[holding answer 13 July 2009]: The Department’s estimate of the number of young people not in education, employment or training (NEET) cannot be disaggregated to local level. However, we can estimate the number of young people NEET using figures drawn from the client management systems maintained by Connexions services. The following table shows the number and proportion of young people aged 16 and 17 who were not in education, employment or training (NEET) in each local authority area at the end of 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 based on Connexions data. The first year for which local authority figures are available is 2005.
The figures relate to 16 and 17-year-olds known to Connexions in the December of each year. They are not directly comparable with the national estimates of 16 and 17-year-olds NEET published annually by the Department for Children, Schools and Families.
December each year 2005 2006 2007 2008 Number Percentage Number Percentage Number Percentage Number Percentage South East Bracknell Forest 150 8.6 90 5.5 80 4.8 120 7.1 Reading 330 10.8 250 8.0 250 8.4 240 8.4 Windsor and Maidenhead 100 4.5 90 4.3 90 3.7 100 4.5 Slough 230 8.7 150 5.8 140 5.4 140 5.3 West Berkshire 190 6.2 150 5.0 150 4.8 150 4.7 Wokingham 140 6.1 90 4.8 120 6.1 120 6.1 Kent 1,840 6.5 1,780 6.3 1,450 4.8 1,310 4.3 Medway 510 8.3 420 6.9 380 6.0 540 9.1 Buckinghamshire 300 3.3 250 2.8 240 2.6 310 3.4 Milton Keynes 340 7.5 280 6.1 260 5.2 280 5.4 Oxfordshire 500 4.5 560 5.0 470 4.2 650 5.8 Portsmouth 360 14.0 290 11.2 230 9.0 220 8.7 Southampton 500 12.3 430 10.7 390 10.0 380 9.9 Isle of Wight 160 5.8 160 6.1 150 5.5 140 5.2 Hampshire 1,320 5.2 1,420 5.5 1,270 4.9 1,380 5.3 Surrey 640 3.4 610 3.4 560 3.3 610 3.1 Brighton and Hove 420 10.0 430 10.9 300 7.7 300 6.4 East Sussex 550 6.0 710 7.9 620 6.9 680 6.8 West Sussex 660 4.6 630 4.4 550 4.2 690 5.3 London Camden 240 7.6 220 7.4 210 6.3 210 6.3 Islington 340 9.2 320 8.4 290 8.2 280 7.2 Kensington and Chelsea 100 8.6 120 8.8 80 4.9 90 5.3 Lambeth 400 13.7 300 11.4 240 9.3 180 7.9 Southwark 370 12.6 370 12.2 260 9.2 230 8.9 Wandsworth 260 6.5 230 6.0 160 3.7 190 4.5 Westminster 230 8.7 150 6.7 130 5.2 120 4.7 Barking and Dagenham 420 12.6 440 11.3 390 9.2 380 9.0 Bexley 280 6.0 320 7.4 270 6.4 230 5.5 City of London1 — — — — — 0.9 0 — Greenwich 470 11.6 450 10.8 390 9.7 330 8.6 Hackney 350 14.7 360 13.7 280 11.1 220 10.7 Havering 400 7.4 360 6.0 320 5.5 270 4.8 Lewisham 380 8.8 250 5.6 240 5.6 260 5.1 Newham 490 9.8 570 11.4 400 9.0 370 7.8 Redbridge 310 6.0 270 4.8 240 4.2 210 3.6 Tower Hamlets1 380 10.1 410 11.0 230 6.5 240 