Written Question·Department for Culture, Media and Sport·UIN 43533

Youth Services: Finance

Tabled: 2 April 2025
Answered: 17 April 2025

Question

Ian Byrne

LabourLiverpool West Derby

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure local authorities have sufficient funds for youth services.

Answer

Stephanie Peacock
Local authorities hold the statutory duty to secure, so far as is reasonably practicable, sufficient provision of educational and recreational leisure-time activities for young people. Local Authorities fund youth services from their Local Government Sett...

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