Young People Not in Education, Employment or Training (NEET), May 2013

This Statistical Bulletin contains estimates for Young People who are Not in Education, Employment or Training (NEET).

For January to March 2013:

• There were 1.09 million young people (aged from 16 to 24) in the UK who were Not in Education, Employment or Training (NEET), up 21,000 from October to December 2012 but down 101,000 from a year earlier.
• The percentage of all young people in the UK who were NEET was 15.1%, up 0.3 percentage points from October to December 2012 but down 1.3 percentage points from a year earlier.
• Just over half (53.0%) of all young people in the UK who were NEET were looking for work and available for work and therefore classified as unemployed. The remainder were either not looking for work and/or not available for work and therefore classified as economically inactive.

Full bulletin (PDF 7pp)

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