Education and employment status of those aged 16 to 24

You asked:

I am looking to find current (within last 18 months) numbers of 16 to 24 year olds who fall into the following categories:

1. Higher Education students
2. Further Education students
3. Studying for an Apprenticeship
4. Employed (not apprenticeship)
5. Not employed, education or training

We said:

Thank you for your freedom of information request asking for the numbers of 16-24 year olds in higher and further education, on an apprenticeship, in employment and those not in education, employment or training (NEET).

The Department for Education publish a number of reports covering participation in higher and further education. They also publish statistics for apprenticeships. Links to the publications are below:

Higher education statistics: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-on-higher-education-initial-participation-rates

Further education statistics: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/further-education-and-skills-statistical-first-release-sfr

Apprenticeship statistics: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-apprenticeships

We publish estimates of employment and young people not in education, employment or training (NEET), for those aged 16-24. Links to the publications are below:

Employment by age statistics: https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/datasets/employmentunemploymentandeconomicinactivitybyagegroupseasonallyadjusteda05sa

Young people not in education, employment or training (NEET) statistics: https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peoplenotinwork/unemployment/bulletins/youngpeoplenotineducationemploymentortrainingneet/may2017