Latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show the proportion of young people in England not in education employment or training (Neet) grew by 0.9 of a percentage point in the past year.
The rise from 12.3% to 13.2% in the year up to the third quarter of 2024 (July to September) continues the upward trend in the proportion of 16- to 24-year-olds who are Neet over the past two years.
The ONS data shows there were 946,000 young people who were Neet by the end of September 2024, an increase of 95,000 from a year earlier and the highest quarterly total since 2015.
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