The shocking numbers mean 60,000 more 16 to 24 year-olds are classed as not in education, employment or training (NEETs) than when Labour came to power two years ago.

The government is under significant pressure to solve the country’s growing Neet crisis, which refers to the number of 16- to 24-year-olds not in education, employment, or training

The total of so-called Neets had gone over a million earlier this year.