
The percentage of people aged between 16 and 24 who are not in employment, education or training (NEET) in the final quarter of 2022 exceeded pre-pandemic levels for the first time, at 11.5%, according to the ONS.
The seasonally adjusted figure - representing 788,000 people - was up by 0.4 percentage points from the same period in 2019, and was up by 0.9 percentage points from Q3 of 2022 in the largest increase since 2011.