Unemployment: Young People
Commons · Question 28070 · Tabled 8 Sep 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 16 Sep 2026
Question
Asked by Juliet Campbell
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate the department has made of the number and proportion of young people who are not in education, employment or training who have dyslexia.
Answer
Answered by Lilian Greenwood, 16 Sep 2026
The independent Office for National Statistics estimate that there are 981,000 16-24 year-olds not in education, employment and training, down 30,000 (0.5% points) on the quarter. The DWP does not hold data on what proportion of young people not in educat...