Written Question·Department for Culture, Media and Sport·UIN 70009

Youth Work: Finance

Tabled: 22 July 2025
Answered: 5 September 2025

Question

Edward Morello

Liberal Democrat — West Dorset

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure youth work funding is distributed (a) across the country and (b) rural areas.

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 their area. Local Authorities fund youth services from their Local Gov...
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