Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 83763
Special Educational Needs: Unemployment
Tabled: 21 October 2025
Answered: 29 October 2025
Question
Mark Garnier
Conservative — Wyre Forest
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department plans to take to help re-engage young people with education, health and care plans who are not in employment, education or training.
Answer
Josh MacAlisterThere are 165,000 16 to 25 year-olds with an education, health and care (EHC) plan. Of these, it is estimated that approximately 22,000 are not in education, employment or training (NEET).Published data for the reporting year 2025 shows that approximately...
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