26 Nov 2007 : Column 278W—continued
| | Local labour force survey (LLFS) |
| | LLFS 01/02 | LLFS 02/03 | LLFS 03/04 | LLFS 04/05 |
| | 18-24 year olds NEET( 2) | Percentage 18-24 year olds NEET( 2) | 18-24 year olds NEET( 2) | Percentage 18-24 year olds NEET( 2) | 18-24 year olds NEET( 2) | Percentage 18-24 year olds NEET( 2) | 18-24 year olds NEET( 2) | Percentage 18-24 year olds NEET( 2) |
|
South East
| | | | | | | | |
|
Bracknell Forest
|
1,410
|
17
|
670
|
9
|
730
|
10
|
1,220
|
15
|
|
Reading
|
1,910
|
12
|
2,400
|
14
|
2,590
|
17
|
2,250
|
14
|
26 Nov 2007 : Column 279W
26 Nov 2007 : Column 280W
|
Windsor and Maidenhead
|
1,230
|
13
|
1,610
|
16
|
1,200
|
12
|
1,400
|
17
|
|
Slough
|
1,610
|
12
|
1,410
|
13
|
2,100
|
19
|
1,980
|
16
|
|
West Berkshire
|
800
|
8
|
1,110
|
9
|
1,530
|
14
|
830
|
8
|
|
Wokingham
|
1,380
|
13
|
780
|
8
|
820
|
8
|
800
|
8
|
|
Kent
|
15,070
|
15
|
16,470
|
16
|
17,670
|
18
|
13,350
|
14
|
|
Medway
|
3,510
|
16
|
2,690
|
15
|
4,070
|
19
|
3,970
|
18
|
|
Buckinghamshire
|
3,070
|
9
|
4,520
|
12
|
4,290
|
13
|
5,600
|
15
|
|
Milton Keynes
|
1,780
|
9
|
2,060
|
11
|
3,130
|
15
|
2,140
|
12
|
|
Oxfordshire
|
5,120
|
10
|
4,890
|
10
|
4,520
|
8
|
2,360
|
5
|
|
Portsmouth
|
2,290
|
11
|
2,310
|
11
|
2,680
|
13
|
2,390
|
12
|
|
Southampton
|
3,030
|
9
|
4,050
|
12
|
3,230
|
11
|
3,130
|
9
|
|
Isle of Wight
|
1,640
|
21
|
1,710
|
19
|
1,250
|
15
|
1,250
|
15
|
|
Hampshire
|
8,270
|
10
|
8,570
|
10
|
13,230
|
15
|
10,210
|
11
|
|
Surrey
|
7,180
|
10
|
6,780
|
9
|
10,200
|
14
|
6,850
|
9
|
|
Brighton and Hove
|
2,380
|
9
|
3,460
|
12
|
2,370
|
9
|
3,350
|
13
|
|
East Sussex
|
3,720
|
12
|
3,690
|
13
|
4,430
|
14
|
4,020
|
13
|
|
West Sussex
|
3,130
|
6
|
5,700
|
11
|
7,670
|
16
|
7,240
|
15
|
| | | | | | | | | |
|
London
| | | | | | | | |
|
Camden
|
3,430
|
17
|
3,010
|
12
|
3,030
|
16
|
2,960
|
15
|
|
Islington
|
3,510
|
18
|
3,640
|
20
|
4,330
|
23
|
3,990
|
22
|
|
Kensington and Chelsea
|
1,980
|
16
|
1,150
|
8
|
1,330
|
9
|
1,850
|
12
|
|
Lambeth
|
2,400
|
8
|
4,000
|
16
|
4,260
|
18
|
5,860
|
27
|
|
Southwark
|
4,400
|
18
|
4,870
|
20
|
7,020
|
24
|
5,970
|
24
|
|
Wandsworth
|
3,290
|
12
|
4,320
|
17
|
2,790
|
12
|
3,520
|
12
|
|
Westminster(3)
|
3,340
|
15
|
2,920
|
15
|
2,960
|
15
|
2,530
|
12
|
|
Barking and Dagenham
|
3,330
|
21
|
