Young People (Hansard, 12 March 2003)

§ Ruth Kelly

[holding answer 10 March 2003]The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.

Letter from L Cook to Jim Cunningham, dated 12 March 2003As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question about 16 to 18 year olds who are not in education, training or employment. (101188) The attached tables give the information requested for the United Kingdom and West Midlands Metropolitan County, for the three month period ending November of each year from 1997 to 2002. These estimates are from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) and are subject to sampling variability from year to year. They are not seasonally adjusted. The LFS sample size is too small to give reliable estimates for Coventry Local Authority District.

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Table 1: Percentage of 16 to 18 year olds who are not in education, training or employment¹; United Kingdom; 1997 to 2002
September to November	Per cent. not seasonally adjusted
1997	10.8
1998	11.5
1999	11.4
2000	11.3
2001	12.0
2002	12.8
¹ People aged 16–18 who are not in education, training or work as a percentage of all aged 16–18.

Note

These Labour Force Survey (LFS) estimates have not yet been adjusted to take account of the Census 2001 results.

Source

ONS Labour Force Survey

Table 2: Percentage of 16 to 18 year olds who are not in education, training or employment¹; West Midlands Metropolitan County; 1997 to 2002
September to November	Per cent. not seasonally adjusted
1997	16.7
1998	13.6
1999	14.6
2000	16.0
2001	11.7
2002	16.1
¹ People aged 16–18 who are not in education, training or work as a percentage of all aged 16–18.

Note

These Labour Force Survey (LFS) estimates have not yet been adjusted to take account of the Census 2001 results.

Source

ONS Labour Force Survey