The proportion of 16- to 24-year-olds out of work between April and June decreased 0.6 percentage points compared with the previous quarter, analysis of data by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) shows.
Employment rates for the same age group increased by 1.4 percentage points, the report shows.
It states that: “Young people (those aged 16 to 24 years) have been particularly affected by the pandemic, with the employment rate decreasing and the unemployment and economic inactivity rates increasing by more than seen for those aged 25 years and over.
“Over the last quarter, however, there was a stronger increase in the employment rate and a decrease in the unemployment and inactivity rates for young people.”
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