7.1 Barnet 320 5.6 280 4.3 250 4.2 220 3.6 Enfield 480 7.9 390 6.5 370 6.9 330 6.1 Haringey 370 10.1 360 12.8 250 10.2 170 5.2 Waltham Forest 310 6.0 350 6.4 270 5.0 240 4.7 Bromley 270 4.4 290 4.7 270 4.2 270 4.0 Croydon 540 8.8 480 7.8 430 7.4 420 7.4 Kingston 100 3.2 110 3.6 90 2.9 90 2.9 Merton 120 7.2 120 7.3 90 6.2 100 6.5 Richmond 80 4.2 90 4.3 40 2.1 70 3.6 Sutton 210 4.6 190 4.4 180 4.3 150 3.7 Brent 190 4.4 200 5.4 180 5.1 150 3.7 Ealing 280 7.2 280 7.7 180 5.3 180 4.9 Hammersmith and Fulham 260 17.2 170 9.3 100 6.4 120 6.6 Harrow 210 5.3 170 4.3 80 2.0 100 2.9 Hillingdon 520 8.4 360 6.4 250 4.5 220 4.1 Hounslow 300 6.3 310 7.6 240 6.0 180 4.6 East of England Bedfordshire 540 6.8 500 6.4 470 6.1 410 5.1 Luton 330 7.9 310 8.1 250 6.0 220 5.6 Cambridgeshire 560 5.3 540 5.2 500 4.8 500 4.7 Peterborough 390 9.6 340 8.2 310 7.4 320 8.1 Essex 2,160 8.5 1,730 6.8 1,370 5.1 1,660 6.4 Thurrock 330 9.1 270 7.5 240 6.6 210 6.6 Southend 330 7.2 310 6.4 270 5.5 320 6.1 Hertfordshire 1,070 4.8 950 4.2 760 3.3 1,000 4.3 Norfolk 1,130 7.3 1,240 7.9 900 5.7 770 4.6 Suffolk 960 7.3 1,020 7.9 830 6.4 880 6.9 South West Bournemouth 220 8.5 250 8.9 240 8.6 210 7.9 Dorset 380 5.6 490 6.8 380 5.2 380 5.5 Poole 180 6.4 180 6.1 160 5.4 140 4.9 Cornwall 540 5.0 630 5.8 590 5.5 560 5.3 Devon 720 5.3 830 6.0 710 5.5 800 6.1 Isles of Scilly — — — — — — 0 — Plymouth 420 6.8 410 7.0 400 6.9 400 6.8 Torbay 140 4.6 210 7.3 170 5.1 150 4.4 Gloucestershire 670 5.5 570 4.7 470 4.0 440 3.8 Somerset 510 4.9 480 4.7 390 3.9 400 4.0 Bath and NE Somerset 190 5.1 150 3.9 120 3.4 130 3.7 Bristol 600 9.2 530 7.1 450 6.3 520 7.1 North Somerset 150 4.3 150 4.8 140 4.0 130 3.8 South Gloucestershire 280 5.3 240 5.6 240 4.4 220 4.1 Swindon 220 5.3 350 8.1 240 5.4 300 7.1 Wiltshire 390 5.3 480 6.2 430 5.7 420 5.4 West Midlands Birmingham 2,550 13.2 2,240 10.2 1,630 7.2 1,870 8.6 Solihull 490 8.3 410 7.7 300 5.1 290 5.7 Dudley 580 8.5 560 6.5 480 5.7 410 4.8 Sandwell 690 11.9 700 17.1 570 13.3 520 12.7 Walsall 620 11.0 540 9.2 560 9.2 470 7.7 Wolverhampton 620 11.4 590 11.1 500 9.4 420 8.3 Coventry 570 8.4 550 8.0 420 6.0 360 5.3 Warwickshire 630 6.0 720 6.6 620 5.6 570 5.3 Herefordshire 190 5.9 170 5.2 180 5.3 190 5.6 Worcestershire 590 5.7 530 5.0 440 4.1 510 4.9 Shropshire 290 5.5 260 4.8 200 4.1 210 4.3 Telford and Wrekin 300 8.2 330 9.1 340 9.5 310 9.0 Staffordshire 1,100 6.6 1,120 6.7 870 4.9 840 4.6 Stoke on Trent 760 14.3 760 14.3 620 11.9 510 10.1 East Midlands Derby City 460 8.5 460 8.6 400 7.4 340 6.1 Derbyshire 860 6.8 870 6.7 830 6.2 830 6.3 Leicester City 730 10.2 740 10.0 650 8.5 560 7.7 Leicestershire 700 