questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of trends in the number of young people not in education, employment or training.
answerText: The Office for National Statistics estimate that nearly 1 in 8 young people are not in education, employment or training. This is 872,000 young people, a number which has risen by 74,000 over the last year.
heading: Unemployment: Young People