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Youth Services: Accountability

Asked by Connor NaismithLabourDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled Answered 26 March 2026UIN 123510

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what mechanisms her Department will put in place to ensure transparent and ongoing accountability for the delivery of the National Youth Strategy, including how progress against its commitments will be reported to Parliament and to the public.

Answered by Stephanie Peacock

Youth Matters: Your National Youth Strategy, will put young people from all backgrounds in the driving seat when it comes to decisions that affect their own lives.

We are committed to being accountable to young people, their parents/carers, sector partners, and the wider public to deliver this strategy.

Every year, our department will invite a diverse group of young people to run a national hearing on the delivery of the strategy. This process will be co-designed with young people. We will also publish an interim delivery progress report in 2027.

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