Table 1: People aged¹ 16 to 24 not in education, employment or training by region
Q1 2001
Q1 2009
NEET (number)
Percentage
NEET (number)
Percentage
England
671,000
13
935,000
16
North East
56,000
20
57,000
18
North West
113,000
16
156,000
18
Yorks and Humber
80,000
15
107,000
16
East Midlands
57,000
13
69,000
13
West Midlands
81,000
15
126,000
20
East of England
61,000
12
83,000
14
London
101,000
12
127,000
14
South East
76,000
10
130,000
14
South West
45,000
10
78,000
14
(1) Age used is the respondent's academic age, which is their age at the preceding 31 August.
Base:
16 to 24 year olds, England Source:
Quarter 1 Labour Force Survey
Table 2: People aged¹ 16 to 24 not in education, employment or training by local education authority
Number
Percentage
2001( 2)
2008
2001²
2008
England
704,000
857,000
14
14
Barking and Dagenham
5,000
4,000
21
20
Barnet
3,000
7,000
9
19
Barnsley
5,000
5,000
21
19
Bath and North East Somerset
2,000
2,000
7
9
Bedfordshire
4,000
4,000
12
8
Bexley
3,000
3,000
13
14
Birmingham
25,000
29,000
22
20
Blackburn with Darwen
4,000
2,000
20
16
Blackpool
3,000
2,000
16
12
Bolton
4,000
4,000
12
12
Bournemouth
2,000
3,000
9
14
Bracknell Forest
2,000
2,000
14
13
Bradford
13,000
9,000
23
14
Brent
5,000
4,000
11
14
Brighton and Hove
3,000
4,000
9
12
Bristol
4,000
9,000
8
14
Bromley
3,000
5,000
13
16
Buckinghamshire
4,000
5,000
8
11
Bury
3,000
3,000
15
14
Calderdale
3,000
4,000
18
18
Cambridgeshire
8,000
8,000
14
11
Camden
3,000
3,000
15
10
Cheshire
10,000
9,000
15
13
Cornwall
6,000
5,000
13
10
Coventry
4,000
9,000
10
19
Croydon
5,000
6,000
14
16
Cumbria
6,000
2,000
12
5
Darlington
2,000
1,000
16
12
Derby
4,000
4,000
15
13
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Derbyshire
11,000
10,000
15
14
Devon
6,000
5,000
12
6
Doncaster
6,000
8,000
19
22
Dorset
4,000
3,000
11
8
Dudley
7,000
8,000
18
19
Durham
8,000
11,000
17
17
Ealing
5,000
5,000
15
13
East Riding of Yorkshire
3,000
5,000
11
14
East Sussex
4,000
8,000
10
17
Enfield
3,000
3,000
11
12
Essex
13,000
21,000
11
14
Gateshead
3,000
4,000
16
21
Gloucestershire
6,000
6,000
10
10
Greenwich
4,000
4,000
15
16
Hackney
8,000
5,000
29
20
Halton
4,000
3,000
27
23
Hammersmith and Fulham
2,000
2,000
10
12
Hampshire
9,000
16,000
8
11
Haringey
6,000
6,000
19
20
Harrow
2,000
3,000
9
13
Hartlepool
3,000
3,000
26
27
Havering
3,000
2,000
12
7
Herefordshire
1,000
2,000
8
12
Hertfordshire
9,000
14,000
9
13
Hillingdon
3,000
4,000
11
15
Hounslow
3,000
6,000
10
22
Isle of Wight
2,000
2,000
17
18
Islington
5,000
3,000
20
14
Kensington and Chelsea
2,000
3,000
13
16
Kent
17,000
25,000
14
17
Kingston upon Hull
8,000
8,000
23
18
Kingston upon Thames
1,000
2,000
7
11
Kirklees
7,000
8,000
15
19
Knowsley
4,000
5,000
25
20
Lambeth
3,000
4,000
8
12
Lancashire
14,000
21,000
13
14
Leeds
9,000
20,000
10
15
Leicester
5,000
9,000
13
18
Leicestershire
