12 Oct 2009 : Column 676W—continued
| Table 2: Percentage of people aged¹ 16 to 24 not in education, employment or training by region |
|
| Q3 2006 | Q4 2006 | Q1 2007 | Q2 2007 | Q3 2007 | Q4 2007 | Q1 2008 | Q2 2008 | Q3 2008 | Q4 2008 | Q1 2009 | Q2 2009 |
|
England
|
17
|
14
|
14
|
14
|
15
|
13
|
14
|
14
|
16
|
14
|
16
|
16
|
|
North East
|
17
|
14
|
15
|
15
|
16
|
15
|
16
|
17
|
20
|
17
|
18
|
21
|
|
North West
|
17
|
14
|
15
|
16
|
17
|
14
|
16
|
16
|
18
|
17
|
18
|
18
|
|
Yorks and Humber
|
18
|
14
|
14
|
14
|
16
|
12
|
11
|
15
|
18
|
14
|
16
|
19
|
|
East Midlands
|
16
|
12
|
14
|
13
|
15
|
13
|
13
|
13
|
16
|
13
|
13
|
14
|
|
West Midlands
|
18
|
15
|
18
|
17
|
18
|
15
|
15
|
16
|
19
|
16
|
20
|
21
|
|
East of England
|
16
|
13
|
13
|
14
|
15
|
12
|
14
|
13
|
13
|
13
|
14
|
13
|
|
London
|
21
|
17
|
14
|
15
|
16
|
14
|
15
|
15
|
16
|
15
|
14
|
13
|
|
South East
|
13
|
11
|
12
|
12
|
14
|
13
|
12
|
12
|
14
|
13
|
14
|
15
|
|
South West
|
14
|
12
|
13
|
11
|
11
|
10
|
11
|
10
|
13
|
11
|
14
|
12
|
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12 Oct 2009 : Column 678W
| Table 3: People aged¹ 16 to 24 not in education, employment or training by local education authority |
| | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
| | NEET | Percentage | NEET | Percentage | NEET | Percentage |
|
England
|
849,000
|
15
|
850,000
|
14
|
857,000
|
14
|
|
Barking and Dagenham
|
6,000
|
25
|
4,000
|
20
|
4,000
|
20
|
|
Barnet
|
3,000
|
7
|
1,000
|
4
|
7,000
|
19
|
|
Barnsley
|
5,000
|
19
|
6,000
|
23
|
5,000
|
19
|
|
Bath and North East Somerset
|
3,000
|
10
|
2,000
|
9
|
2,000
|
9
|
|
Bedfordshire
|
7,000
|
15
|
7,000
|
16
|
4,000
|
8
|
|
Bexley
|
4,000
|
17
|
3,000
|
12
|
3,000
|
14
|
|
Birmingham
|
30,000
|
19
|
30,000
|
20
|
29,000
|
20
|
|
Blackburn with Darwen
|
3,000
|
19
|
3,000
|
21
|
2,000
|
16
|
|
Blackpool
|
4,000
|
22
|
3,000
|
20
|
2,000
|
12
|
|
Bolton
|
5,000
|
14
|
5,000
|
14
|
4,000
|
12
|
|
Bournemouth
|
2,000
|
7
|
2,000
|
11
|
3,000
|
14
|
|
Bracknell Forest
|
1,000
|
11
|
1,000
|
11
|
2,000
|
13
|
|
Bradford
|
12,000
|
18
|
12,000
|
18
|
9,000
|
14
|
|
Brent
|
7,000
|
22
|
5,000
|
17
|
4,000
|
14
|
|
Brighton and Hove
|
4,000
|
11
|
5,000
|
13
|
4,000
|
12
|
|
Bristol
|
7,000
|
13
|
8,000
|
15
|
9,000
|
14
|
|
Bromley
|
5,000
|
18
|
5,000
|
16
|
5,000
|
16
|
|
Buckinghamshire
|
5,000
|
11
|
4,000
|
10
|
5,000
|
11
|
|
Bury
|
3,000
|