4,060
|
25
|
3,510
|
24
|
3,810
|
29
|
|
Bexley
|
2,070
|
13
|
2,510
|
13
|
1,600
|
9
|
1,680
|
9
|
|
City of London(3, 4)
|
7,310
|
16
|
5,040
|
11
|
5,400
|
11
|
6,490
|
14
|
|
Greenwich
|
3,020
|
17
|
3,530
|
20
|
6,090
|
28
|
4,620
|
25
|
|
Hackney
|
6,220
|
30
|
2,850
|
14
|
3,540
|
17
|
4,350
|
24
|
|
Havering
|
2,580
|
13
|
1,410
|
9
|
1,690
|
8
|
1,630
|
9
|
|
Lewisham
|
4,010
|
16
|
5,110
|
18
|
6,250
|
30
|
6,410
|
33
|
|
Newham
|
7,340
|
25
|
7,430
|
27
|
5,960
|
19
|
4,340
|
16
|
|
Redbridge
|
4,230
|
22
|
3,510
|
16
|
3,260
|
17
|
2,610
|
12
|
|
Tower Hamlets(4)
|
7,370
|
25
|
7,860
|
27
|
5,860
|
21
|
7,680
|
23
|
|
Barnet
|
2,410
|
8
|
3,460
|
13
|
4,950
|
17
|
6,240
|
19
|
|
Enfield
|
2,680
|
12
|
5,680
|
27
|
2,080
|
8
|
4,040
|
20
|
|
Haringey
|
5,320
|
22
|
4,420
|
26
|
5,130
|
29
|
5,950
|
27
|
|
Waltham Forest
|
4,170
|
18
|
5,010
|
22
|
3,990
|
21
|
4,880
|
21
|
|
Bromley
|
2,860
|
14
|
2,650
|
13
|
2,830
|
12
|
3,030
|
14
|
|
Croyden
|
4,630
|
16
|
5,520
|
17
|
3,160
|
10
|
4,290
|
13
|
|
Kingston
|
5,950
|
24
|
4,730
|
19
|
5,620
|
21
|
6,450
|
26
|
|
Merton
|
1,400
|
9
|
1,450
|
11
|
2,140
|
14
|
3,430
|
25
|
|
Richmond
|
1,010
|
9
|
1,040
|
10
|
1,440
|
15
|
1,620
|
12
|
|
Sutton
|
1,340
|
9
|
1,350
|
9
|
2,350
|
17
|
2,150
|
16
|
|
Brent
|
3,680
|
11
|
3,150
|
10
|
3,910
|
13
|
4,680
|
18
|
|
Ealing
|
4,840
|
20
|
3,340
|
10
|
4,030
|
13
|
3,660
|
12
|
|
Hammersmith and Fulham
|
2,090
|
11
|
2,390
|
11
|
4,390
|
18
|
2,440
|
13
|
|
Harrow
|
1,640
|
10
|
880
|
5
|
2,740
|
13
|
1,720
|
11
|
|
Hillingdon
|
2,240
|
11
|
1,970
|
10
|
1,900
|
10
|
4,110
|
18
|
|
Hounslow
|
2,210
|
12
|
2,170
|
12
|
3,180
|
15
|
3,970
|
17
|
| | | | | | | | | |
|
East of England
| | | | | | | | |
|
Bedfordshire
|
3,960
|
14
|
2,410
|
8
|
2,850
|
9
|
2,780
|
8
|
|
Luton
|
2,820
|
16
|
3,610
|
21
|
3,060
|
18
|
3,110
|
21
|
|
Cambridgeshire
|
6,830
|
14
|
5,660
|
13
|
3,430
|
8
|
8,290
|
18
|
|
Peterborough
|
2,310
|
18
|
2,710
|
20
|
2,350
|
16
|
3,170
|
20
|
|
Essex
|
11,950
|
12
|
18,210
|
19
|
11,950
|
13
|
9,860
|
10
|
26 Nov 2007 : Column 281W
26 Nov 2007 : Column 282W
|
Thurrock
|
1,430
|
13
|
1,570
|
13
|
1,870
|
16
|
1,610
|
15
|
|
Southend
|
2,760
|
21
|
1,900
|
17
|
1,540
|
12
|
1,970
|
19
|
|
Hertfordshire
|
8,410
|
11
|
7,220
|
10
|
10,170
|
14
|
9,150
