Young People: Unemployment
(asked on 27th October 2020) - View Source
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) 16, and (2) 17, year olds are not in education, employment or training.
This question was answered on 10th November 2020
At the end of 2019 (latest figures available), the number of 16 and 17 year olds not in education, employment or training in England was (1) 23,500, at age 16 (representing 3.8% of all 16 year olds) and (2) 28,000, at age 17 (representing 4.7% of all 17 year olds).