17
|
3,000
|
19
|
3,000
|
14
|
|
Calderdale
|
4,000
|
17
|
3,000
|
13
|
4,000
|
18
|
|
Cambridgeshire
|
5,000
|
8
|
6,000
|
9
|
8,000
|
11
|
|
Camden
|
4,000
|
16
|
3,000
|
12
|
3,000
|
10
|
|
Cheshire
|
6,000
|
8
|
7,000
|
9
|
9,000
|
13
|
|
Cornwall
|
5,000
|
10
|
7,000
|
13
|
5,000
|
10
|
|
Coventry
|
6,000
|
14
|
6,000
|
15
|
9,000
|
19
|
|
Croydon
|
2,000
|
7
|
6,000
|
15
|
6,000
|
16
|
|
Cumbria
|
7,000
|
16
|
6,000
|
12
|
2,000
|
5
|
|
Darlington
|
2,000
|
20
|
3,000
|
24
|
1,000
|
12
|
|
Derby
|
4,000
|
16
|
5,000
|
16
|
4,000
|
13
|
|
Derbyshire
|
14,000
|
19
|
13,000
|
16
|
10,000
|
14
|
|
Devon
|
9,000
|
12
|
11,000
|
13
|
5,000
|
6
|
|
Doncaster
|
6,000
|
20
|
5,000
|
14
|
8,000
|
22
|
|
Dorset
|
2,000
|
5
|
4,000
|
11
|
3,000
|
8
|
|
Dudley
|
4,000
|
11
|
4,000
|
14
|
8,000
|
19
|
|
Durham
|
13,000
|
21
|
8,000
|
13
|
11,000
|
17
|
|
Ealing
|
5,000
|
15
|
6,000
|
16
|
5,000
|
13
|
|
East Riding of Yorkshire
|
5,000
|
14
|
4,000
|
11
|
5,000
|
14
|
|
East Sussex
|
4,000
|
9
|
7,000
|
15
|
8,000
|
17
|
|
Enfield
|
5,000
|
19
|
4,000
|
14
|
3,000
|
12
|
|
Essex
|
16,000
|
11
|
19,000
|
13
|
21,000
|
14
|
|
Gateshead
|
4,000
|
18
|
3,000
|
15
|
4,000
|
21
|
|
Gloucestershire
|
9,000
|
16
|
6,000
|
10
|
6,000
|
10
|
|
Greenwich
|
6,000
|
22
|
6,000
|
26
|
4,000
|
16
|
|
Hackney
|
5,000
|
22
|
4,000
|
17
|
5,000
|
20
|
|
Halton
|
2,000
|
15
|
2,000
|
16
|
3,000
|
23
|
|
Hammersmith and Fulham
|
3,000
|
14
|
2,000
|
11
|
2,000
|
12
|
|
Hampshire
|
14,000
|
11
|
19,000
|
14
|
16,000
|
11
|
|
Haringey
|
8,000
|
26
|
4,000
|
15
|
6,000
|
20
|
|
Harrow
|
*
|
*
|
2,000
|
11
|
3,000
|
13
|
|
Hartlepool
|
2,000
|
23
|
2,000
|
26
|
3,000
|
27
|
|
Havering
|
2,000
|
9
|
3,000
|
12
|
2,000
|
7
|
|
Herefordshire
|
2,000
|
10
|
2,000
|
12
|
2,000
|
12
|
|
Hertfordshire
|
15,000
|
14
|
13,000
|
12
|
14,000
|
13
|
|
Hillingdon
|
4,000
|
15
|
6,000
|
18
|
4,000
|
15
|
|
Hounslow
|
5,000
|
16
|
5,000
|
16
|
6,000
|
22
|
|
Isle of Wight
|
2,000
|
17
|
2,000
|
13
|
2,000
|
18
|
|
Islington
|
4,000
|
20
|
4,000
|
15
|
3,000
|
14
|
|
Kensington and Chelsea
|
3,000
|
21
|
2,000
|
9
|
3,000
|
16
|
|
Kent
|
23,000
|
16
|
24,000
|
17
|
25,000
|
17
|
|
Kingston upon Hull
|
6,000
|
18
|
8,000
|
20
|
8,000
|
18
|
|
Kingston upon Thames
|
3,000
|
17
|
2,000
|
11
|
2,000
|
11
|
|
Kirklees
|
9,000
|
19
|
9,000
|
19
|
8,000
|
19
|
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|
