Written questions

Social Security Benefits: Young People

Lords · Question HL12530 · Tabled 1 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 12 Dec 2025

Question

Asked by Baroness Shawcross-Wolfson

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Sherlock on 24 November (HL11931), whether the report into young people and work will also examine reasons for the increase in the number of young people with disabilities and heal

Answer

Answered by Baroness Sherlock, 12 Dec 2025

The rising number of young people who are not in education, employment or training (NEET) is a crisis of opportunity that demands more action to give them the chance to learn or earn. To truly address the root causes of youth inactivity, we need a deeper ...