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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2018-03-05more like thismore than 2018-03-05
answering body
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport more like this
answering dept id 10 more like this
answering dept short name Digital, Culture, Media and Sport more like this
answering dept sort name Digital, Culture, Media and Sport more like this
hansard heading Young People: Voluntary Work more like this
house id 1 remove filter
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Youth Full Time Social Action Review published in January 2018, what steps he is taking to widen participation in youth full-time social action programmes, particularly by people from low income backgrounds. more like this
tabling member constituency Barnsley Central more like this
tabling member printed
Dan Jarvis remove filter
uin 131088 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2018-03-08more like thismore than 2018-03-08
answer text <p>Government is committed to ensuring that young people can take part in social action projects and programmes regardless of their background. The yearly independent National Youth Social Action Survey reports on the socio-economic gap in participation enabling us to monitor year on year progress and to take action to close this gap. In 2016 the survey identified a participation gap of 9% points between the most affluent and least affluent, down from 20% points in 2014.</p><p> </p><p>Government has invested £20 million of seed funding as part of the match funded #iwill fund to provide opportunities to young people to participate in meaningful social action. The #iwill Fund works closely with match funders to identify cold spots and directs funding to engage the hard to reach.</p><p> </p><p>The National Citizen Service (NCS) Trust also ensure young people from all backgrounds are able to participate. In summer 2016, 17% of NCS participants were eligible for free school meals compared with around 8% of young people of the same age in the general population.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will issue its response to the Review of Full Time Social Action by Young People in due course.</p>
answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford more like this
answering member printed Tracey Crouch more like this
question first answered
less than 2018-03-08T14:56:19.083Zmore like thismore than 2018-03-08T14:56:19.083Z
answering member
3950
label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch more like this
tabling member
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label Biography information for Dan Jarvis more like this