Unemployment: Young People
(asked on 9th March 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to his Answer of 6 March to Question 129597 on Unemployment: Young People, how many and what proportion of pupils who were (a) eligible for free school meals, (b) not eligible for free school meals, who were (i) included in the Children in Need census, (ii) not included in the Children in Need census, were not in education, employment or training for the whole of academic year 2013-14, three years after finishing key stage 4, in each ethnic group.
The following tables show the number and proportion of pupils that were not in education, employment or training for the whole of academic year 2013-14, three years after finishing key stage 4. These figures include those eligible for free school meals, whether or not they were in the Children in Need census and their summary ethnic group. Pupils whose eligibility for free school meals is unknown are not included in these tables.
| Eligible for free school meals between 10 and 15 | Not eligible for free school meals between 10 and 15 | ||
Summary ethnic group | In the Children in Need census | Not in the Children in Need census | In the Children in Need census | Not in the Children in Need census |
White | 7,900 (26%) | 6,300 (9%) | 4,800 (19%) | 6,400 (2%) |
Mixed | 500 (22%) | 300 (6%) | 200 (17%) | 200 (2%) |
Black | 400 (15%) | 300 (3%) | 200 (14%) | 200 (1%) |
Asian | 200 (11%) | 300 (2%) | 200 (10%) | 300 (1%) |
Any other group | 100 (12%) | 100 (2%) | 100 (22%) | less than 100 (1%) |
Unknown | 600 (31%) | 300 (10%) | 300 (21%) | 300 (1%) |
Total | 9,600 (24%) | 7,500 (7%) | 5,800 (18%) | 7,400 (2%) |
Numbers are rounded to the nearest 100.