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

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June 2018 to Question 148944, how many times officials of his Department have met with officials of 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 Health and Social Care, (h) Home Department, (i) Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and (j) Ministry of Justice to discuss 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.