Written questions

Unemployment: Young People

Commons · Question 83320 · Tabled 20 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 27 Oct 2025

Question

Asked by Mark Garnier

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with the Office for National Statistics on the potential barriers to (a) monitoring and (b) collecting data on the number of 18-24 year olds who are not in education, employm

Answer

Answered by Dame Diana Johnson, 27 Oct 2025

Official statistics on the number of young people who are not in education, employment or training aged 18-24 years old are estimated using the Labour Force Survey - a large, nationally representative household survey. These official statistics publicatio...