Special Educational Needs: Unemployment
Commons · Question 83762 · Tabled 21 Oct 2025 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 29 Oct 2025
Question
Asked by Mark Garnier
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the number of young people with education, health and care plans who are not in employment, education or training.
Answer
Answered by Josh MacAlister, 29 Oct 2025
There are 165,000 16 to 25 year-olds with an education, health and care (EHC) plan. Of these, it is estimated that approximately 22,000 are not in education, employment or training (NEET).Published data for the reporting year 2025 shows that approximately...