Unemployment: Young People
(asked on 20th October 2020) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) 16 year olds, (2) 17 year olds, and (3) 18 year olds, have registered as unemployed in the last three months.
This question was answered on 2nd November 2020
The number of people who registered for unemployment related benefits are published as part of the Alternative Claimant Count and are available by age.
Alternative Claimant Count – Monthly On Flows, June to August 2020, UK
Age | June | July | August |
16 | 567 | 457 | 198 |
17 | 2,026 | 1,699 | 604 |
18 | 11,962 | 11,066 | 8,082 |
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Source: Alternative Claimant Count - On Flows
Notes:
- Statistical disclosure control has been applied to this table to avoid the release of confidential data.
- On-flows are defined as the number of people claiming unemployment related benefits in month t, who were not claiming in the previous month (t-1).
- Figures are standardised to control for 4 and 5 week counting periods.
This data is published and available at: https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk