This statistic is a startling example of the realities of intergenerational worklessness in Britain. Understanding the journey of young people not in education, employment or training (Neet) from birthplace to workplace is critical to breaking this cycle.
Readers will be familiar to the depressing numbers of young people not in education, employment or training. Around one million 16-to 24-year-olds in England are classified as Neet according to the latest quarterly figures from the Department for Education — that's 15 per cent of the cohort.
It's no use blaming the recession for this number. It has remained stubbornly high for the last decade - right through our period of full employment. The sad fact is that children are leaving school quite unready for the challenges presented by the world of work.
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