Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make it her policy to include responsibility for young people within the portfolio of a specified Minister; to establish a champion for young people; and take steps to ensure co-ordination of policy regarding young people across all Government Departments.

Youth policy is already part of my Ministerial portfolio. Making sure young people can access the support and opportunities they need to fulfil their potential is a priority across Government. Departments collaborate closely on policies relating to young people and as demonstrated by the attendance of the Secretary of State for Education and the Minister for Sport and Civil Society at the recent Youth Parliament, Ministers are personally committed to championing young people.