Youth Services: Finance
Commons · Question 41541 · Tabled 26 Mar 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport · Official record
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Question
Asked by Martin Wrigley
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of reductions in youth service funding on young people.
Answer
Answered by Stephanie Peacock, 3 Apr 2025
Local authorities have a statutory duty to secure, so far as is reasonably practicable, sufficient youth services for young people in their area. This is funded through the Local Government Funding Settlement.We acknowledge the challenges facing the secto...