Summary 4

1 UK NEET statistics 7

  1.1 NEET unemployment and inactivity 8

  1.2 Age 9

  1.3 Men and women 10

  1.4 Why have NEET rates been rising? 13

  1.5 NEET data sources 18

2 Characteristics of people who are NEET 20

  2.1 Key characteristics 20

3 International NEET statistics 23

4 Policies to reduce the number of people who are NEET 25

  4.1 Policies to encourage young people to continue in education or training 26

  4.2 Policies to help young people find sustained employment 29

  4.3 Jobcentre Plus Support 37