Question follow-through · 99562

Unemployment: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what data his Department holds on the a) gender and b) demographic breakdown of people aged 16-24 not in education, employment and training.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
12 Dec 2025
Target answer date
16 Dec 2025
Answer
7 Jan 2026 · 26 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 12 Dec 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what data his Department holds on the a) gender and b) demographic breakdown of people aged 16-24 not in education, employment and training.

  2. 16 Dec 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 7 Jan 2026

    Answer published

    The Department for Education (DfE) publishes statistics on those aged 16-24 who are not in education, employment or training (NEET) for England from the Labour Force Survey (LFS): NEET age 16 to 24 . In this release, estimates of the number and proportion...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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