|
12
|
|
Norfolk
|
8,770
|
15
|
7,250
|
13
|
6,320
|
11
|
7,460
|
12
|
|
Suffolk
|
9,000
|
19
|
5,400
|
13
|
6,640
|
15
|
5,420
|
12
|
| | | | | | | | | |
|
South West
| | | | | | | | |
|
Bournemouth
|
1,260
|
8
|
1,210
|
8
|
1,050
|
8
|
1,140
|
7
|
|
Dorset
|
6,200
|
22
|
2,660
|
11
|
3,570
|
14
|
4,520
|
16
|
|
Poole
|
1,230
|
13
|
1,370
|
15
|
1,400
|
15
|
1,330
|
13
|
|
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly
|
5,760
|
16
|
5,630
|
18
|
4,240
|
11
|
4,430
|
12
|
|
Devon
|
4,810
|
20
|
5,930
|
29
|
4,420
|
20
|
4,640
|
20
|
|
Plymouth
|
4,800
|
23
|
4,420
|
15
|
4,490
|
16
|
3,990
|
16
|
|
Torbay
|
1,660
|
20
|
1,090
|
12
|
1,010
|
13
|
2,020
|
23
|
|
Gloucestershire
|
4,350
|
11
|
5,380
|
14
|
4,100
|
10
|
5,020
|
12
|
|
Somerset
|
2,230
|
7
|
3,620
|
11
|
1,660
|
6
|
3,320
|
10
|
|
Bath and NE Somerset
|
1,380
|
8
|
1,150
|
6
|
1,690
|
11
|
1,740
|
11
|
|
Bristol
|
3,640
|
9
|
4,730
|
14
|
4,860
|
11
|
4,800
|
11
|
|
North Somerset
|
1,510
|
12
|
1,740
|
14
|
1,470
|
12
|
800
|
7
|
|
South Gloucestershire
|
1,490
|
7
|
1,930
|
9
|
1,780
|
8
|
2,290
|
12
|
|
Swindon
|
1,480
|
11
|
1,110
|
8
|
1,510
|
13
|
1,160
|
8
|
|
Wiltshire
|
1,310
|
5
|
2,310
|
9
|
3,380
|
11
|
2,080
|
7
|
| | | | | | | | | |
|
West Midlands
| | | | | | | | |
|
Birmingham
|
23,600
|
25
|
19,700
|
19
|
21,190
|
20
|
18,930
|
20
|
|
Solihull
|
1,610
|
11
|
1,190
|
9
|
1,870
|
12
|
2,400
|
16
|
|
Dudley
|
7,450
|
18
|
8,160
|
20
|
10,950
|
30
|
10,640
|
27
|
|
Sandwell
|
3,870
|
18
|
4,700
|
22
|
6,350
|
25
|
6,960
|
26
|
|
Walsall
|
4,360
|
21
|
4,290
|
21
|
4,870
|
27
|
3,520
|
15
|
|
Wolverhampton
|
4,960
|
24
|
4,710
|
21
|
5,740
|
27
|
3,410
|
18
|
|
Coventry
|
3,840
|
14
|
4,300
|
15
|
4,590
|
13
|
4,870
|
16
|
|
Warwickshire
|
4,460
|
12
|
6,110
|
16
|
5,560
|
15
|
3,530
|
8
|
|
Herefordshire
|
930
|
9
|
1,850
|
17
|
1,300
|
12
|
850
|
10
|
|
Worcestershire
|
4,010
|
11
|
4,410
|
11
|
4,790
|
13
|
3,800
|
11
|
|
Shropshire
|
2,090
|
13
|
1,860
|
11
|
2,550
|
18
|
2,400
|
14
|
|
Telford and the Wrekin
|
1,730
|
16
|
2,130
|
15
|
2,290
|
15
|
2,220
|
15
|
|
Staffordshire
|
5,030
|
9
|
6,990
|
12
|
7,890
|
13
|
5,700
|
9
|
|
Stoke on Trent
|
3,390
|
15
|
3,670
|
19
|
3,410
|
16
|
3,870
|
17
|
| | | | | | | | | |
|
East Midlands
| | | | | | | | |
|
Derby City
|
8,740
|
18
|
