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

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if her Department will roll out the Youth Investment Fund by August 2022.

Phase Two of the Youth Investment Fund is expected to open in summer 2022.

Phase One, administered by BBC Children in Need, has already delivered £12 million of funding this year to over 400 local youth organisations in levelling up priority areas in England. The funding has enabled local youth providers to invest in small-scale capital projects, including equipment and small redevelopments, that expand the reach, number and range of services they currently offer.