Question follow-through · 22431
Unemployment: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what comparative assessment he has made of the primary drivers behind the 91,030 increase in 16 to 24-year-olds classified as NEET between April to June 2024 and January to March 2026; and what cross-de
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 28 Aug 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 8 Sept 2026 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
28 Aug 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what comparative assessment he has made of the primary drivers behind the 91,030 increase in 16 to 24-year-olds classified as NEET between April to June 2024 and January to March 2026; and what cross-de
2 Sept 2026
Target answer date
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8 Sept 2026
Answer published
Under the previous government, the number of young people not in education or training, rose by around 250,000 between 2021 and 2024 (i.e. the number of young people who were NEET rose by over a third).With just under one million young people not in educa...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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Young People: Leicester East
15 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the causes behind the monthly increase of 60 youth claimants aged 18 to 24 in Leicester East in August 2026, as reported in the Office for National Statistics