150 90 West Berkshire 70 60 120 90 90 90 Wokingham 50 40 90 50 80 60 Kent 710 640 1,230 1,140 950 1,190 Medway 190 130 350 290 280 240 Buckinghamshire 100 90 210 160 220 190 Milton Keynes 130 100 220 180 200 180 Oxfordshire 200 230 370 330 320 330 Portsmouth 150 90 220 200 160 180 Southampton 190 180 340 250 190 230 Isle of Wight 70 60 90 100 80 110 Hampshire 580 570 810 850 530 800 Surrey 250 250 410 360 340 310 Brighton and Hove 170 150 290 280 290 290 East Sussex 280 250 450 460 440 490 West Sussex 260 240 440 390 370 420 London region 3,830 3,250 7,090 6,040 7,180 6,760 Camden 80 80 180 140 190 160 Islington 120 110 250 210 260 210 Kensington and Chelsea 30 40 70 80 90 80 Lambeth 140 100 300 200 350 210 Southwark 120 120 290 250 320 230 Wandsworth 90 80 180 150 180 160 Westminster 110 50 140 100 130 110 Barking and Dagenham 180 160 290 280 250 290 Bexley 150 140 230 180 220 140 City of London — — — — — 10 Greenwich 180 170 350 280 370 360 Hackney 130 120 280 240 330 290 Havering 150 130 270 230 200 200 Lewisham 140 60 260 190 260 230 Newham 210 210 360 360 310 380 Redbridge 130 90 200 180 230 180 Tower Hamlets 150 130 300 280 410 290 Barnet 120 120 210 160 260 230 Enfield 180 140 320 250 320 300 Haringey 140 130 270 230 290 270 Waltham Forest 100 120 230 230 200 170 Bromley 90 100 210 190 190 200 Croyden 210 170 370 310 340 350 Kingston 40 30 70 80 80 70 Merton 60 40 80 80 80 70 Richmond 40 30 50 60 60 50 Sutton 70 70 150 120 150 140 Brent 60 60 140 140 160 230 Ealing 100 100 210 180 200 220 Hammersmith and Fulham 130 50 170 120 170 130 Harrow 80 40 140 130 150 170 Hillingdon 180 140 350 220 280 340 Hounslow 110 100 200 210 230 270 East of England region 2,980 2,620 5,130 4,620 4,890 4,840 Bedfordshire 210 190 340 310 360 360 Luton 100 100 240 210 260 280 Cambridgeshire 220 200 350 340 370 330 Peterborough 140 110 270 230 260 270 Essex 850 610 1,360 1,120 1,240 1,130 Thurrock 140 90 200 180 180 160 Southend 120 100 230 210 200 220 Hertfordshire 420 360 700 590 620 640 Norfolk 410 470 750 770 710 790 Suffolk 370 370 670 650 690 710 South West region 2,320 2,270 3,970 3,670 3,640 3,680 Bournemouth 90 110 150 140 110 140 Dorset 170 200 240 290 240 280 Poole 60 90 120 90 100 90 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 280 230 430 400 470 460 Devon 310 300 520 530 440 450 Plymouth 180 140 310 270 300 280 Torbay 60 80 110 130 100 100 Gloucestershire 240 210 460 360 510 380 Somerset 220 180 360 300 290 260 Bath and NE Somerset 70 50 120 100 120 120 Bristol 200 180 450 350 370 410 North Somerset 60 60 100 90 110 100 South Gloucestershire 110 90 180 150 150 140 Swindon 90 140 190 210 130 230 Wiltshire 180 210 250 270 210 240 West Midlands region 3,880 3,310 6,520 6,170 6,570 6,390 Birmingham 980 780 1,690 1,460 1,880 1,630 Solihull 200 150 310 260 370 260 Dudley 260 220 340 340 320 270 Sandwell 310 230 400 470 330 440 Walsall 240 190 400 350 320 320 Wolverhampton 210 210 430 380 370 340 Coventry 200 190 390 360 390 380 Warwickshire 250 280 400 440 370 450 Herefordshire 70 70 170 100 140 120 Worcestershire 250 180 430 350 390 340 Shropshire 120 80 190 180 160 170 Telford and Wrekin 120 130 180 200 210 200 Staffordshire 410 390 710 730 770 890 Stoke on Trent 270 230 530 530 550 610 East Midlands region 2,380 2,120 4,020 3,490 3,730 3,530 Derby City 190 150 340 310 310 240 Derbyshire 370 330 660 540 620 560 Leicester City 270 260 540 480 440 500 Leicestershire County 300 280 470 390 410 390 Lincolnshire 320 260 510 450 450 460 Rutland — 10 — — — — Northamptonshire 400 310 660 530 710 550 Nottinghamshire 330 290 480 480 430 460 Nottingham City 190 200 350 340 370 380 Yorks and the Humber region 3,760 3,600 6,730 6,280 6,370 6,210 East Riding 100 130 210 250 190 220 Kingston upon Hull 270 240 570 500 620 550 North East Lincolnshire 120 140 260 260 270 220 North Lincolnshire 80 110 200 210 210 240 Barnsley 240 190 410 340 320 370 Doncaster 330 310 500 480 400 370 Rotherham 250 270 400 430 320 420 Sheffield 390 320 680 620 680 680 Bradford 370 380 690 630 740 540 Calderdale 110 120 260 210 270 300 Kirklees 310 290 530 520 580 620 Leeds 570 510 970 880 950 820 Wakefield 350 290 550 520 380 380 City of York 90 100 140 140 130 140 County of North Yorkshire 190 190 360 290 300 320 North West region 4,690 4,730 8,460 7,960 8,160 8,480 Cheshire 330 290 470 490 460 430 Warrington 120 90 200 180 190 170 Cumbria 220 200 390 300 470 400 Bolton 270 300 450 440 390 440 Bury 130 140 220 210 200 190 City of Manchester 430 390 760 650 640 700 Oldham 160 170 280 280 260 270 Rochdale 190 160 330 290 280 240 City of Salford 180 180 320 340 210 210 Stockport 140 200 250 280 210 300 Trafford 110 110 190 180 170 180 Tameside 180 170 300 280 230 230 Wigan 280 280 420 440 430 420 Halton 80 110 190 180 220 230 Knowsley 110 130 220 250 320 300 Liverpool 370 370 760 760 880 920 Sefton 170 140 310 300 330 390 St. Helens 160 130 270 250 260 290 Wirral 180 240 460 420 470 530 Greater Merseyside 1,080 1,130 2,200 2,150 2,470 2,660 Blackburn-Darwen 110 130 260 210 260 250 Blackpool 130 140 280 230 210 250 Lancashire County 660 630 1,200 1,050 1,100 1,150 North East region 2,190 1,960 4,140 3,710 4,350 4,570 County Durham 440 410 780 740 880 900 Northumberland 180 170 360 360 400 440 Darlington 80 60 160 130 130 120 Stockton on Tees 160 110 270 220 280 270 Middlesbrough 170 140 350 290 360 450 Hartlepool 80 70 130 160 160 200 Redcar and Cleveland 110 130 230 200 250 280 Sunderland 290 250 510 490 570 580 Gateshead 160 140 320 260 330 350 Newcastle 250 250 470 410 430 460 North Tyneside 160 140 290 250 260 300 South Tyneside 120 100 260 200 320 240 Source: CCIS