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Unemployment: Young People

Asked by Helen WhatelyConservativeDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 16 December 2025UIN 96267

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many NEET young people (a) live with their parents or guardians and (b) live independently.

Answered by Andrew Western

Office for National Statistics and the Department for Education – who both produce official statistics publications on young people who are NEET – do not publish a breakdown of young people who are not in employment, education or training broken down by whether they live with parents/guardians or live independently.

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