Written Question·Department for Culture, Media and Sport·UIN 31678
Youth Services
Tabled: 13 February 2025
Answered: 27 February 2025
Question
Harpreet Uppal
Labour — Huddersfield
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to help support local authorities to provide statutory services for young people.
Answer
Stephanie PeacockAs set out in section 507B of the Education Act 1996, 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. At the Autumn Budg...
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