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House of Commons · Ministers' Questions

Youth Investment Fund

Thursday 23 May 2024 · 4 questions

Summarised by AI from the official record, so it can contain mistakes.

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Answered 3 Partly answered 1 Not answered 0

Key points

  • 250 million has been awarded to 227 organisations to support youth facilities.
  • 300,000 opportunities have been provided through the national youth guarantee.
  • 4 million has been given to Welsh National Opera through the Arts Council.

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Questions & Answers

Q1 Paul Howell
Education Employment
Context

The MP seeks an assessment of the youth investment fund's impact on young people's opportunities.

Question

What assessment she has made of the impact of the youth investment fund on opportunities for young people?

Answer from Lucy Frazer

To date, £250 million has been awarded to 227 organisations to build, renovate and expand youth provision. The programme aims to support up to 300 youth facilities, benefiting 45,000 young people each year.

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Q2 Paul Howell
Context

The MP requests details on the importance of community youth organisations and the scope of support provided by the Conservative Government.

Question

Could the Secretary of State just remind us how important these community groups are—the scouts, the brass bands, and all of the different things that we see around our communities—and maybe just remind us of the breadth and scope of support that this Conservative Government have given to such organisations?

Answer from Lucy Frazer

We have provided 300,000 opportunities through our national youth guarantee. This includes providing 12,000 disadvantaged young people with adventures away from home; making 30,000 places available for the Duke of Edinburgh award scheme; and creating 250 new uniformed youth groups.

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Q3 Alex Davies-Jones Lab Pontypridd
Wales Culture, Media & Sport
Context

The MP inquires about steps the Secretary of State is taking to safeguard Wales' world-class WNO and its jobs and opportunities.

Question

What steps is the Secretary of State taking to safeguard our world-class WNO and the jobs and opportunities it provides for young people and everyone across Wales and the south-west?

Answer from Lucy Frazer

This Government have given £4 million through the Arts Council to Welsh National Opera—the same amount that the Welsh Government have given. The Arts Council has also provided transition funding, and WNO is in the top 10% of organisations funded.

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Q4 Thangam Debbonaire Lab
Education Culture, Media & Sport
Context

The MP questions the Secretary of State on whether young people in Bristol are better off after 14 years of Conservative failures.

Question

Can the Secretary of State, or anyone else on the Tory Benches, honestly tell the young people in Bristol and across the UK that they are better off, after 14 years of Conservative failures on youth services, failures on education and failures on skills development, than they would be under a Government led by Keir Starmer and a changed Labour party?

Answer from Lucy Frazer

This Government have supported young people through education in outstanding schools—80% of young people get an outstanding education. We are up in the PISA tables for education. The creative industries tax relief has doubled employment and revenues.

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Not addressed: The answer does not address whether young people are better off, instead focusing on achievements in education and creative industries.

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