5,000
9,000
8
14
Lewisham
5,000
5,000
16
19
Lincolnshire
7,000
10,000
12
13
Liverpool
9,000
10,000
17
15
Luton
4,000
4,000
14
16
Manchester
11,000
13,000
17
16
Medway
4,000
5,000
14
18
Merton
1,000
3,000
7
15
Middlesbrough
3,000
5,000
21
24
Milton Keynes
2,000
2,000
8
9
Newcastle upon Tyne
5,000
6,000
16
10
Newham
9,000
4,000
22
12
Norfolk
9,000
15,000
13
17
North East Lincolnshire
4,000
4,000
21
21
North Lincolnshire
2,000
2,000
15
15
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North Somerset
2,000
2,000
10
7
North Tyneside
5,000
4,000
22
20
North Yorkshire
4,000
7,000
8
12
Northamptonshire
7,000
12,000
11
14
Northumberland
5,000
4,000
17
11
Nottingham
6,000
7,000
16
12
Nottinghamshire
10,000
12,000
14
14
Oldham
5,000
7,000
21
25
Oxfordshire
6,000
6,000
10
8
Peterborough
3,000
4,000
16
20
Plymouth
5,000
3,000
19
8
Poole
2,000
2,000
12
12
Portsmouth
3,000
3,000
10
8
Reading
3,000
2,000
13
11
Redbridge
5,000
4,000
18
14
Redcar and Cleveland
4,000
4,000
25
27
Richmond upon Thames
1,000
2,000
10
12
Rochdale
4,000
3,000
18
14
Rotherham
5,000
7,000
18
24
Rutland
1,000
*
14
9
Salford
7,000
6,000
22
22
Sandwell
5,000
9,000
17
26
Sefton
4,000
7,000
14
19
Sheffield
8,000
13,000
14
16
Shropshire
3,000
3,000
11
10
Slough
3,000
2,000
12
14
Solihull
3,000
4,000
11
18
Somerset
3,000
7,000
6
13
South Gloucestershire
1,000
2,000
6
7
South Tyneside
4,000
3,000
20
16
Southampton
3,000
4,000
9
10
Southend on Sea
3,000
3,000
19
20
Southwark
5,000
6,000
19
16
St Helens
2,000
4,000
12
21
Staffordshire
6,000
11,000
8
11
Stockport
2,000
4,000
10
13
Stockton-on-Tees
2,000
4,000
13
18
Stoke-on-Trent
5,000
5,000
15
19
Suffolk
10,000
11,000
16
16
Sunderland
7,000
6,000
21
15
Surrey
9,000
8,000
9
8
Sutton
2,000
1,000
8
8
Swindon
2,000
3,000
9
16
Tameside
3,000
6,000
14
23
Telford and Wrekin
2,000
3,000
14
15
Thurrock
2,000
3,000
12
17
Torbay
2,000
2,000
17
12
Tower Hamlets
9,000
7,000
22
22
Trafford
3,000
3,000
11
13
Wakefield
5,000
7,000
15
16
Walsall
5,000
5,000
17
17
Waltham Forest
5,000
6,000
18
18
Wandsworth
4,000
3,000
13
12
Warrington
3,000
3,000
17
14
Warwickshire
5,000
6,000
11
13
West Berkshire
1,000
1,000
7
9
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West Sussex
4,000
8,000
6
11
Westminster
4,000
5,000
13
15
Wigan
6,000
5,000
18
13
Wiltshire
2,000
7,000
4
15
Windsor and Maidenhead
1,000
1,000
11
10
Wirral
4,000
6,000
13
20
Wokingham
2,000
2,000
11
11
Wolverhampton
6,000
9,000
20
29
Worcestershire
4,000
5,000
10
8
York
2,000
1,000
9
4
(1) Age used is the respondent's academic age, which is their age at the preceding 31 August. (2) 2001 data is from the Annual Local Area Labour Force Survey, the predecessor to the APS.
Base:
16 to 24 year olds, England Source:
2001 Annual Local Area Labour Force Survey and 2008 Annual Population Survey.
* Sample size too small so number suppressed.
