Written Question·Department for Culture, Media and Sport·UIN 26501

Youth Services

Tabled: 27 January 2025
Answered: 3 February 2025

Question

Anneliese Midgley

LabourKnowsley

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to ensure a minimum level of provision for youth services across the country.

Answer

Stephanie Peacock
Local authorities have a statutory duty to secure, so far as is reasonably practicable, sufficient provision of educational and recreational leisure-time activities for young people. In September 2023 DCMS published updated statutory guidance to support l...

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