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Department for Education · 5 July 2024 – present

Young people not in education, employment or training during the Labour 2024– government

2023 → 2025 · 2 periods

↑ 10.3%+1.2% percent

Young people not in education, employment or training rose by 10.3% over the period, from 12.1% percent (2023, the level when the government took office) to 13.3% (2025, the latest available).

  1. Inherited level 2023: 12.1%
  2. Latest 2025: 13.3%
  3. method: latest complete period before start / before end

Changes during this period do not by themselves show what the government caused. Statistics reflect many influences, including earlier decisions, the economy and how the data is collected.

Young people not in education, employment or training: 2000 to 2025LabourLabourLabourLabourLabourCoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour0%5%10%15%2000201020202000: 12.3% percent · published 4 August 20262001: 12.5% percent · published 4 August 20262002: 12.3% percent · published 4 August 20262003: 12.1% percent · published 4 August 20262004: 13.1% percent · published 4 August 20262005: 14.5% percent · published 4 August 20262006: 13.9% percent · published 4 August 20262007: 13% percent · published 4 August 20262008: 14.2% percent · published 4 August 20262009: 14.8% percent · published 4 August 20262010: 15.6% percent · published 4 August 20262011: 16% percent · published 4 August 20262012: 14.9% percent · published 4 August 20262013: 14.1% percent · published 4 August 20262014: 13.1% percent · published 4 August 20262015: 11.6% percent · published 4 August 20262016: 11.3% percent · published 4 August 20262017: 11% percent · published 4 August 20262018: 11.3% percent · published 4 August 20262019: 11.2% percent · published 4 August 20262020: 11.9% percent · published 4 August 20262021: 10.7% percent · published 4 August 20262022: 12.5% percent · published 4 August 20262023: 12.1% percent · published 4 August 20262024: 13.6% percent · published 4 August 20262025: 13.3% percent · published 4 August 2026
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Definition and caveats

The estimated percentage of 16 to 24 year olds in England who were not in education, employment or training in the October to December quarter, from the Labour Force Survey.

Doesn’t measure: Benefit receipt or long-term outcomes; the estimate is a survey snapshot with a sampling margin.