5.9 670 5.4 560 4.2 500 3.8 Lincolnshire 800 5.8 710 5.0 580 4.1 590 4.1 Rutland — 0.7 10 3.0 10 1.9 10 3.0 Northamptonshire 980 7.1 840 6.1 700 5.1 630 4.6 Nottinghamshire 770 4.8 770 5.0 670 4.5 600 4.1 Nottingham 470 8.3 540 7.8 470 6.2 410 5.2 Yorks and The Humber East Riding 310 5.7 380 5.5 320 6.1 190 3.5 Kingston upon Hull 820 12.8 740 13.4 670 9.8 600 8.7 North East Lincolnshire 350 8.9 400 10.3 270 5.9 250 5.5 North Lincolnshire 270 7.3 320 8.9 270 6.7 250 6.4 Barnsley 630 14.1 530 12.1 350 7.7 380 8.3 Doncaster 800 12.5 790 12.5 510 7.9 440 7.1 Rotherham 630 10.3 700 10.5 600 8.9 450 6.5 Sheffield 1,000 10.0 940 9.7 850 8.6 740 7.4 Bradford 910 9.8 1,010 10.5 870 9.2 940 9.6 Calderdale 350 8.5 330 8.3 320 7.9 290 7.4 Kirklees 770 8.3 810 9.0 740 7.9 820 9.0 Leeds 1,400 9.5 1,390 9.4 1,410 9.7 1,220 8.1 Wakefield 790 11.5 810 11.2 730 9.7 780 10.7 York 200 4.3 240 5.2 210 4.2 200 4.4 North Yorkshire 500 4.4 480 4.2 440 4.0 460 4.4 North West Cheshire 680 4.6 780 5.3 620 4.2 720 4.9 Warrington 240 6.2 270 6.7 200 4.9 250 6.2 Cumbria 550 5.4 500 4.8 450 4.3 410 3.9 Bolton 670 10.4 740 13.8 630 11.7 500 9.7 Bury 310 7.2 350 8.4 310 5.7 340 6.1 City of Manchester 1,070 11.3 1,040 11.4 840 8.8 890 9.4 Oldham 410 6.9 450 8.7 400 7.2 350 6.2 Rochdale 380 7.9 450 13.2 390 10.4 430 10.7 City of Salford 460 10.1 520 11.9 390 7.1 420 7.7 Stockport 370 6.4 480 8.4 480 6.6 420 5.9 Trafford 290 6.0 290 7.2 270 6.0 280 6.1 Tameside 460 8.6 450 9.6 420 8.7 410 8.4 Wigan 680 9.8 720 10.3 570 7.7 620 8.3 Halton 260 9.4 290 10.7 270 10.1 280 11.2 Knowsley 300 8.9 380 12.8 360 13.1 350 13.4 Liverpool 1,070 10.4 1,130 12.1 990 10.0 820 8.7 Sefton 470 7.2 440 6.1 400 5.8 440 6.6 St. Helens 380 10.3 380 8.8 320 7.1 320 7.3 Wirral 620 8.1 660 8.9 630 8.5 560 7.8 Blackburn-Darwen 320 8.9 340 6.2 290 6.3 250 5.7 Blackpool 340 10.4 370 8.2 340 7.1 310 6.7 Lancashire 1,560 6.6 1,680 7.7 1,640 7.1 1,370 6.0 North East County Durham 1,160 12.2 1,150 11.9 930 9.2 940 9.4 Northumberland 470 8.0 530 9.0 450 7.5 350 5.9 Darlington 220 8.7 190 6.0 180 5.5 190 5.8 Stockton on Tees 400 8.9 330 9.0 300 7.8 310 8.3 Middlesbrough 460 14.2 430 11.5 320 8.2 350 8.5 Hartlepool 180 8.3 230 10.6 140 6.3 130 5.5 Redcar and Cleveland 310 9.1 330 10.4 320 10.3 290 9.7 Sunderland 770 12.4 740 12.2 660 10.9 700 11.4 Gateshead 460 12.2 400 10.9 370 9.7 320 8.0 Newcastle 700 10.1 660 9.1 660 8.5 560 7.1 North Tyneside 430 11.2 390 10.5 310 8.2 300 8.1 South Tyneside 370 12.6 300 10.3 260 9.2 260 10.1 1 Figures for City of London are included with those for Tower Hamlets in 2005 and 2006. Source: Connexions service database