9,560
|
18
|
8,620
|
20
|
10,730
|
20
|
|
Derbyshire
|
5,100
|
12
|
6,130
|
15
|
3,650
|
7
|
5,330
|
10
|
|
Leicester City
|
4,500
|
15
|
5,850
|
17
|
8,010
|
23
|
6,790
|
17
|
|
Leicestershire
|
3,570
|
8
|
5,230
|
10
|
5,110
|
11
|
3,690
|
8
|
|
Lincolnshire
|
6,530
|
15
|
7,010
|
16
|
5,240
|
12
|
7,500
|
15
|
|
Rutland
|
360
|
21
|
190
|
11
|
330
|
14
|
360
|
12
|
|
Northamptonshire
|
7,060
|
13
|
5,590
|
13
|
5,240
|
10
|
5,920
|
11
|
|
Nottinghamshire
|
9,980
|
16
|
9,200
|
15
|
8,480
|
14
|
7,320
|
12
|
|
City of Nottingham
|
4,490
|
14
|
4,940
|
13
|
5,820
|
16
|
4,590
|
14
|
| | | | | | | | | |
|
York shire and the Humber
| | | | | | | | |
|
East Riding
|
2,340
|
14
|
2,820
|
14
|
1,620
|
9
|
2,180
|
10
|
|
Kingston upon Hull
|
1,060
|
7
|
1,720
|
10
|
690
|
4
|
660
|
4
|
|
North East Lincolnshire
|
3,320
|
26
|
2,870
|
26
|
2,770
|
22
|
2,890
|
24
|
|
North Lincolnshire
|
1,810
|
17
|
2,160
|
19
|
2,240
|
18
|
2,780
|
20
|
|
Barnsley
|
3,340
|
24
|
4,670
|
28
|
4,020
|
23
|
3,300
|
20
|
|
Doncaster
|
2,860
|
13
|
2,100
|
9
|
1,800
|
8
|
3,280
|
16
|
|
Rotherham
|
3,860
|
18
|
3,900
|
19
|
3,200
|
17
|
2,610
|
13
|
26 Nov 2007 : Column 283W
26 Nov 2007 : Column 284W
|
Sheffield
|
7,630
|
16
|
7,480
|
14
|
8,230
|
15
|
6,600
|
12
|
|
Bradford
|
9,880
|
24
|
10,420
|
23
|
9,130
|
21
|
7,900
|
16
|
|
Calderdale
|
2,620
|
19
|
2,260
|
15
|
3,450
|
26
|
2,770
|
22
|
|
Kirklees
|
5,850
|
18
|
7,300
|
24
|
6,120
|
21
|
4,880
|
15
|
|
Leeds
|
7,700
|
11
|
5,720
|
7
|
8,070
|
10
|
7,590
|
9
|
|
Wakefield
|
3,070
|
13
|
4,380
|
16
|
4,000
|
14
|
4,640
|
18
|
|
York
|
2,010
|
10
|
1,030
|
6
|
1,580
|
9
|
1,140
|
6
|
|
North Yorkshire
|
3,570
|
11
|
4,960
|
14
|
3,920
|
10
|
4,560
|
13
|
| | | | | | | | | |
|
North West
| | | | | | | | |
|
Cheshire
|
7,310
|
16
|
5,040
|
11
|
5,400
|
11
|
6,490
|
14
|
|
Warrington
|
2,970
|
22
|
2,670
|
19
|
1,200
|
7
|
1,990
|
13
|
|
Cumbria
|
1,460
|
18
|
1,160
|
15
|
1,540
|
21
|
1,080
|
14
|
|
Bolton
|
3,180
|
16
|
2,710
|
13
|
4,170
|
18
|
2,480
|
11
|
|
Bury
|
2,720
|
18
|
2,580
|
17
|
1,570
|
12
|
2,990
|
21
|
|
City of Manchester
|
8,260
|
16
|
9,710
|
22
|
9,090
|
19
|
8,180
|
17
|
|
Oldham
|
4,160
|
23
|
4,500
|
25
|
4,430
|
26
|
5,150
|
27
|
|
Rochdale
|
2,570
|
18
|
3,840
|
22
|
3,850
|
23
|
4,010
|
22
|
|
Salford
|
4,640
