Huge funding cuts have left only a handful of local authorities in England able to meet their legal duties to identify and reduce the number of NEETs, it has been claimed.
The latest figures show around 740,000 young people aged 16 to 24 in England who are NEET – not in employment, education or training – the lowest since records began in 2001. The figures, for January to March 2015, show that the 16 to 18 NEET rate is at 7.1 per cent while the 19 to 24 NEET rate is 14.7 per cent.
However, a Local Government Association (LGA) survey of 87 of England’s 152 councils has found that 91 per cent are being forced to reduce spending on support for 16 to 18-year-olds at risk of becoming NEET.
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