Young people’s participation in education, employment and training and those not in education, employment or training (NEET).

This collection contains:

  • the annual publication of national participation figures of young people aged 16 to 18
  • the annual release of NEET (not in education, employment or training) and NET (not in education or training) figures based on results from the Labour Force Survey (LFS), which were previously published quarterly

From 2021, the Department for Education will be publishing the participation in education, training and employment and NEET statistics annual brief on a new statistics site, Explore Education Statistics (EES). You can find our archived statistics on the National Archives.

Participation in education, employment or training

NEET: 2020 data

NEET: 2019 data

NEET: 2018 data

NEET: 2016 to 2017 data

NEET: 2014 to 2015 data

NEET: 2012 to 2013 data

NEET: 2010 to 2011 data

Published 22 August 2013
Last updated 11 March 2021 + show all updates

  1. Added ‘NEET statistics annual brief: 2020’ to NEET 2020 data.
  2. Updated to include link to Explore Education Statistics.
  3. Added ‘Participation in education, training and employment: 2019’ to ‘Participation in education, employment or training’.
  4. Added ‘NEET statistics annual brief: 2019’.
  5. Added ‘Participation in education, training and employment: 2018’ to ‘Participation in education, employment or training’.
  6. Added document ‘NEET statistics annual brief: 2018’ under ‘NEET: 2018 data’.
  7. Added ‘Participation in education, training and employment: 2017’ to group ‘Participation in education, employment or training’.
  8. Added October to December 2017 quarterly brief.
  9. Added ‘NEET statistics quarterly brief: July to September 2017’.
  10. Updated to include April to June 2017 NEET data.
  11. Added ‘Participation in education, training and employment: 2016’.
  12. Added ‘NEET statistics quarterly brief: January to March 2017’.
  13. Added ‘NEET statistics quarterly brief: October to December 2016’.
  14. Added ‘NEET statistics quarterly brief: July to September 2016’ to the ‘NEET: 2016 to 2017 data’ collection.
  15. Added ‘NEET statistics quarterly brief: April to June 2016’ to ‘NEET: 2016 to 2017 data ‘.
  16. Added ‘Participation in education, training and employment: 2015’.
  17. Added ‘NEET statistics quarterly brief: January to March 2016’.
  18. Added ‘NEET statistics quarterly brief: October to December 2015’.
  19. Added ‘NEET statistics quarterly brief: July to September 2015’.
  20. Added ‘Participation in education, training and employment: age 16 to 18’.
  21. Added ‘NEET statistics: quarterly brief, January to March 2015’.
  22. Added ‘NEET statistics quarterly brief: October to December 2014’.
  23. Added Q2 NEET report
  24. Added statistics for ‘Participation in education, training and employment, age 16 to 18’ to the collection.
  25. Added ‘NEET statistics quarterly brief: October to December 2013’.
  26. Added NEET statistics quarterly brief: July to September 2013.
  27. Added July to September 2013 NEET quarterly brief.
  28. First published.

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