The Department’s estimates of the number and proportion of young people in education, employment or training cannot be disaggregated to regional or local authority level. However, it is possible to produce estimates of the number and proportion of 16 to 19-year-olds1 in education or training but not in employment by local authority using the Annual Population Survey (APS), formerly the Local Labour Force Survey (LLFS). The estimates for London boroughs are shown in the following table. It is not possible to break down the estimates by gender or single age because of insufficient sample sizes. Figures are only available since 2001/02.
As with all survey estimates, the estimates from the APS and LLFS are subject to sampling error. Estimates from the APS and LLFS will not be directly comparable to the Department’s national participation estimates, which are available at the following link:
http://www.dfes.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000734/index.shtml
1 Estimates are for people of academic age 16 to 19.
LLFS 2001/02 LLFS 2002/03 LLFS 2003/04 Number Percentage Number Percentage Number Percentage Barking and Dagenham 1,700 18 2,400 27 1,600 23 Barnet 4,900 44 5,700 46 7,800 45 Bexley 3,000 28 4,300 31 3,300 27 Brent 7,900 48 8,000 57 6,500 47 Bromley 3,700 30 5,100 47 3,400 30 Camden 3,800 45 4,500 55 3,500 47 Croydon 4,600 33 4,400 26 4,800 26 Ealing 6,100 52 10,000 57 7,800 62 Enfield 5,300 48 3,600 33 6,000 42 Greenwich 3,700 36 3,300 35 4,200 37 Hackney 2,600 35 6,300 69 5,400 58 Hammersmith and Fulham 2,200 40 3,200 59 3,200 46 Haringey 6,000 59 5,600 46 5,400 57 Harrow 5,900 56 5,900 50 5,100 45 Havering 2,900 33 3,300 25 3,100 21 Hillingdon 2,600 22 3,900 35 4,400 43 Hounslow 4,400 32 5,000 45 5,000 44 Islington 2,900 40 3,800 53 6,000 57 Kensington and Chelsea 2,900 53 5,000 66 4,500 57 Kingston upon Thames 2,400 41 2,900 35 3,000 36 Lambeth 6,700 49 5,300 41 5,200 49 Lewisham 4,000 43 4,000 47 3,000 31 Merton 3,600 40 1,100 16 1,600 28 Newham 8,200 51 6,500 43 9,000 58 Redbridge 4,900 42 5,100 45 5,900 53 Richmond upon Thames 3,100 46 2,000 32 4,800 64 Southwark 5,100 49 5,300 46 7,100 50 Sutton 1,400 18 1,400 17 1,400 22 Tower Hamlets 6,200 49 7,400 57 4,800 53 Waltham Forest 4,000 31 3,600 37 4,900 54 Wandsworth 2,600 31 5,000 57 3,200 40 Westminster2 5,100 67 4,200 55 4,300 54
Number Percentage Number Percentage Number Percentage Barking and Dagenham 4,000 47 4,000 47 3,600 39 Barnet 7,300 46 7,300 46 9,100 55 Bexley 4,500 41 4,500 41 3,900 32 Brent 7,800 71 7,800 71 7,700 76 Bromley 5,700 41 5,700 41 4,700 34 Camden 6,000 65 6,000 65 4,300 55 Croydon 8,400 47 8,400 47 7,500 48 Ealing 6,800 53 6,800 53 5,500 42 Enfield 7,500 53 7,500 53 6,300 46 Greenwich 3,400 32 3,400 32 3,900 31 Hackney 6,900 56 6,900 56 5,400 47 Hammersmith and Fulham 3,500 48 3,500 48 4,800 71 Haringey 6,500 52 6,500 52 6,400 49 Harrow 4,900 46 4,900 46 4,800 58 Havering 3,800 36 3,800 36 4,300 37 Hillingdon 7,000 51 7,000 51 4,600 41 Hounslow 4,200 42 4,200 42 4,200 37 Islington 3,800 54 3,800 54 3,600 44 Kensington and Chelsea 4,100 86 4,100 86 3,400 68 Kingston upon Thames 3,100 41 3,100 41 2,800 42 Lambeth 3,600 46 3,600 46 4,000 36 Lewisham 4,300 48 4,300 48 6,900 64 Merton 2,400 42 2,400 42 4,200 43 Newham 7,400 58 7,400 58 7,100 60 Redbridge 9,200 66 9,200 66 7,100 50 Richmond upon Thames 4,000 53 4,000 53 3,700 53 Southwark 6,300 52 6,300 52 5,200 45 Sutton 2,000 23 2,000 23 2,800 30 Tower Hamlets 6,200 49 6,200 49 8,200 61 Waltham Forest 4,000 44 4,000 44 4,400 40 Wandsworth 6,600 50 6,600 50 4,900 55 Westminster2 4,500 59 4,500 59 8,200 78 1 The percentage of 16 to 19-year-olds in employment or training but not in employment relates to academic age and is the average over a whole year. 2 Data for City of London were included with Westminster in the APS and LLFS data.