The North East is the English region with the highest rates of young people not in education employment or training (NEET), according to new analysis by social investment organisation Impetus.
As part of a programme of research studying gaps in the labour market, Impetus has broken down rates of young people who are NEET by levels of disadvantage in each council area.
The dataset it has compiled analyses figures from the National Institute for Social and Economic Research to show how NEET rates vary by background and level of qualification into adulthood.
It shows that the North East region has an average NEET rate of 32 per cent among young people from disadvantaged backgrounds, the highest level in England, followed by Yorkshire and Humber (30 per cent) and the North West (28 per cent).
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