Written questions

Youth Work: Finance

Commons · Question 70009 · Tabled 22 Jul 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport · Official record

Answered 5 Sep 2025

Question

Asked by Edward Morello

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

Answered by Stephanie Peacock, 5 Sep 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...