Youth Unemployment Committee
Skills for every young person
Report of Session 2021-22 - published 26 November 2021 - HL Paper 98
Contents
Summary of conclusions and recommendations
Figure 1: Estimated cost of youth unemployment in 2022
Key themes and report structure
Table 1: Labour market status of young people aged 16 to 24, Q2 2021
Figure 2: Proportion of 18-year-olds not in full-time education or work-based training, Q2 2021
Figure 3: NEET young people aged 16 to 24 in the UK between April and June 2021
Figure 4: Youth unemployment for young people age 16 to 24 in the UK between July and September 2021
Figure 5: Youth unemployment rates (%) in OECD countries, Q2 2021
Figure 7: Spending at different stages of education (2020–21 prices)
Chapter 2: Shortages of skills and their impact on young people
Box 1: How do the basic skills of our young people compare internationally?
Skills mismatches - background
Figure 10: Estimated under-skilling in the workforce in 2030
Table 2: Highest qualification held by 19–64-year-olds in the UK in 2019
Box 2: Digital skills initiatives
Box 3: Young people’s views on essential skills
Figure 11: EBacc and non-EBacc subjects in GSCE entries from 2017 to 2021 (%)
Figure 12: National curriculum for secondary education in 1904 and today
Figure 13: 70% decline in GCSE entries in Design & Technology
Figure 14: 40% decline in GCSE entries in creative subjects
Box 5: The Curriculum for Wales
Figure 15: Possible recalibration of progress measures
Box 7: Claiming benefits whilst studying
Chapter 3: Careers guidance and work experience
Careers education, information, advice and guidance (CEIAG)
Figure 16: The Gatsby Benchmarks for Good Career Guidance
Figure 17: Funding for FE has fallen over the last decade
Figure 18: Public spending on 16-18 and post-18 FE in £billion in England
Support for learners who are disadvantaged
The reputation of FE institutions
Box 10: Defunding of ‘competing’ qualifications
Apprenticeships: Key statistics
Figure 21: Total apprenticeship starts by age since 2002/03
Figure 22: Proportional (%) apprenticeship starts by age since 2002/03
Figure 23: Apprenticeship starts by age and level during the pandemic in England
Supply of apprenticeship places
Misconceptions about apprenticeships
Figure 24: Graduate under- and unemployment
Figure 25: Apprenticeship starts by females in STEM subjects in 2019/20
Chapter 6: Tackling disadvantage
Socio-economically disadvantaged young people
Figure 26: The disadvantage gap for young people
Young people with special educational needs and disabilities ( SEND)
Figure 27: Young people with SEND face significant challenges in education
Young people from ethnic minority backgrounds
Box 11: Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998
Young people who have been in care
Young people who have been in custody
Table 3: Adult (18+) FE and skills participation (2019/20) in prison education
Chapter 7: Governmental initiatives and responsibilities
Current cross-departmental approach
Figure 31: Key departmental responsibilities
Box 12: Scotland’s Youth Employment Minister
Data collection and publication
Local and regional policy implementation
Appendix 1: List of Members and declarations of interest
Appendix 5: Engagement session notes
Appendix 6: Youth unemployment indicators
Appendix 7: A recent history of youth ALMPS
Appendix 8: The Gatsby Benchmarks
Appendix 9: Examples of qualifications by level
Appendix 10: Apprenticeship starts by age and level
Evidence is published online at https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/506/youth-unemployment-committee/publications/ and available for inspection at the Parliamentary Archives (020 7219 3074).
Q in footnotes refers to a question in oral evidence.