Extract from Westminster Hall debate on Funding for Youth Services - Feb 28

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (Stuart Andrew):...Ensuring that all young people have access to youth services is a top priority for me and the Secretary of State, but before I turn to the details of Government funding, it is important that I set out the wider context. A wide range of youth services operate in this country, funded from a wide variety of sources. UK Youth estimates that there are 8,500 organisations involved in delivering youth services, with a total expenditure of up to £2 billion. I thank them all for what they do. In addition, much of the funding delivered through our public bodies, such as Sport England  Arts Council England and the National Lottery Community Fund, benefits young people, although it is not formally counted as youth service spending...

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