The top lines:
- The NEET crisis is costing £125 billion a year, more than the entire education budget.
- The number of NEETs could hit 1.25 million within five years.
- 314,000 18-24-year-olds are NEET but not claiming benefits. Off the radar entirely…
- Male NEET rate has overtaken female for the first time (14.3% vs 11.4%). In 2012, women were 1.8 points higher…
- 6 in 10 NEETs have never had a job. 45% of 24-year-old NEETs have never had paid work.
- DWP spends £25 on benefits for every £1 on employment support for young people.
- 7 in 10 young people on health benefits are still claiming a decade later.
- Child DLA claims have nearly doubled from 450,000 to 860,000 since 2019.
- On the current trajectory, 1 in 20 of today’s five-year-olds will be on incapacity benefit at 22. “More than one child in every class”…
- 40% of NEETs have A-Level or above. 15% have a degree.
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