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Commons · Question 32200 · Tabled 21 Feb 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport · Official record

Answered 4 Mar 2025

Question

Asked by Gareth Snell

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to her Department's Statutory guidance for local authorities’ youth provision, published on 27 September 2023, what progress local authorities have made on conducting Needs assessm

Answer

Answered by Stephanie Peacock, 4 Mar 2025

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. Although there is no legal requirement for local authoriti...