Is Scotland's Neet rate better than the the whole of the UK?

Prime Minister Keir Starmer meets apprentices during a visit to Acton Works, a training facility in Chiswick, west London, following the publication of the interim Milburn Report into Young People and Work (Image: Simon Jones/The Sun/PA Wire)

SCOTLAND has lower rates of young people not in employment, education or training than the rest of the UK. Or does it?

At first glance, the figures seem to paint a rosier picture north of the Border. But experts consulted by the Sunday National say that a direct comparison is tricky.