UK: Number of teenagers not in work or school rises to 10.3%

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'The number of teenagers out of school and out of work has risen dramatically, fuelled by unemployment rates not seen since the early 1990s.

The proportion of 16- to 18-year-olds not in education, employment or training increased from 9.7% at the end of 2007 to 10.3% at the end of 2008. "This is due to reduced employment amongst young people not in education or training," government statisticians said.

Young men are the worst affected with twice the rate of 16-year-old boys not in work or school than girls. In total there are more than 208,000 teenagers not in training or employment - more than one in ten of the total.'