The extremes of young people neet, number as published by Department for Education, across the 26 periods held here (2000 to 2025). Each record is a published figure, not a computed one, and the scope is this series — not “ever”.
The latest figure, 839,893 in 2025, is the highest since 2013, when it was 845,959 — every period between was lower. The rule: a period counts as beaten only when its figure is strictly below the latest, and the claim is only made when it reaches back at least five years.
Highest published
967,1322011
Lowest published
624,0002021
The full series
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A record is the extreme of the periods this site holds for the current series, at each period’s newest published release. Earlier series measured under different methods are not compared against it. Money is in cash terms: a record set years ago stands against the money of its own year.