Youths not in education, training or employment
10 November 2009 (updated on 22 April 2010)
The Children, Schools and Families Committee has announced it is to hold run a new inquiry into young people not in education, employment or training - otherwise known as NEETs
The inquiry will examine the following questions:
- strategies for the identification of young people at risk of falling into the NEET category
- services and programmes to support those most at risk of becomin NEET, and to reduce the numbers and address the needs of those who have become persistently NEET
- the effectiveness of the Government’s NEET strategy
- the likely impact of raising the participation age on strategies for addressing the needs of young people not in education, employment or training
- the opportunities and future prospects in education, training and employment for 16–18 year olds
The Committee asks that written evidence is submitted by Wednesday 16 December.