Local Authorities are required to track young peoples participation in education and training enabling those who are not in education, employment or training to be identified. They record the current activity of 16 to 18 year olds on a local database which must meet the Client Caseload Information System specification published by the Department each year. Data can be broken down by local authority, gender, age, disability, ethnic group and characteristics such as teenage parents.
Individual level information is aggregated and published on the Departments website both as administrative data and official statistics. More detailed breakdowns of aggregated data are shared with local authorities for benchmarking purposes and used by the department for policy development.
