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star this property registered interest false more like this
star this property date less than 2019-02-26more like thismore than 2019-02-26
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Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport more like this
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star this property answering dept short name Digital, Culture, Media and Sport more like this
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star this property hansard heading Leisure: Young People more like this
star this property house id 1 more like this
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star this property pref label House of Commons more like this
star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the number of local authorities in England and Wales that have been unable to meet their statutory duty to provide user-led recreational leisure activities for young people in each of the last eight years. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Vale of Clwyd remove filter
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Chris Ruane more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2019-03-04more like thismore than 2019-03-04
star this property answer text <p>My department is responsible for Section 507b of the 1996 Education Act that states that: “every local authority in England must, so far as reasonably practicable, secure for qualifying young persons in the authority’s area access to sufficient educational and recreational activities.”</p><p> </p><p>During the last eight years no one has sought to make the case to me or my Department that any local authority is in formal breach of this duty. The guidance, which sets out how this this statutory duty could be discharged, has not been revised since 2012 and in the Civil Society Strategy published last August we committed to review it. We will make a further announcement about our plans to do that in due course.</p> more like this
star this property answering member constituency Eastleigh more like this
unstar this property answering member printed Mims Davies more like this
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less than 2019-03-04T14:58:39.537Zmore like thismore than 2019-03-04T14:58:39.537Z
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star this property label Biography information for Mims Davies more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Chris Ruane more like this