Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to Government grants statistics 2020 to 2021, published on 31 March 2022, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the Youth Investment Fund 1819.
The government recognises the vital role that youth services and activities play in improving the life chances and wellbeing of young people.
The Youth Investment Fund (2017-2020) supported open access youth services in six regions of England by funding 90 organisations supporting young people’s development, building their confidence and helping them to become happy, healthy, and economically active adults.
The department sets objectives for grant funding when designing the grant scheme and allocates funding in accordance with those objectives. The evaluation for the Youth Investment Fund can be found here.