|
22
|
3,370
|
16
|
3,920
|
20
|
4,110
|
25
|
|
Stockport
|
2,020
|
12
|
1,330
|
7
|
2,780
|
14
|
3,150
|
13
|
|
Trafford
|
1,690
|
11
|
2,820
|
15
|
1,890
|
11
|
1,910
|
11
|
|
Tameside
|
2,600
|
15
|
2,320
|
14
|
2,710
|
14
|
4,110
|
20
|
|
Wigan
|
4,670
|
20
|
4,070
|
15
|
4,670
|
18
|
5,170
|
21
|
|
Halton
|
2,570
|
32
|
2,210
|
25
|
2,270
|
19
|
2,410
|
23
|
|
Knowsley
|
3,420
|
29
|
2,740
|
25
|
1,930
|
15
|
2,540
|
19
|
|
Liverpool
|
8,940
|
19
|
10,080
|
22
|
9,500
|
21
|
9,460
|
20
|
|
Sefton
|
3,930
|
19
|
4,550
|
20
|
3,640
|
17
|
3,330
|
14
|
|
St. Helens
|
2,120
|
15
|
1,840
|
14
|
2,950
|
20
|
2,690
|
19
|
|
Wirral
|
2,880
|
15
|
3,820
|
17
|
4,820
|
20
|
4,740
|
21
|
|
Blackburn with Darwen
|
2,630
|
22
|
2,690
|
24
|
1,930
|
16
|
3,020
|
24
|
|
Blackpool
|
1,910
|
17
|
1,700
|
16
|
1,800
|
17
|
1,380
|
14
|
|
Lancashire
|
12,950
|
15
|
9,500
|
11
|
12,530
|
14
|
13,430
|
15
|
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North East
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County Durham
|
2,930
|
12
|
4,300
|
16
|
3,840
|
14
|
4,060
|
13
|
|
Northumberland
|
3,420
|
16
|
4,360
|
22
|
3,600
|
16
|
3,240
|
15
|
|
Darlington
|
3,160
|
15
|
3,820
|
19
|
5,370
|
21
|
3,800
|
20
|
|
Stockton on Tees
|
2,060
|
14
|
3,700
|
24
|
3,820
|
25
|
2,670
|
18
|
|
Middlesbrough
|
2,960
|
25
|
3,090
|
25
|
3,170
|
22
|
3,440
|
23
|
|
Hartlepool
|
1,980
|
30
|
1,730
|
24
|
2,330
|
27
|
2,610
|
33
|
|
Redcar and Cleveland
|
2,790
|
28
|
2,260
|
23
|
2,630
|
24
|
1,890
|
18
|
|
Sunderland
|
5,930
|
22
|
3,760
|
14
|
6,250
|
23
|
4,060
|
17
|
|
Gateshead
|
2,330
|
16
|
3,290
|
20
|
3,130
|
17
|
3,130
|
18
|
|
Newcastle
|
4,420
|
16
|
4,380
|
13
|
4,000
|
11
|
4,800
|
13
|
|
North Tyneside
|
3,790
|
23
|
2,100
|
16
|
2,320
|
18
|
2,340
|
13
|
|
South Tyneside
|
2,740
|
22
|
2,730
|
22
|
2,640
|
21
|
3,090
|
23
|
(1) The percentage of 16-18 year olds NEET relates to calendar age, and is the average between November and January.
(2) The percentage of 18-24 year olds NEET relates to academic age and is the average over a whole year.
(3) Data for City of London were included with Westminster in the APS and LLFS data.
(4) Data for City of London were included with Tower Hamlets in the Connexions data, 2005.
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