Question follow-through · 123512
Youth Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when the Government intends to begin the review of the statutory duty on local authorities to provide a sufficient youth offer, and whether this review will consider strengthening statutory prote
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- Answering body
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- Tabled
- 24 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 26 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 26 Mar 2026 · 2 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
24 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when the Government intends to begin the review of the statutory duty on local authorities to provide a sufficient youth offer, and whether this review will consider strengthening statutory prote
26 Mar 2026
Target answer date
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26 Mar 2026
Answer published
In September 2023 DCMS published updated statutory guidance to support local authorities’ understanding of the existing duty and how to deliver it. In the longer-term, we will explore reviewing the current local authorities’ statutory duty for youth servi...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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