Written Question·Home Office·UIN 122195
Youth Services: Accident and Emergency Departments
Tabled: 19 March 2026
Answered: 27 March 2026
Question
Vicky Foxcroft
Labour — Lewisham North
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment the Department has made of the effectiveness of A&E navigator programmes in reducing a) youth violence and b) exploitation of young people.
Answer
Sarah JonesAccording to the Youth Endowment Fund toolkit, the available studies suggest that A&E navigator programmes could have a high impact on preventing further involvement in violence.The majority of Violence Reduction Units in England and Wales deliver A&a...
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