Table 2: Number and percentage of males aged 16-24 who are not in education, employment or training (NEET)
Quarter
Year
Number of 16-24 year old males NEET
Percentage (of all 16-24 year old males)
95 Per cent. confidence interval (percentage points)
Q1
2005
311,000
10.9
+/- 0.9
Q2
2005
314,000
10.9
+/-0.9
Q3
2005
373,000
12.8
+/-0.9
Q4
2005
376,000
12.9
+/-1.0
QI
2006
344,000
11.8
+/-0.9
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Q2
2006
367,000
12.6
+/- 0.9
Q3
2006
415,000
14.0
+/-1.0
Q4
2006
361,000
12.1
+/- 0.9
Q1
2007
371,000
12.5
+/-0.9
Q2
2007
359,000
12.1
+/-0.9
Q3
2007
393,000
13.2
+/- 0.9
Q4
2007
336,000
11.1
+/- 0.9
Q1
2008
357,000
11.8
+/- 0.9
Q2
2008
350,000
11.4
+/-0.9
Q3
2008
415,000
13.6
+/-1.0
Q4
2008
363,000
11.9
+/- 0.9
Q1
2009
437,000
14.3
+/-1.0
Q2
2009
446,000
14.6
+/-1.0
Q3
2009
509,000
16.6
+/-1.1
Q4
2009
403,000
13.2
+/-1.0
Mr. Willetts:
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many people were not in education, employment or training in each (a) local authority area and (b) region in each quarter of the last five years. [320078]
Kevin Brennan:
The following tables give the number (table 1) and proportion (table 2) of people aged 16 to 24(1) not in education, employment or training (NEET) for each region in England for every quarter for the last five years. These estimates are from the Labour Force Survey, which has been recently reweighted to revised population estimates and therefore may be marginally different from regional NEET estimates provided previously.
As with any sample survey, the LFS is subject to sampling variability and therefore should be viewed in conjunction with their Confidence Intervals (CI). CIs indicate how accurate an estimate is, and for regional estimates they range from +/- 1.5 to +/- 3.9 percentage points (pp), with an average of+/- 2.2pp. CIs for Q4 2009 have been provided below and a 95 per cent. CI of+A-2.2 percentage points (pp) means that the true value is between 2.2pp above the estimate and 2.2pp below the estimate, for 95 per cent. of estimates.
The Labour Force Survey sample is not large enough to provide quarterly estimates for small geographies such as local authority areas. We are able to give annual estimates for local authorities from the Annual Population Survey, which has a larger sample. The most recent estimate available is for 2008 and I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 6 January 2010, Official Report, column reference 402W which provided estimates for local education authorities between 2000 and 2008.
(1) Age used is respondents academic age, which is defined as their age at the preceding 31 August
Table 1: The number of people aged 16-24 who are not in education, employment or training by region