Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department holds data on how many young people between the age of 16-25, as a percentage of the total and as a total number, are not in education, employment, or training within a) the Whipton South and Heavitree East MSOA, b) the Exeter parliamentary constituency area, and c) within the City of Exeter council area.

One million young people are not in education, employment or training. The 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 an expanded network of Youth Hubs, earlier intensive support in Job 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 the Jobs Guarantee which will provide a fully funded six month job for long-term unemployed 18-24-year-olds.

The Jobs Guarantee will provide over 90,000 jobs to eligible young people over the next three years. The Department will fully evaluate the scheme, and findings will be published when ready.

No estimates are available of the number or proportion of people aged 16 - 25 years who are not in education, employment or training (NEET) in these areas. The survey used to estimate numbers of NEETs has too small a sample to produce robust estimates at these levels.