Youth Work: Rural Areas
Commons · Question 66844 · Tabled 10 Jul 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport · Official record
Answered 18 Jul 2025
Question
Asked by Edward Morello
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of access to youth work provision in (a) West Dorset constituency and (b) other rural areas.
Answer
Answered by Stephanie Peacock, 18 Jul 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. Local Authorities fund youth services from their Local Gov...