Youth Services

(asked on 1st November 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of spending on youth services excluding spending on the National Citizen Service.


Answered by
Tracey Crouch Portrait
Tracey Crouch
This question was answered on 9th November 2017

Local authorities are responsible for allocating funding to youth services in line with local need. Section 251 data gathered by the Department for Education shows that between 2012/13 and 2015/16 total local authority spending on youth services has reduced by 36%.

Local authority spending is only one part of the picture: many local authorities are creating new partnerships and models to respond to the changing funding landscape. Government has supported local authorities to adapt through the £700,000 Delivering Differently for Young People programme and is investing £80 million through the Youth Investment and #iwill Funds to increase opportunities for young people to develop skills and participate in their communities.

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