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Unemployment

Commons · Question 84185 · Tabled 22 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 29 Oct 2025

Question

Asked by Mark Garnier

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what data his Department uses, other than the Labour Market Force survey, to estimate the population of people who are not in education, employment or training.

Answer

Answered by Dame Diana Johnson, 29 Oct 2025

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) uses multiple data sources to inform our view of how young people are performing in the labour market and whether young people are not in education, employment or training (NEET). These include statistics based o...