Youths not in education, training or employment

• Children, Schools and Families Committee

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.

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