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

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether his Department has discussed with the (a) Cabinet Office, (b) Department for Education, (c) Department for Exiting the European Union, (d) Department for International Development, (e) Department for Transport, (f) Department for Work and Pensions, (g) Department for Work and Pensions, (h) Department of Health and Social Care, (i) Home Office, (j) Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and (k) Ministry of Justice the implementation of cross-departmental youth policy since July 2016.

Ministers and officials across government have regular discussions with their Cabinet counterparts on a range of issues. DCMS regularly consults with other government departments on policy areas affecting young people, including on the Civil Society Strategy, to ensure a joined-up approach to policy making.