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<p>The number and proportion of 16 to 18 year olds not in education, employment or
training (NEET) in England for each quarter of 2018<a href="https://educationgovuk.sharepoint.com/sites/cd/c/Written%20PQs/WPQT%20-%202019-20%20Drafts/HL552%20PRD%20PM%20300120.docx#_ftn1"
target="_blank">[1]</a> can be found in the table below:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td
rowspan="2"><p><strong>January to March 2018</strong></p></td><td><p>Number of 16
to 18 year old NEETs</p></td><td><p>117,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Percentage of
16 to 18 year old NEETs</p></td><td><p>6.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>April
to June 2018</strong></p></td><td><p>Number of 16 to 18 year old NEETs</p></td><td><p>117,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Percentage
of 16 to 18 year old NEETs</p></td><td><p>6.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>July
to September 2018</strong></p></td><td><p>Number of 16 to 18 year old NEETs</p></td><td><p>148,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Percentage
of 16 to 18 year old NEETs</p></td><td><p>8.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>October
to December 2018</strong></p></td><td><p>Number of 16 to 18 year old NEETs</p></td><td><p>124,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Percentage
of 16 to 18 year old NEETs</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source:
‘NEET statistics annual brief: 2018’, from the ‘Labour Force Survey’, available at
the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/neet-statistics-annual-brief-2018"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/neet-statistics-annual-brief-2018</a>.
Numbers rounded to the nearest 1000.</p><p>It should be noted, that due to seasonal
variation in NEET rates, comparisons should not be made between in-year quarters.</p><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The proportion of young people not in education, employment
or training (NEET) was the lowest on record in the first 3 quarters of 2018.</p><p>
</p><p>As shown in the table below, there has been a downward trend in 16 to 18 year
old NEETs since 2010:</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Percentage
of 16 to 18 year old NEETs in 2010</p></td><td><p>Percentage of 16 to 18 year old
NEETs in 2018</p></td><td><p>Change (in percentage points)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January
to March</p></td><td><p>10.2%</p></td><td><p>6.5%</p></td><td><p>-3.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April
to June</p></td><td><p>10.3%</p></td><td><p>6.5%</p></td><td><p>-3.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July
to September</p></td><td><p>13.5%</p></td><td><p>8.2%</p></td><td><p>-5.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October
to December</p></td><td><p>8.3%</p></td><td><p>7.0%</p></td><td><p>-1.3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>Local authorities have a statutory duty to identify and support young people
who are NEET.</p><p> </p><p>Under Raising the Participation Age, all young people
in England are now required to continue in education or training until their 18th
birthday. Most continue until the end of the academic year in which they turn 18.</p><p>
</p><p>Additionally, the government invested around £7 billion during the last academic
year to ensure there was a place in education or training for every 16 to 19 year
old.</p><p> </p><p>Regarding further education, the Adult Education Budget funds the
first full level 2 and 3 qualifications for 19 to 23 year olds, training up to level
2 for unemployed people and English and maths for all adults who have not achieved
level 2.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://educationgovuk.sharepoint.com/sites/cd/c/Written%20PQs/WPQT%20-%202019-20%20Drafts/HL552%20PRD%20PM%20300120.docx#_ftnref1"
target="_blank">[1]</a> The figures are based on young people aged 16 to 18 as at
31 August 2018, the start of the academic year, and will therefore include young people
who turn 19 throughout the course of the 2018/19 academic year.</p><p> </p>
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