Knowsley
|
4,000
|
20
|
4,000
|
22
|
5,000
|
20
|
|
Lambeth
|
5,000
|
17
|
5,000
|
15
|
4,000
|
12
|
|
Lancashire
|
19,000
|
14
|
17,000
|
12
|
21,000
|
14
|
|
Leeds
|
11,000
|
10
|
16,000
|
13
|
20,000
|
15
|
|
Leicester
|
7,000
|
14
|
7,000
|
15
|
9,000
|
18
|
|
Leicestershire
|
6,000
|
9
|
6,000
|
9
|
9,000
|
14
|
|
Lewisham
|
5,000
|
18
|
6,000
|
20
|
5,000
|
19
|
|
Lincolnshire
|
11,000
|
16
|
10,000
|
14
|
10,000
|
13
|
|
Liverpool
|
10,000
|
16
|
11,000
|
17
|
10,000
|
15
|
|
Luton
|
4,000
|
18
|
4,000
|
17
|
4,000
|
16
|
|
Manchester
|
10,000
|
13
|
12,000
|
15
|
13,000
|
16
|
|
Medway
|
5,000
|
16
|
4,000
|
12
|
5,000
|
18
|
|
Merton
|
3,000
|
13
|
3,000
|
14
|
3,000
|
15
|
|
Middlesbrough
|
4,000
|
22
|
4,000
|
21
|
5,000
|
24
|
|
Milton Keynes
|
3,000
|
16
|
4,000
|
14
|
2,000
|
9
|
|
Newcastle upon Tyne
|
5,000
|
10
|
5,000
|
11
|
6,000
|
10
|
|
Newham
|
6,000
|
18
|
7,000
|
18
|
4,000
|
12
|
|
Norfolk
|
11,000
|
14
|
12,000
|
14
|
15,000
|
17
|
|
North East Lincolnshire
|
4,000
|
23
|
3,000
|
17
|
4,000
|
21
|
|
North Lincolnshire
|
3,000
|
15
|
3,000
|
18
|
2,000
|
15
|
|
North Somerset
|
1,000
|
7
|
*
|
*
|
2,000
|
7
|
|
North Tyneside
|
4,000
|
18
|
4,000
|
17
|
4,000
|
20
|
|
North Yorkshire
|
6,000
|
11
|
6,000
|
9
|
7,000
|
12
|
|
Northamptonshire
|
11,000
|
14
|
11,000
|
13
|
12,000
|
14
|
|
Northumberland
|
4,000
|
14
|
6,000
|
17
|
4,000
|
11
|
|
Nottingham
|
8,000
|
15
|
8,000
|
14
|
7,000
|
12
|
|
Nottinghamshire
|
12,000
|
13
|
10,000
|
11
|
12,000
|
14
|
|
Oldham
|
7,000
|
24
|
6,000
|
25
|
7,000
|
25
|
|
Oxfordshire
|
7,000
|
9
|
11,000
|
14
|
6,000
|
8
|
|
Peterborough
|
4,000
|
20
|
5,000
|
22
|
4,000
|
20
|
|
Plymouth
|
5,000
|
13
|
5,000
|
15
|
3,000
|
8
|
|
Poole
|
2,000
|
15
|
1,000
|
10
|
2,000
|
12
|
|
Portsmouth
|
4,000
|
15
|
3,000
|
9
|
3,000
|
8
|
|
Reading
|
2,000
|
15
|
2,000
|
11
|
2,000
|
11
|
|
Redbridge
|
6,000
|
22
|
4,000
|
16
|
4,000
|
14
|
|
Redcar and Cleveland
|
3,000
|
17
|
3,000
|
19
|
4,000
|
27
|
|
Richmond upon Thames
|
3,000
|
22
|
2,000
|
14
|
2,000
|
12
|
|
Rochdale
|
6,000
|
22
|
3,000
|
14
|
3,000
|
14
|
|
Rotherham
|
7,000
|
21
|
5,000
|
19
|
7,000
|
24
|
|
Rutland
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
|
Salford
|
5,000
|
20
|
4,000
|
16
|
6,000
|
22
|
|
Sandwell
|
8,000
|
23
|
8,000
|
24
|
9,000
|
26
|
|
Sefton
|
5,000
|
15
|
5,000
|
16
|
7,000
|
19
|
|
Sheffield
|
12,000
|
16
|
12,000
