Youth Provision: Universal and Targeted Support Debate
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Helen Maguire
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Youth Provision: Universal and Targeted Support
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Harpreet Uppal
I will take both interventions, but then I need to make a bit of progress before I take interventions from other Members.
Harpreet Uppal
I do agree. I will now take the intervention from the hon. Member for Epsom and Ewell (Helen Maguire).
Helen Maguire
The 2020 investigation by the all-party parliamentary group on knife crime and violence reduction found a strong negative association between the closure of youth centres and increases in local knife crime. Every year, youth services save the public purse £500 million by preventing crime. In Surrey, spending has fallen by 49% since 2010, so does the hon. Member agree that investment in youth services is invaluable in preventing both knife crime and antisocial behaviour?