Voting Behaviour: Young People

(asked on 13th March 2017) - View Source

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 8 March 2017 to Question 66308, what assessment the Government has made of the effect of full-time social action on youth voter engagement.


Answered by
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Rob Wilson
This question was answered on 21st March 2017

The Government has not conducted an assessment of the effect of full-time social action on youth voter engagement.

The Government has established a Review of Full Time Social Action by Young People which will consider the benefits and challenges of full-time volunteering among young people.

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