National Youth Strategy

Baroness Butler-Sloss Excerpts

Tuesday 10th December 2024 Lords Chamber

[Baroness Twycross (Lab)]

As the noble Lord will be aware, there is a whole host of other programmes delivered by the department in addition to the National Citizen Service. We did not want to do what the previous Government did with vinspired and let the organisation wither on the vine.

[Baroness Butler-Sloss (CB)]

My Lords, what is the national youth strategy doing, if anything, about the issues surrounding county lines?

[Baroness Twycross (Lab)]

One of the things about not having a youth strategy that goes across government is that we have not necessarily had joined-up work. I am happy to get a response to the noble and learned Baroness on that, but my understanding is that this is one of the issues that the Young Futures hubs will work on. They are committed to intervening early to stop young people being drawn into crime and other poor outcomes.