Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people aged 16 - 24 years were not in education, employment or training in Newport West and Islwyn constituency in each of the last six years.

With over one million young people not in education, employment and training across the UK, this Government will not leave an entire generation of young people behind. The Government is investing an additional £2.5 billion over the next three years into the Youth Guarantee and the Growth and Skills Levy.

This investment will support almost one million young people and create up to 500,000 opportunities to earn and learn, including through expanded network of Youth Hubs, earlier intensive support in Jobs Centres through a new Youth Guarantee Gateway, additional work experience and training opportunities, a £3,000 Youth Jobs Grant and £2,000 apprenticeship hiring payment for employers, and a fully funded six month job for long-term unemployed 18–24-year-olds.

We also recognise the crisis of participation that Alan Milburn has so clearly laid out in his interim report. We will use this interim report to continue to build our reforms and look forward to final recommendations in the Autumn.

The Welsh Government is responsible for publishing data on NEET levels/rates in Wales and they can be found here - Young people not in education, employment or training (NEET): 2025 | GOV.WALES. The proportion of young people aged 16 to 24 in Wales who were NEET was 17.0% in the year ending December 2025.

The department continues to work closely with the Devolved Governments in the ongoing development and delivery of the Youth Guarantee across Great Britain.