Question follow-through · 35985
Youth Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many local authorities have not fulfilled their statutory duty to provide recreational leisure-time activities for young people; and what steps the Government are taking to support those loca
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- Tabled
- 5 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 7 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 12 Mar 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
5 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many local authorities have not fulfilled their statutory duty to provide recreational leisure-time activities for young people; and what steps the Government are taking to support those loca
7 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 Mar 2025
Answer published
The Government does not hold the data requested. Local authorities fund youth services from their Local Government Settlement in line with local need, and this was increased to more than £69 billion in 2025/26 - a 6.8% increase in cash terms compared to 2...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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