The TUC have a manifesto for Young People
- Just under 60 per cent of 16 and 17 year olds economically active and in full-time education.
- For 18-24 year olds, the number of those economically active is just under 3.8 million and the number of 18-24 year olds in employment stands at almost 3.4 million. Just over 16 percent of 18-24 year olds are economically active and in full-time education.
- 40 percent of all 16-25 year olds work in distribution, hotels and restaurants. They comprise nearly a third of its workforce.
- Just under 10 percent of 16-25 year olds work in public administration, education and health.
- 14 percent of 16-25 work in banking, insurance and finance.
- Nearly two-thirds of 16 year olds are employed in distribution, hotels and restaurants, compared to less than one in five 25 year olds.
- Less than five percent of 16 year olds are employed in banking, finance and insurance, compared to just over one in five 25 year olds employed in the same sector. This is higher than the proportion of all workers employed in banking, finance and insurance, which is just over 15 percent.
- Among 16 and 17 year olds who have left full-time education, 14 percent of young men work in manufacturing, compared to just six percent of young women. Similarly, one in 10 young men aged 16-17 and not in fulltime education are employed in construction compared to just one percent of young women in this age group.
- For 16-24 year old white workers the rate of unemployment is just under 11 percent. However, for 16-24 year olds workers from black and minority ethnic communities, unemployment ranges from a little over 18 percent among young Indian workers to nearly 37 percent among Bangladeshi 16-24 year olds.
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