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

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment he has made of the positive effect of youth work in supporting (a) young LGBT people, (b) young people with special needs, (c) young women, (d) religious communities and (e) other groups with specific identities.

Government is committed to supporting youth workers to develop the skills they need to best support all young people. We have pledged to renew specific youth work qualifications that were due to expire in 2020, subject to a business case, and review the youth work training curriculum.