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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

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


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Table 1: The number of people aged 16-24 who are not in education, employment or training by region
Quarter

North East North West York and Humber East Midlands West Midlands East of England London South East South West

Q1

2005

56,000

110,000

89,000

61,000

81,000

60,000

131,000

92,000

63,000

Q2

2005

62,000

117,000

99,000

59,000

88,000

66,000

134,000

85,000

61,000

Q3

2005

68,000

124,000

107,000

67,000

100,000

69,000

156,000

110,000

76,000

Q4

2005

61,000

114,000

107,000

70,000

93,000

77,000

143,000

110,000

63,000

Q1

2006

52,000

118,000

93,000

77,000

90,000

72,000

132,000

105,000

61,000

Q2

2006

52,000

128,000

105,000

76,000

97,000

86,000

141,000

108,000

59,000

Q3

2006

53,000

140,000

118,000

81,000

112,000

93,000

184,000

115,000

74,000

Q4

2006

45,000

120,000

95,000

65,000

96,000

77,000

147,000

93,000

68,000

Q1

2007

48,000

127,000

96,000

72,000

111,000

77,000

118,000

107,000

70,000

Q2

2007

47,000

134,000

92,000

66,000

106,000

84,000

130,000

112,000

61,000

Q3

2007

52,000

144,000

105,000

81,000

111,000

92,000

135,000

125,000

63,000

Q4

2007

49,000

120,000

82,000

70,000

92,000

74,000

122,000

116,000

56,000

Q1

2008

53,000

135,000

75,000

69,000

95,000

87,000

128,000

104,000

62,000

Q2

2008

56,000

138,000

101,000

70,000

98,000

77,000

130,000

111,000

55,000

Q3

2008

65,000

149,000

119,000

86,000

119,000

83,000

146,000

131,000

71,000

Q4

2008

55,000

141,000

92,000

68,000

104,000

80,000

126,000

124,000

64,000

Q1

2009

58,000

156,000

109,000

70,000

125,000

84,000

120,000

132,000

80,000

Q2

2009

68,000

155,000

123,000

76,000

129,000

83,000

111,000

144,000

68,000

Q3

2009

72,000

181,000

130,000

92,000

121,000

93,000

148,000

147,000

89,000

Q4

2009

68,000

139,000

114,000

72,000

103,000

88,000

119,000

119,000

73,000

Q4 2009 CIs (95% PP)

+/-12,000

+/-17,000

+/-15,000

+/-12,000

+/-15,000

+/-14,000

+/-17,000

+/-16,000

+/-13,000


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