Responding to the latest NEET data, November 2025

Responding to the latest ONS figures on young people who are NEET (not in education, employment or training), Stephen Evans, chief executive at Learning and Work Institute, said:

“The number of young people not in education, employment or training remains worryingly high at 946,000. Each one represents a risk of lost potential so it’s urgent the Government ramps up its efforts to tackle this. Only one in four young people who are NEET is currently getting help from Jobcentre Plus to find work and youth apprenticeships are low by international standards. The Chancellor’s Budget needs to speed up the roll out of a Youth Guarantee across England so all young people have good education and employment opportunities.”