Young People Not in Education, Employment or Training (NEET), Year to 30 June 2010

Statistics on young people not in education, employment or training (NEET) include data for Wales for the period up to the year ending 30 June 2010. The latest release updates the statistics previously released on 13 October 2010.

The definitive source for estimates of the proportion of young people who are NEET in Wales is the annual Statistical First Release (SFR). This Bulletin provides users with more timely, but less statistically robust, statistics.

The statistics included in this bulletin are taken from the following sources:

• Statistical First Release ‘Participation of young people in education and the labour market’ using education data sources and the Annual Population Survey (APS);
• Annual Population Survey (ONS); and
• Careers Wales Pupil Destinations from Schools in Wales survey.

Most recent results from these sources:

• SFR basis - As at end 2009(p), 12.0 per cent of 16-18 year olds were NEET (14,000) compared with 12.5 per cent (15,000) in 2008 and 11.8 per cent (14,000) in 2007;
• APS basis - For the year ending Quarter 2 2010,  11.3 per cent of 16-18 year olds were NEET compared with 12.9 per cent for the year ending Quarter 2 2009;
• Pupil Destinations basis - As at Oct 2009, 5.7 per cent of Year 11 leavers were NEET compared with 7.1 per cent in 2008.

Contact

Tel: 029 2082 3357
E-mail: post16ed.stats@wales.gsi.gov.uk

Next update

April 2011 (provisional - to be confirmed on the 'Due Out Soon' page)