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

Young people NEET are those who are Not in Education, Employment or Training. This group is made up of young people who are ILO unemployed or economically inactive, who are not in education or training of any sort. Headline statistics on young people NEET are published quarterly by the Department for Education (DfE) in their statistical brief:

http://www.education.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/STR/d001058/index.shtml

Within the set of tables provided by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) here, Table 1 provides a summary of the numbers and percentages of young people NEET in the 16-24, 19-24, and 18-24 age groups. Tables 2 and 3 provides a more detailed breakdown, showing the labour market status of those young people NEET: whether they are ILO unemployed and how long for; and of those who are economically inactive whether or not they say they want to work. This table also provides a breakdown of the economically inactive group according to the reason they give for their inactivity.

NEET estimates by labour market status
(Updated: 23 February 2012)

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