Youth Inquiry
We were charged by Commissioners and key sponsors – DWP, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government – to investigate the kind of activities, including improved education / employer engagement that most effectively support young people into employment, particularly those who are likely to be furthest from the labour market.
The Youth Inquiry focused on three key questions:
- Who and where are the young (16-24) unemployed/inactive?
- What works from an employer perspective in employing young people?
- How well are the current initiatives aimed at employers working?
There were a number of strands of work to the inquiry.
- Analysis of who and where the young unemployed are and the employer’s perspective on recruiting young people. This involved a cross-sectional and time-series analysis as well as extensive analysis of the National Employer Skills Survey for England (NESS).
- ‘How well are the current initiatives aimed at employers working?’. For this piece of work we interviewed a number of Commissioner Companies and worked with Jobcentre Plus to engage in feedback with a large number of employers who were currently using these government initiatives.
A final report (PDF, 523 Kb) and evidence base (PDF, 860 Kb) were produced.
