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 ...