It would mean that the problems of those not in education, employment or training is greater than the government’s quarterly statistics suggest.
The Youth Jobs Index, which has been published by charity Impetus-PEF, also shows that as many as 700,000 16 to 24-year-olds (10 per cent) will spend a whole year out of education, employment or training.
The Index has been published this week to coincide with the release of the latest government statistics on NEETs, which were due out today (Thursday, May 26).
These official statistics show that the number of NEETs has been in decline since 2012. The latest figures from February 2016 reported that 853,000 young people aged 16 to 24 were still NEET. Only a small change in this number is anticipated in today’s figures.
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