Figures from Halton Borough Council aere showing that NEET figures have fallen from 13.2% in October 2008 to 10.5% in October 2009:

The reduction in a year-on-year comparison equates to an additional 127 of the borough’s young people who have found work, training placements or returned to education.

The council said more teenagers are staying on in education, and figures show that at the end of October, 81.01% of 16 to 18-year-olds were in continued learning compared with 73.45% at the end of October last year.

The fall is being hailed by the council as an ‘excellent improvement’ in the borough’s fortunes because the figures are more likely to go up during an economic downturn.

via Runcorn & Widness Weekly News