2. Promoting Youth Employment AER Peer Review Jude Robinson Children’s Services Dept Area Manager, Post-14 Learning

3. Hampshire Economy Population: 1.28 million Key sectors: Finance and business services; public administration, education and health; retail, hotels and catering Unemployment: (16-65 yrs) 2.4%, compared to UK rate of 3.9% Job vacancies: Estimated 27,600 1.0 claimants for every vacancy, compared to 1.7 in UK

4. Youth Unemployment UK youth unemployment (16-24yrs) 21.9% (ILO definition) Hampshire 18-24 youth unemployment 4.2% (JSA claimant rate) 16-18 young people not in education, employment or training (NEET) 5.2% Variations in districts –some areas with high levels of youth unemployment and NEETs

5. Key challenges Raising the Participation Age (RPA) 14-16 vulnerable learners at risk of disengaging in school 16-18 NEETS 18-24 young unemployed

6. What we are doing? Raising the Participation Age – Framework Plan Working Futures: Employment initiatives Youth Support Service: Targeted, commissioned and sold Building on partnership approach and work with voluntary sector

7. Examples of projects Internship Plus for care leavers Award programme for ex-offenders Gosport College for NEETS Prince’s Trust for 18-24 entrepreneurship

8. Lessons from PYE Hampshire Youth Employment Plan – integrated with RPA Framework Developing ‘Working Futures’ – Hampshire’s role as an employer Youth Employment Conference – giving young people a voice