The information is not available in the precise format requested. The Labour Force Survey does not provide consistent information on participation in part time education and training prior to the year 2000. Information on participation in full time education is available on a consistent basis from 1992 onwards. The following table provides the number and proportion of 16 to 24-year-olds who are not in employment or full time education. This definition is consistent with table 14 of the Office of National Statistics (ONS) Labour Market Statistical Bulletin.
1997 2007 2008 2009 Number (thousand) Proportion (percentage) Number (thousand) Proportion (percentage) Number (thousand) Proportion (percentage) Number (thousand) Proportion (percentage) North East 60 21.6 63 19.3 78 23.8 85 25.8 North West 149 20.7 177 20.7 185 21.4 209 24.3 Yorkshire and Humberside 110 20.4 126 18.7 140 20.6 145 21.8 East Midlands 70 15.9 95 17.7 97 17.8 106 19.8 West Midlands 117 20.7 146 22.5 149 22.8 154 23.5 East of England 80 15.1 108 17.7 104 16.8 108 17.3 London 174 20.7 180 20.0 183 20.0 199 20.4 South East 113 14.0 153 16.7 155 16.7 179 19.2 South West 70 14.5 81 14.0 91 15.6 99 17.3 Wales 60 19.8 77 21.2 71 19.4 80 21.9 Scotland 103 18.3 106 17.5 97 15.9 123 20.0 Northern Ireland 47 22.2 36 15.6 43 18.5 50 21.5 UK 1,155 18.4 1,348 18.6 1,392 19.0 1,536 20.9 1 Latest available data are for July-September 2009, data are not seasonally adjusted so the table includes data for July-September in each year. Source: Labour Force Survey (individual datasets), National Statistics.
Data at parliamentary constituency area level are only available from the Annual Population Survey from 2004 onwards. The sample sizes for Norwich North constituency are not sufficient to provide reliable estimates.