Table 1 and table 2 as follows show the number and percentage of people aged 16 to 24 not in education, employment or training by Government Office Region. These estimates are from quarterly Labour Force survey (LFS) data and are rounded to the nearest 1000.
Table 3 shows the number and percentage of people aged1 16 to 24 not in education, employment or training by local education authority (LEA). These estimates are from the Annual Population survey (APS) which covers the period January to December. Due to the small populations of local authority areas, we have used the APS (which has a larger sample) to breakdown the estimates by LEA (larger geographical area). This enables us to provide more robust estimates.
Please note that even for regions, sample sizes can be small and these estimates are subject to sampling variability. Confidence intervals, which indicate how accurate estimates are, are between 2 and 3 percentage points for these regional estimates, and between 3 and 10 percentage points for these local education authority estimates. Numbers have been rounded to the nearest thousand and estimates denoted with a ‘*’ means less than 1000 young people are estimated to be NEET in that area.
1Age used is the respondents academic age, which is their age at the preceding 31 August.
Q3 2006 Q4 2006 Q1 2007 Q2 2007 Q3 2007 Q4 2007 Q1 2008 Q2 2008 Q3 2008 Q4 2008 Q1 2009 Q2 2009 England 970,000 808,000 828,000 833,000 909,000 782,000 810,000 840,000 973,000 857,000 935,000 959,000 North East 53,000 45,000 48,000 47,000 52,000 49,000 52,000 56,000 65,000 54,000 57,000 69,000 North West 140,000 120,000 127,000 134,000 144,000 120,000 136,000 139,000 151,000 142,000 156,000 155,000 Yorks and Humber 118,000 95,000 97,000 92,000 105,000 82,000 75,000 101,000 119,000 92,000 107,000 121,000 East Midlands 81,000 65,000 72,000 66,000 81,000 70,000 69,000 71,000 86,000 68,000 69,000 75,000 West Midlands 112,000 96,000 111,000 107,000 111,000 93,000 95,000 98,000 119,000 105,000 126,000 131,000 East of England 92,000 77,000 76,000 84,000 92,000 74,000 87,000 77,000 82,000 79,000 83,000 82,000 London 184,000 148,000 119,000 130,000 136,000 123,000 129,000 132,000 149,000 131,000 127,000 120,000 South East 115,000 93,000 107,000 112,000 125,000 116,000 104,000 111,000 131,000 122,000 130,000 142,000 South West 74,000 68,000 70,000 61,000 63,000 56,000 63,000 55,000 71,000 63,000 78,000 66,000
Q3 2006 Q4 2006 Q1 2007 Q2 2007 Q3 2007 Q4 2007 Q1 2008 Q2 2008 Q3 2008 Q4 2008 Q1 2009 Q2 2009 England 17 14 14 14 15 13 14 14 16 14 16 16 North East 17 14 15 15 16 15 16 17 20 17 18 21 North West 17 14 15 16 17 14 16 16 18 17 18 18 Yorks and Humber 18 14 14 14 16 12 11 15 18 14 16 19 East Midlands 16 12 14 13 15 13 13 13 16 13 13 14 West Midlands 18 15 18 17 18 15 15 16 19 16 20 21 East of England 16 13 13 14 15 12 14 13 13 13 14 13 London 21 17 14 15 16 14 15 15 16 15 14 13 South East 13 11 12 12 14 13 12 12 14 13 14 15 South West 14 12 13 11 11 10 11 10 13 11 14 12
