{"id":60540,"date":"2015-08-20T08:30:00","date_gmt":"2015-08-20T08:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=6e78ccfb5dc0d7daff75de8ac6ff83d4"},"modified":"2015-08-20T08:30:00","modified_gmt":"2015-08-20T08:30:00","slug":"press-release-young-people-neet-hits-record-low","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=60540","title":{"rendered":"Press release: Young people NEET hits record low"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>The number of 16- to 18-year-olds not in education, employment or training (<abbr title=\"not in education, employment or training\">NEET<\/abbr>) in England between April and June is at its lowest since records began in 2000, official figures reveal today (20 August 2015). <\/p>\n<p>The quarterly figures are the latest indication the government is succeeding in its drive to abolish youth unemployment and ensure all young people are either earning or learning.   <\/p>\n<p>The figures show falls across all age categories, with the overall proportion of young people <abbr title=\"not in education, employment or training\">NEET<\/abbr> at its lowest for the period in over a decade. Compared to 2010, there are 75,000 fewer 16- to 24-year-olds <abbr title=\"not in education, employment or training\">NEET<\/abbr> for this period.   <\/p>\n<p>Since 2011, overall <abbr title=\"not in education, employment or training\">NEET<\/abbr> rates have consistently fallen for the April to June period, with the government helping create 2.3 million apprenticeships in the last Parliament, and establishing a more respected professional and technical education system.  <\/p>\n<p>Skills Minister Nick Boles said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Today we have yet more evidence this government is delivering on its commitment to get all young people either learning or into work.<\/p>\n<p>While the proportion of young people <abbr title=\"not in education, employment or training\">NEET<\/abbr> is at its lowest for this time of the year since 2004, we will not stop there.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">Our focus remains firmly on equipping all young people with the skills they need &#8211; not least through our pledge to deliver 3 million new apprenticeships in this Parliament.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Today\u2019s figures show the proportion of 16- and 17-year-olds participating in education or training reached its highest level since consistent data began, having risen 10.9 percentage points since 2000.  <\/p>\n<p>The increase in participation comes as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/know-when-you-can-leave-school\">all young people in England are now required to continue in education or training until at least their 18th birthday<\/a>, under the \u2018raising the participation age\u2019 (RPA) requirement.   <\/p>\n<p>The figures show that the proportion of:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>16- to 18-year-olds who were <abbr title=\"not in education, employment or training\">NEET<\/abbr> had fallen by 0.6 percentage points to 7.5%, a fall of 11,000 to the lowest level since 2000 when consistent data began<\/li>\n<li>16- to 24-year-olds who were <abbr title=\"not in education, employment or training\">NEET<\/abbr> had fallen by 0.4 percentage points to 13.1%, down 23,000 and at its lowest level since 2004<\/li>\n<li>19- to 24-year-olds who were <abbr title=\"not in education, employment or training\">NEET<\/abbr> had fallen by 0.3 percentage points to 15.7%, a reduction of 12,000 on last year<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The government has undertaken a number of reforms since 2010 to engage young people over the age of 16, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>raising the age of participation in education or training to 18<\/li>\n<li>improving the quality of vocational education so that it is increasingly seen as a proper alternative route<\/li>\n<li>ensuring minimum standards for apprenticeships, and announcing legal protection to put them on an equal footing with degrees<\/li>\n<li>introducing degree-level apprenticeships to offer in-work training with university-class qualifications<\/li>\n<li>introducing traineeships to help young people into apprenticeships and other routes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"notes-to-editors\">Notes to editors<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>The full quarter 2 statistics can be found at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/statistics\/neet-statistics-quarterly-brief-april-to-june-2015\"><abbr title=\"not in education, employment or training\">NEET<\/abbr> statistics: quarterly brief &#8211; April to June 2015<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>The Department for Education is investing \u00a37 billion to fund a place for every 16- to 18-year-old in England who wants one.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"contact \" id=\"contact_2179\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<h3>DfE and BIS media enquiries<\/h3>\n<div class=\"vcard contact-inner\">\n<div class=\"email-url-number\">\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">DfE central newsdesk<\/span><br \/>\n              020 7783 8300\n            <\/p>\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">BIS media enquiries<\/span><br \/>\n              020 7215 3234\/3505\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New figures show the number of 16- to 18-year-olds not in education, employment or training is at its lowest recorded level.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60540"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=60540"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60540\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60555,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60540\/revisions\/60555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=60540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=60540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=60540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}