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Unemployment

Answer

I have been asked to replyThe following table shows the number and percentage of all 16-24¹ year-olds in England who were not in education, employment or training (NEET) in each quarter since Q2 2008.These estimates are taken from the Labour Force Survey which, as with any sample survey, is subject to sampling variability. The estimates should therefore be considered along side their Confidence Intervals (CIs). CIs indicate how accurate an estimate is, for example, a 95% CI of+/-0.7 percentage points (pp) means that the true value is between 0.7pp above the estimate and 0.7pp below the estimate, for 95 per cent. of estimates.These figures are not seasonally adjusted and therefore adjacent quarters are not directly comparable.¹Age used is respondents academic age. which is defined as their age at the preceding 31 August

Table: Number and percentage of 16-24 year olds not in education, employment and training.
Quarter		Number of 16-24 year- old NEETs	Percentage of all 16-24 year-old NEET	95% confidence intervals (pp)
Q2	2008	837,000	13.9	+/-0.7
Q3	2008	969,000	16.1	+/-0.7
Q4	2008	854,000	14.2	+/-0.7
Q1	2009	933,000	15.5	+/-0.7
Q2	2009	956,000	15.8	+/-0.8
Q3	2009	1,074,000	17.9	+/-0.8
Q4	2009	895,000	14.8	+/-0.7

The Department for Children Schools and Families (DCSF) publishes the above estimates every quarter and the further information can be found here"http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/STR/d000913/NEETQBQ42009final.pdf"

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

507 c300-2W; 320176

Session

2009-10

Subjects

Unemployment

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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