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1029486

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Zimbabwe: International Military Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if his Department holds (a) records and (b) documents relating to International Military Services Ltd operations in Zimbabwe in 1983.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	204595
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2019 answer text <p>Due to ongoing legal proceedings between International Military Services Ltd and the Iranian Ministry of Defence and Support for the Armed Forces of Iran (known as MODSAF), it would not be appropriate for the Ministry of Defence to comment.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 204592 204593 204594 204596 204597 question first answered 08/01/2019 17:00:39 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1623666

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2023
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	217
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Youth Services: Stockport
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department plans to increase funding for (a) youth clubs and (b) other youth services in Stockport (i) constituency and (ii) borough.
	tabling member constituency	Stockport
	tabling member printed	Navendu Mishra
	uin	182728
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2023 answer text <p>The Government recognises the vital role that youth services and activities play in improving the life chances and wellbeing of young people.The Government has committed to a National Youth Guarantee: that by 2025, every young person will have access to regular clubs and activities, adventures away from home and opportunities to volunteer. This is supported by a three-year investment of over £500 million in youth services, reflecting young people's priorities and addressing the inconsistencies in national youth spending with a firm focus on levelling up. Young people in Stockport will benefit from elements of the National Youth Guarantee, for example, a year-round National Citizen Service programme; increased access to the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award; and volunteering opportunities through #iwill fund.</p><p>As set out in section 507B of the Education Act 1996, 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’. This is funded from the Local Government settlement, the majority of which is un-ringfenced, allowing local authorities to spend on services according to local priorities, including on youth services. The settlement is anticipated to be almost £60 billion this year (FY 23/24) for councils in England - a 9% increase on the previous year.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 02/05/2023 15:58:07 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4811 label Biography information for Navendu Mishra

1681607

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2024
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	217
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Youth Services: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will develop a skills and workforce plan for youth services.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	9241
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2024 answer text <p>The Government recognises the vital role that youth services and activities play in improving the life chances and wellbeing of young people.</p><p>While local authorities are responsible for delivering youth provision, the Government has worked closely with local authorities to update statutory guidance to support this delivery. The Government additionally provides significant funding to support youth services, with over £1.1 billion provided to the youth sector from DCMS In England between 2015 and 2021.</p><p>Furthermore, over this Spending Review Period, DCMS is investing over £500 million in youth services to deliver the National Youth Guarantee, a government commitment that by 2025, every young person will have access to regular clubs and activities, adventures away from home and opportunities to volunteer. This includes a significant number of interventions. For example, the Youth Investment Fund is delivering grants to build, renovate and expand youth centres, and the Million Hours Fund has created more than a million hours of youth activities in antisocial behaviour hotspots.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 19/01/2024 09:27:01 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1648179

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2023
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	217
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Youth Services: Leicester
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department plans to take to (a) level up and (b) improve the provision of services for young people in (i) Leicester East constituency and (ii) Leicester.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Claudia Webbe
	uin	191381
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2023 answer text <p>The Government recognises the vital role that youth services and activities play in improving the life chances and wellbeing of young people.</p><p>Recognising this, the Government has committed to a National Youth Guarantee: that by 2025, every young person will have access to regular clubs and activities, adventures away from home and opportunities to volunteer. This is supported by a three-year investment of over £500 million in youth services, reflecting young people's priorities and addressing the inconsistencies in national youth spending with a firm focus on levelling up.</p><p>As part of the National Youth Guarantee, the Youth Investment Fund will level up access to services for young people across the country. The Youth Investment Fund will target investment in less advantaged areas of England, where young people have the greatest need. The £300m fund is place-based and locally led, with 45 local authorities and over 600 district wards eligible to apply. Leicester, including Leicester East, has been eligible for this funding and although the fund is now closed for new applications, we anticipate making the next round of funding announcements this summer.</p><p>Young people in Leicester will also benefit from other elements of the National Youth Guarantee, for example, a year-round National Citizen Service programme; increased access to the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award; expanded uniformed youth groups and volunteering opportunities through the #iwill Fund.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 04/07/2023 11:09:12 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4848 label Biography information for Claudia Webbe

1611831

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2023
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	217
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Youth Services: Greater London
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding the Government has provided to the youth sector in each year since 2015 in (a) London, (b) the London Borough of Enfield and (c) Enfield North constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield North
	tabling member printed	Feryal Clark
	uin	181375
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>Set out in section 507B of the Education Act 1996, 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’. This is funded from the Local Government settlement, the majority of which is un-ringfenced, allowing local authorities to spend on services according to local priorities, including on youth services.</p><p>Details of all Local Authorities annual spending on youth services can be found in Section 251 data published on gov.uk. Funding is not allocated by the Parliamentary constituency and as such the data will not provide a figure for the Enfield North constituency.</p><p>The Government recognises the vital role that youth services and activities play in improving the life chances and wellbeing of young people. In England, between 2015 - 2021, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), including the National Citizen Service (NCS) Trust, has provided over £1.1 billion to the youth sector. During this Spending Review Period, DCMS is investing over £500 million in youth services to deliver the National Youth Guarantee, a government commitment that by 2025, every young person will have access to regular clubs and activities, adventures away from home and opportunities to volunteer.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 24/04/2023 11:33:24 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4822 label Biography information for Feryal Clark

