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Unemployment: Young People

Commons · Question 24855 · Tabled 28 Aug 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 8 Sep 2026

Question

Asked by Al Pinkerton

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of excluding people aged 25 to 30 who are not in education, employment or training from NEET statistics on the identification of labour market disenga

Answer

Answered by Lilian Greenwood, 8 Sep 2026

The independent Office for National Statistics (ONS) is responsible for the definition of those who are not in education, employment or training (NEET). The ONS uses the Labour Force Survey to collect data on the number of NEETs in the UK. The quarterly r...