Written Question·Department for Culture, Media and Sport·UIN 10909

Youth Services: Stoke-on-Trent North

Tabled: 23 October 2024
Answered: 31 October 2024

Question

David Williams

LabourStoke-on-Trent North

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to provide youth services with adequate funding in (a) Stoke-on-Trent North constituency and (b) Kidsgrove.

Answer

Stephanie Peacock
As 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 in their area. This...

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