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1466466

	hansard heading	Youth Services: Finance
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave on 28/04/22 to Question <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-04-25/159010" target="_blank">159010</a>.</p> answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1385878

	hansard heading	Youth Services: Finance
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Earlier this year, DCMS conducted a Youth Review to ensure that our spending, policy and programmes meet the needs of young people. The review heard from over 6,000 young people and 120 youth organisations. The findings will be published shortly. DCMS is also committed to completing the review of the Local Authority Statutory Duty for Youth Services, previously paused due to the COVID-19 pandemic.</p><p>Our priority in the pandemic has been to stabilise youth charities and help them through the impact of this. We have achieved this through our unprecedented charity sector package, from which £100 million has gone to organisations supporting children and young people during the pandemic, including £15.6 million through the Youth Covid Support Fund which provided emergency funding specifically for youth services.</p><p>Following the 2021 Spending Review, we are investing £560 million in youth services in England, including the Youth Investment Fund and ongoing support for the National Citizen Service.</p><p> </p> answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1366983

	hansard heading	Youth Services: Finance
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Earlier this year, DCMS conducted a Youth Review to ensure that our spending, policy and programmes meet the needs of young people. The review heard from over 6,000 young people and 120 youth organisations. The findings will be published shortly. DCMS is also committed to completing the review of the Local Authority Statutory Duty for Youth Services, previously paused due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Together, the results will give a clear direction for our out-of-school youth agenda for all partners providing youth services, including Local Authorities.</p><p>To support the youth workforce, DCMS funds the National Youth Agency to set professional standards, qualifications and a curriculum for youth work, including a new youth work apprenticeship and free-to-access training. DCMS bursaries have fully-funded hundreds of individuals to gain youth work qualifications who otherwise may have been excluded due to cost.</p> answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1472825

	hansard heading	Youth Services: Finance
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Local Authorities have a statutory duty to allocate funding to youth services in line with local need, this includes provision during the summer holidays. This is funded from the Local Government settlement, which was over £12 billion last year.</p><p>DCMS has been working closely with the Department for Education on the Holiday Activity and Food (HAF) programme, which will provide disadvantaged children and families with access to healthy food and enriching activities during the longer school holidays. The Department for Education is making over £600 million available to Local Authorities in England over the next 3 years to deliver this programme with the funding being distributed through all 152 local authorities in England.</p><p>In addition, the DCMS funded National Citizen Service (NCS) is running a range of activities during the 2022 summer holidays, providing access to adventures away from home, skills development, engaging in local community projects and volunteering opportunities for thousands of young people across the country.</p> answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1459938

	hansard heading	Youth Services: Finance
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Local Authorities have a statutory duty to allocate funding to youth services in line with local need, including detached youth work. This is funded from the Local Government settlement, which was over £12 billion last year. DCMS are currently reviewing the guidance associated with the statutory duty.</p><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 will be supported by a three year £560 million investment 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> </p> answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
	tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

1460031

	hansard heading	Youth Services: Finance
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Local Authorities have a statutory duty to allocate funding to youth services in line with local need, including detached youth work. This is funded from the Local Government settlement, which was over £12 billion last year. DCMS are currently reviewing the guidance associated with the statutory duty.</p><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 will be supported by a three year £560 million investment 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> </p> answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1401862

	hansard heading	Youth Services: Finance
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>I would like to refer the honourable member to Parliamentary Question <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-12-07/88791" target="_blank">88971</a>, regarding adequacy of the current funding levels for youth services:</p><p>To kickstart the Youth Investment Fund, £10 million will be spent this year in key levelling up areas. This will enable local youth providers to invest in capital projects that expand the reach, number and range of services they currently offer. Further details including investment areas and eligibility criteria, alongside plans regarding the remainder of the fund, will be announced in due course.</p><p>The Government recognises that local youth provision relies on a mix of statutory and voluntary sector provision. The Youth Investment Fund will seek to build on locally available provision and will encourage bids that show all partners working together to maximise the impact of investment to help create sustainable funding for the new facilities.</p><p> </p> answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
	tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1401864

	hansard heading	Youth Services: Finance
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>I would like to refer the honourable member to Parliamentary Question <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-12-07/88791" target="_blank">88971</a>, regarding adequacy of the current funding levels for youth services:</p><p>To kickstart the Youth Investment Fund, £10 million will be spent this year in key levelling up areas. This will enable local youth providers to invest in capital projects that expand the reach, number and range of services they currently offer. Further details including investment areas and eligibility criteria, alongside plans regarding the remainder of the fund, will be announced in due course.</p><p>The Government recognises that local youth provision relies on a mix of statutory and voluntary sector provision. The Youth Investment Fund will seek to build on locally available provision and will encourage bids that show all partners working together to maximise the impact of investment to help create sustainable funding for the new facilities.</p><p> </p> answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
	tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1488721

	hansard heading	Youth Services: Finance
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>DCMS received £560 million to deliver the National Youth Guarantee over the Spending Review period.</p><p>The first phase of the Youth Investment Fund saw £12 million spent in financial year 21/22 in key levelling up areas, which has provided funding for over 400 youth organisations. Funding was used for a wide range of equipment to assist with youth activities, as well as capital improvements that will reduce overheads and running costs. Phase Two will fund the construction or redevelopment of up to 300 youth facilities, targeting investment in left-behind areas, where young people have the greatest need and lowest provision. £368 million has been allocated to Phase Two, which will open for bids in summer 2022.</p><p>DCMS also funds the National Citizen Service (NCS) which is running a range of activities during the 2022 summer holidays, providing access to adventures away from home, skills development, engaging in local community projects and volunteering opportunities for thousands of young people across the country. NCS has already received £72 million this year and will receive around £100 million in the following two years. Additionally, DCMS has already signed a grant agreement with The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award scheme for £4.2 million, enabling them to offer every state secondary school in England the chance to participate, in collaboration with the Department for Education.</p><p>Finally DCMS has committed £6 million to the #iwill fund, fully matched by the National Lottery Community Fund, to support tens of thousands more youth volunteering opportunities.</p><p>Further funding to tackle Uniformed Youth waiting lists will begin to be released later this year.</p><p> </p> answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
	tabling member	4923 label Biography information for Kim Leadbeater

1472552

	hansard heading	Youth Services: Finance
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Local Authorities have a statutory duty to allocate funding to youth services in line with local need. This is funded from the Local Government settlement, which was over £12 billion last year. DCMS are currently reviewing the guidance associated with the statutory duty.</p><p>Last year, DCMS conducted a Youth Review to ensure that our spending, policy and programmes meet the needs of young people. The review heard from over 6,000 young people and 120 youth organisations. Grounded in the findings from this review, 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 volunteering opportunities. This will be supported by a three year £560 million investment in youth services, reflecting young people's priorities and addressing the inconsistencies in national youth spending, with a firm focus on levelling up.</p> answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
	tabling member	4755 label Biography information for Mick Whitley