2006 2007 2008 NEET Percentage NEET Percentage NEET Percentage England 849,000 15 850,000 14 857,000 14 Barking and Dagenham 6,000 25 4,000 20 4,000 20 Barnet 3,000 7 1,000 4 7,000 19 Barnsley 5,000 19 6,000 23 5,000 19 Bath and North East Somerset 3,000 10 2,000 9 2,000 9 Bedfordshire 7,000 15 7,000 16 4,000 8 Bexley 4,000 17 3,000 12 3,000 14 Birmingham 30,000 19 30,000 20 29,000 20 Blackburn with Darwen 3,000 19 3,000 21 2,000 16 Blackpool 4,000 22 3,000 20 2,000 12 Bolton 5,000 14 5,000 14 4,000 12 Bournemouth 2,000 7 2,000 11 3,000 14 Bracknell Forest 1,000 11 1,000 11 2,000 13 Bradford 12,000 18 12,000 18 9,000 14 Brent 7,000 22 5,000 17 4,000 14 Brighton and Hove 4,000 11 5,000 13 4,000 12 Bristol 7,000 13 8,000 15 9,000 14 Bromley 5,000 18 5,000 16 5,000 16 Buckinghamshire 5,000 11 4,000 10 5,000 11 Bury 3,000 17 3,000 19 3,000 14 Calderdale 4,000 17 3,000 13 4,000 18 Cambridgeshire 5,000 8 6,000 9 8,000 11 Camden 4,000 16 3,000 12 3,000 10 Cheshire 6,000 8 7,000 9 9,000 13 Cornwall 5,000 10 7,000 13 5,000 10 Coventry 6,000 14 6,000 15 9,000 19 Croydon 2,000 7 6,000 15 6,000 16 Cumbria 7,000 16 6,000 12 2,000 5 Darlington 2,000 20 3,000 24 1,000 12 Derby 4,000 16 5,000 16 4,000 13 Derbyshire 14,000 19 13,000 16 10,000 14 Devon 9,000 12 11,000 13 5,000 6 Doncaster 6,000 20 5,000 14 8,000 22 Dorset 2,000 5 4,000 11 3,000 8 Dudley 4,000 11 4,000 14 8,000 19 Durham 13,000 21 8,000 13 11,000 17 Ealing 5,000 15 6,000 16 5,000 13 East Riding of Yorkshire 5,000 14 4,000 11 5,000 14 East Sussex 4,000 9 7,000 15 8,000 17 Enfield 5,000 19 4,000 14 3,000 12 Essex 16,000 11 19,000 13 21,000 14 Gateshead 4,000 18 3,000 15 4,000 21 Gloucestershire 9,000 16 6,000 10 6,000 10 Greenwich 6,000 22 6,000 26 4,000 16 Hackney 5,000 22 4,000 17 5,000 20 Halton 2,000 15 2,000 16 3,000 23 Hammersmith and Fulham 3,000 14 2,000 11 2,000 12 Hampshire 14,000 11 19,000 14 16,000 11 Haringey 8,000 26 4,000 15 6,000 20 Harrow * * 2,000 11 3,000 13 Hartlepool 2,000 23 2,000 26 3,000 27 Havering 2,000 9 3,000 12 2,000 7 Herefordshire 2,000 10 2,000 12 2,000 12 Hertfordshire 15,000 14 13,000 12 14,000 13 Hillingdon 4,000 15 6,000 18 4,000 15 Hounslow 5,000 16 5,000 16 6,000 22 Isle of Wight 2,000 17 2,000 13 2,000 18 Islington 4,000 20 4,000 15 3,000 14 Kensington and Chelsea 3,000 21 2,000 9 3,000 16 Kent 23,000 16 24,000 17 25,000 17 Kingston upon Hull 6,000 18 8,000 20 8,000 18 Kingston upon Thames 3,000 17 2,000 11 2,000 11 Kirklees 9,000 19 9,000 19 8,000 19 Knowsley 4,000 20 4,000 22 5,000 20 Lambeth 5,000 17 5,000 15 4,000 12 Lancashire 19,000 14 17,000 12 21,000 14 Leeds 11,000 10 16,000 13 20,000 15 Leicester 7,000 14 7,000 15 9,000 18 Leicestershire 6,000 9 6,000 9 9,000 14 Lewisham 5,000 18 6,000 20 5,000 19 Lincolnshire 11,000 16 10,000 14 10,000 13 Liverpool 10,000 16 11,000 17 10,000 15 Luton 4,000 18 4,000 17 4,000 16 Manchester 10,000 13 12,000 15 13,000 16 Medway 5,000 16 4,000 12 5,000 18 Merton 3,000 13 3,000 14 3,000 15 Middlesbrough 4,000 22 4,000 21 5,000 24 Milton Keynes 3,000 16 4,000 14 2,000 9 Newcastle upon Tyne 5,000 10 5,000 11 6,000 10 Newham 6,000 18 7,000 18 4,000 12 Norfolk 11,000 14 12,000 14 15,000 17 North East Lincolnshire 4,000 23 3,000 17 4,000 21 North Lincolnshire 3,000 15 3,000 18 2,000 15 North Somerset 1,000 7 * * 2,000 7 North Tyneside 4,000 18 4,000 17 4,000 20 North Yorkshire 6,000 11 6,000 9 7,000 12 Northamptonshire 11,000 14 11,000 13 12,000 14 Northumberland 4,000 14 6,000 17 4,000 11 Nottingham 8,000 15 8,000 14 7,000 12 Nottinghamshire 12,000 13 10,000 11 12,000 14 Oldham 7,000 24 6,000 25 7,000 25 Oxfordshire 7,000 9 11,000 14 6,000 8 Peterborough 4,000 20 5,000 22 4,000 20 Plymouth 5,000 13 5,000 15 3,000 8 Poole 2,000 15 1,000 10 2,000 12 Portsmouth 4,000 15 3,000 9 3,000 8 Reading 2,000 15 2,000 11 2,000 11 Redbridge 6,000 22 4,000 16 4,000 14 Redcar and Cleveland 3,000 17 3,000 19 4,000 27 Richmond upon Thames 3,000 