Young People: Unemployment Mr. Willetts To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how many (a) males aged between 16 and 18, (b) females aged between 16 and 18, (c) males aged between 19 and 24 and (d) females aged between 19 and 24 were not in education, training or employment in England in the fourth quarter of each year since 1997. Mr. Simon The tables show estimates of people aged1 16 to 18 and 19 to 24 not in employment, education or training (NEET) in England. These estimates are from the Quarter 4 Labour Force Survey (LFS). Between 2000 and 2008, the percentage of NEETS has remained largely stable. We are unable to provide NEET estimates back to 1997 from the LFS as all the data necessary to produce them is not available on datasets prior to Quarter 2 2000. 1 Age used is the respondent’s academic age, which is defined as their age at the preceding 31 August. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Male |Female | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |NEET |Percentage1|NEET|Percentage| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2000 |84,000 |9.5 |67,000|7.9| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2001 |85,000 |9.1 |86,000|9.9| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2002 |95,000 |10.0 |82,000|9.1| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2003 |95,000 |9.9 |81,000|8.9| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2004 |105,000|10.6 |83,000|8.8| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2005 |132,000|13.2 |85,000|9.0| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2006 |114,000|11.2 |84,000|8.8| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2007 |111,000|11.0 |81,000|8.6| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2008 |108,000|10.8 |98,000|10.1| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1 Percentages are given as a proportion of NEETS within each gender.Source:Labour Force Survey, Quarter 4| | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |Male |Female | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |NEET |Percentage|NEET|Percentage| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2000 |156,000|9.3 |322,000|18.8| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2001 |187,000|10.9 |305,000|17.5| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2002 |175,000|10.0 |307,000|17.3| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2003 |178,000|9.8 |312,000|17.3| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2004 |207,000|11.1 |349,000|18.9| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2005 |244,000|12.8 |376,000|20.0| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2006 |247,000|12.6 |364,000|18.8| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2007 |226,000|11.2 |364,000|18.4| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2008 |256,000|12.5 |395,000|19.7| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Source:Labour Force Survey, Quarter 4Base:19 to 24-year-olds, England| | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------