|
15
|
13,000
|
16
|
|
Shropshire
|
3,000
|
11
|
4,000
|
15
|
3,000
|
10
|
|
Slough
|
3,000
|
18
|
2,000
|
15
|
2,000
|
14
|
|
Solihull
|
2,000
|
12
|
3,000
|
16
|
4,000
|
18
|
|
Somerset
|
8,000
|
15
|
8,000
|
13
|
7,000
|
13
|
|
South Gloucestershire
|
2,000
|
7
|
2,000
|
9
|
2,000
|
7
|
|
South Tyneside
|
4,000
|
24
|
3,000
|
15
|
3,000
|
16
|
|
Southampton
|
6,000
|
14
|
6,000
|
18
|
4,000
|
10
|
|
Southend on Sea
|
2,000
|
17
|
3,000
|
20
|
3,000
|
20
|
|
Southwark
|
7,000
|
21
|
6,000
|
18
|
6,000
|
16
|
|
St Helens
|
4,000
|
19
|
5,000
|
26
|
4,000
|
21
|
|
Staffordshire
|
8,000
|
10
|
10,000
|
12
|
11,000
|
11
|
|
Stockport
|
4,000
|
11
|
4,000
|
10
|
4,000
|
13
|
|
Stockton-on-Tees
|
4,000
|
19
|
5,000
|
18
|
4,000
|
18
|
|
Stoke-on-Trent
|
7,000
|
20
|
7,000
|
20
|
5,000
|
19
|
|
Suffolk
|
10,000
|
15
|
8,000
|
11
|
11,000
|
16
|
|
Sunderland
|
5,000
|
14
|
5,000
|
14
|
6,000
|
15
|
|
Surrey
|
9,000
|
9
|
12,000
|
11
|
8,000
|
8
|
|
Sutton
|
3,000
|
17
|
4,000
|
23
|
1,000
|
8
|
|
Swindon
|
2,000
|
13
|
1,000
|
8
|
3,000
|
16
|
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|
Tameside
|
5,000
|
18
|
6,000
|
20
|
6,000
|
23
|
|
Telford and Wrekin
|
4,000
|
20
|
3,000
|
15
|
3,000
|
15
|
|
Thurrock
|
2,000
|
17
|
2,000
|
12
|
3,000
|
17
|
|
Torbay
|
2,000
|
18
|
2,000
|
14
|
2,000
|
12
|
|
Tower Hamlets
|
10,000
|
24
|
9,000
|
25
|
7,000
|
22
|
|
Trafford
|
4,000
|
16
|
3,000
|
12
|
3,000
|
13
|
|
Wakefield
|
7,000
|
19
|
8,000
|
17
|
7,000
|
16
|
|
Walsall
|
7,000
|
21
|
8,000
|
24
|
5,000
|
17
|
|
Waltham Forest
|
4,000
|
14
|
5,000
|
16
|
6,000
|
18
|
|
Wandsworth
|
2,000
|
8
|
3,000
|
13
|
3,000
|
12
|
|
Warrington
|
2,000
|
10
|
2,000
|
13
|
3,000
|
14
|
|
Warwickshire
|
8,000
|
13
|
7,000
|
12
|
6,000
|
13
|
|
West Berkshire
|
3,000
|
19
|
2,000
|
11
|
1,000
|
9
|
|
West Sussex
|
9,000
|
13
|
8,000
|
11
|
8,000
|
11
|
|
Westminster
|
4,000
|
11
|
5,000
|
14
|
5,000
|
15
|
|
Wigan
|
7,000
|
21
|
6,000
|
17
|
5,000
|
13
|
|
Wiltshire
|
5,000
|
13
|
3,000
|
9
|
7,000
|
15
|
|
Windsor and Maidenhead
|
1,000
|
12
|
2,000
|
15
|
1,000
|
10
|
|
Wirral
|
6,000
|
18
|
6,000
|
17
|
6,000
|
20
|
|
Wokingham
|
2,000
|
9
|
*
|
*
|
2,000
|
11
|
|
Wolverhampton
|
6,000
|
21
|
7,000
|
23
|
9,000
|
29
|
|
Worcestershire
|
6,000
|
12
|
4,000
|
8
|
5,000
|
8
|
|
York
|
5,000
|
17
|
4,000
|
15
|
1,000
|
4
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