22 2,000 14 2,000 12 Rochdale 6,000 22 3,000 14 3,000 14 Rotherham 7,000 21 5,000 19 7,000 24 Rutland * * * * * * Salford 5,000 20 4,000 16 6,000 22 Sandwell 8,000 23 8,000 24 9,000 26 Sefton 5,000 15 5,000 16 7,000 19 Sheffield 12,000 16 12,000 15 13,000 16 Shropshire 3,000 11 4,000 15 3,000 10 Slough 3,000 18 2,000 15 2,000 14 Solihull 2,000 12 3,000 16 4,000 18 Somerset 8,000 15 8,000 13 7,000 13 South Gloucestershire 2,000 7 2,000 9 2,000 7 South Tyneside 4,000 24 3,000 15 3,000 16 Southampton 6,000 14 6,000 18 4,000 10 Southend on Sea 2,000 17 3,000 20 3,000 20 Southwark 7,000 21 6,000 18 6,000 16 St Helens 4,000 19 5,000 26 4,000 21 Staffordshire 8,000 10 10,000 12 11,000 11 Stockport 4,000 11 4,000 10 4,000 13 Stockton-on-Tees 4,000 19 5,000 18 4,000 18 Stoke-on-Trent 7,000 20 7,000 20 5,000 19 Suffolk 10,000 15 8,000 11 11,000 16 Sunderland 5,000 14 5,000 14 6,000 15 Surrey 9,000 9 12,000 11 8,000 8 Sutton 3,000 17 4,000 23 1,000 8 Swindon 2,000 13 1,000 8 3,000 16 Tameside 5,000 18 6,000 20 6,000 23 Telford and Wrekin 4,000 20 3,000 15 3,000 15 Thurrock 2,000 17 2,000 12 3,000 17 Torbay 2,000 18 2,000 14 2,000 12 Tower Hamlets 10,000 24 9,000 25 7,000 22 Trafford 4,000 16 3,000 12 3,000 13 Wakefield 7,000 19 8,000 17 7,000 16 Walsall 7,000 21 8,000 24 5,000 17 Waltham Forest 4,000 14 5,000 16 6,000 18 Wandsworth 2,000 8 3,000 13 3,000 12 Warrington 2,000 10 2,000 13 3,000 14 Warwickshire 8,000 13 7,000 12 6,000 13 West Berkshire 3,000 19 2,000 11 1,000 9 West Sussex 9,000 13 8,000 11 8,000 11 Westminster 4,000 11 5,000 14 5,000 15 Wigan 7,000 21 6,000 17 5,000 13 Wiltshire 5,000 13 3,000 9 7,000 15 Windsor and Maidenhead 1,000 12 2,000 15 1,000 10 Wirral 6,000 18 6,000 17 6,000 20 Wokingham 2,000 9 * * 2,000 11 Wolverhampton 6,000 21 7,000 23 9,000 29 Worcestershire 6,000 12 4,000 8 5,000 8 York 5,000 17 4,000 15 1,000 4
[holding answer 16 September 2009]: I have been asked to reply.
Estimates of participation in education, training and employment for those aged 16 to 18 are published by the Department in a Statistical First Release (SFR) each June and can be found on the Department's website
http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000792/index.shtml
These estimates cannot be broken down to constituency level. However, Connexions Services collect information on the number and proportion of 16 to 18-year-olds NEET in each local authority area. Figures for Cambridgeshire are shown in the following table. As the Connexions data set is calculated in a different way to the Department's official estimates set out above, comparative figures for England are also shown. Figures for Cambridgeshire are not available prior to 2006.
2006 2007 2008 Cambridgeshire Number 900 840 900 Proportion (percentage) 5.4 5.0 5.2 England Number 126,500 109,300 110,890 Proportion (percentage) 7.7 6.7 6.7
Through the September Guarantee, we are providing every young person aged 16 to 17 with a suitable offer of a place in learning. This has helped us to make excellent progress on participation, with a record level of 88 per cent. of 16 to 17-year-olds in education and training at the end of 2008, and the third consecutive fall in the proportion of 16 to 17-year-olds NEET. Connexions services provide advice and support to all young people and since April 2009, 18-year-old jobseekers who have been NEET for 26 weeks have received early entry to the additional support available through the new deal.