1640590

	registered interest
	date	25/05/2023
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	217
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Youth Services: Greater London
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the real-terms change to funding for youth services has been in each year since 2015 in (a) Enfield North constituency, (b) the London Borough of Enfield and (c) London.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield North
	tabling member printed	Feryal Clark
	uin	186980
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2023 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave on 19 April 2023 to Question <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-04-18/181375" target="_blank">181375</a>.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 06/06/2023 08:33:03 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4822 label Biography information for Feryal Clark

1656096

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2023
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	217
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Youth Services: Grants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	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 Voice 2021 Grant.
	tabling member constituency	Solihull
	tabling member printed	Julian Knight
	uin	196127
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2023 answer text <p>The government recognises the vital role that youth services and activities play in improving the life chances and wellbeing of young people.</p><p>The Youth Voice Group Grant was to support young people across England to participate in the development of policy affecting them, enabling more young people to have their voices heard and participate in decision making on a national policy level.</p><p>The department sets objectives for grant funding when designing the grant scheme and allocates funding in accordance with those objectives.The Youth Engagement Impact Study, which includes the Youth Voice 2021 Grant, can be found <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/youth-engagement-impact-study" target="_blank">here</a>.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 08/09/2023 15:37:43 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1639334

	registered interest
	date	22/05/2023
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	217
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Youth Services: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the real-terms change to funding for youth services has been in each year since 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Tiverton and Honiton
	tabling member printed	Richard Foord
	uin	186256
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2023 answer text <p>The Government recognises the vital role that youth services and activities play in improving the life chances and wellbeing of young people. In England, between 2015 - 2021, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), including the National Citizen Service (NCS), provided over £1.1 billion to the youth sector. Over this Spending Review Period, DCMS is investing over £500 million in youth services to deliver the National Youth Guarantee, a government commitment that by 2025, every young person will have access to regular clubs and activities, adventures away from home and opportunities to volunteer.</p><p>As set out in section 507B of the Education Act 1996, 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’. This is funded from the Local Government settlement, the majority of which is un-ringfenced, allowing local authorities to spend on services according to local priorities, including on youth services. The settlement is anticipated to be almost £60 billion this year (FY 23/24) for councils in England - a 9% increase on the previous year. Details of all Local Authorities’ annual spending on youth services in England can be found in Section 251 data published on gov.uk.</p><p>DCMS is committed to working with Youth Sector organisations and Local Authorities to review and improve the Local Authority Statutory Duty Guidance for Youth Services. We will publish the outcomes of the review in due course.</p><p>The devolved administrations of Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland are responsible for their own youth services.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 186257 question first answered 25/05/2023 10:58:47 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4942 label Biography information for Richard Foord

1639335

	registered interest
	date	22/05/2023
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	217
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Youth Services: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether the Government plans to make additional funding available for youth services in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Tiverton and Honiton
	tabling member printed	Richard Foord
	uin	186257
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2023 answer text <p>The Government recognises the vital role that youth services and activities play in improving the life chances and wellbeing of young people. In England, between 2015 - 2021, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), including the National Citizen Service (NCS), provided over £1.1 billion to the youth sector. Over this Spending Review Period, DCMS is investing over £500 million in youth services to deliver the National Youth Guarantee, a government commitment that by 2025, every young person will have access to regular clubs and activities, adventures away from home and opportunities to volunteer.</p><p>As set out in section 507B of the Education Act 1996, 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’. This is funded from the Local Government settlement, the majority of which is un-ringfenced, allowing local authorities to spend on services according to local priorities, including on youth services. The settlement is anticipated to be almost £60 billion this year (FY 23/24) for councils in England - a 9% increase on the previous year. Details of all Local Authorities’ annual spending on youth services in England can be found in Section 251 data published on gov.uk.</p><p>DCMS is committed to working with Youth Sector organisations and Local Authorities to review and improve the Local Authority Statutory Duty Guidance for Youth Services. We will publish the outcomes of the review in due course.</p><p>The devolved administrations of Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland are responsible for their own youth services.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 186256 question first answered 25/05/2023 10:58:47 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4942 label Biography information for Richard Foord

1681436

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2023
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	217
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Youth Services: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the impact of local authority spending on youth services.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	900904
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2024 answer text <p>The Government recognises the importance of local youth services. That’s why in England, between 2015 - 2021, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport provided over £1.1 billion to the youth sector. Furthermore, over this Spending Review Period, DCMS is investing over £500 million in youth services to deliver the National Youth Guarantee, a government commitment that by 2025, every young person will have access to regular clubs and activities, adventures away from home and opportunities to volunteer.</p><p>Additionally, local authorities have a statutory duty to provide funding for youth services in line with local needs, and the Government worked closely with local authorities to set out updated statutory guidance to support these efforts.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 11/01/2024 13:52:11 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell