Written Evidence Mar. 01 2024
Inquiry: The future of news: impartiality, trust and technologyFound: This submission is grounded in the recognition that, while it is essential to focus on the political
Asked by: Kim Leadbeater (Labour - Batley and Spen)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment on the impact of (a) the Our Generation Our Vote project and (b) other political literacy projects on levels of political engagement among young people.
Answered by Damian Hinds - Minister of State (Education)
As part of the national curriculum for Citizenship at key stages 3 and 4, pupils will learn about Parliament, the importance of voting and elections, and the actions citizens can take in democratic and electoral processes to influence decisions locally, nationally and beyond. The national curriculum programmes of study for Citizenship are available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-curriculum-in-england-citizenship-programmes-of-study.
Schools are subject to statutory duties regarding political impartiality, which require them to present partisan political issues in a balanced and impartial way. The department has published guidance to support schools to meet their duties regarding political impartiality which is available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/political-impartiality-in-schools.
The guidance is clear that schools are responsible for reviewing any external materials that they use to ensure they are factual, balanced and age appropriate. The department therefore has no plans to assess the impact of the Our Generation Our Vote project or other political literacy projects, centrally.
Correspondence Mar. 19 2024
Committee: Liaison Committee (Lords)Found: Political advertising is a fundamental part of any democratic system and is an established way for political
Written Evidence Mar. 20 2024
Inquiry: Defending DemocracyFound: Media literacy to empower citizens to reflect upon and critically analyse content they see, and deepfake
Written Evidence Jan. 30 2024
Inquiry: Financial EducationFound: From the age of 18, they will be full citizens taking political decisions affecting public spending
Written Evidence Mar. 20 2024
Inquiry: Defending DemocracyFound: In terms of the type of misinformation seen, a quarter (25%) said that this related to political
Feb. 23 2024
Source Page: CSPL 319th Meeting, Thursday 18 January 2024: Agenda and MinutesFound: The 28 recommendations of the report had been grouped into 8 themes: co-ordination and behaviour; political
Written Evidence Feb. 15 2024
Inquiry: The future of news: impartiality, trust and technologyFound: Polarization and Partisanship: Increasing division in society or among groups, often along political
Asked by: Alexander Stafford (Conservative - Rother Valley)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the impact of the British Youth Council on the political literacy of young people.
Answered by Stuart Andrew - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
I was sorry to learn about the closure of the British Youth Council and want to express gratitude for its work over the years. Government is committed to the delivery of the UK Youth Parliament and intends to use funding allocated to BYC in 2024/25 to support the programme. We are working alongside previous UKYP delivery partners from English regions and the devolved administrations, to understand the implications of BYCs closure for programme delivery. We have been working at pace to identify a suitable organisation which can hold overall grant management responsibility for the UKYP 24/25 and I will update the house as soon as next steps have been formalised. In parallel, we will be leading engagement with young people and key stakeholders to plan for the longer-term future of the UKYP.
An evaluation of the impact of the Youth Parliament was conducted between October 2022 and March 2023 and found that all stakeholders, participants, delivery staff and policy officials, agreed that the programmes were important vehicles to engage young people in the UK political processes and support youth-informed policy development. A new evaluation of the UK Youth Parliament programme was started in 23/24 and is due to conclude in 24/25.
Since 2017, Government has provided a total amount of c.£2.4m to the British Youth Council to deliver youth voice activities including the UK Youth Parliament, Youth Select Committees and Make Your Mark.
Written Evidence Mar. 06 2024
Inquiry: The future of news: impartiality, trust and technologyFound: There’s consistent evidence that individual-level factors like political interest, interpersonal