Apr. 29 2024
Source Page: Rwanda: country policy and information notesFound: There are barriers that young people face such as the technology, the digital literacy to get online
Apr. 29 2024
Source Page: Rwanda: country policy and information notesFound: under th e UK- Rwanda Arrangement; and (c) adequately explained to any asylum seeker who, for limited literacy
Found: The department heads a media literacy strategy that is due to end in 2025.
Apr. 25 2024
Source Page: Regulatory Horizons Council: the Future Regulation of Space TechnologiesFound: development, fielding and exploitation of such technologies occurs against the backdrop of myriad political
Mentions:
1: Lord Alton of Liverpool (XB - Life peer) But in practice, successive Governments have lacked the political will or capacity to implement and enforce - Speech Link
2: Lord Bishop of Guildford (Bshp - Bishops) Punjabi Bureau of Statistics on the social and economic well-being of women showed that, while women’s literacy - Speech Link
3: Lord Harries of Pentregarth (XB - Life peer) They have no representation in political life. - Speech Link
Asked by: Alexander Stafford (Conservative - Rother Valley)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the impact of the British Youth Council on the political literacy of young people.
Answered by Stuart Andrew - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
I was sorry to learn about the closure of the British Youth Council and want to express gratitude for its work over the years. Government is committed to the delivery of the UK Youth Parliament and intends to use funding allocated to BYC in 2024/25 to support the programme. We are working alongside previous UKYP delivery partners from English regions and the devolved administrations, to understand the implications of BYCs closure for programme delivery. We have been working at pace to identify a suitable organisation which can hold overall grant management responsibility for the UKYP 24/25 and I will update the house as soon as next steps have been formalised. In parallel, we will be leading engagement with young people and key stakeholders to plan for the longer-term future of the UKYP.
An evaluation of the impact of the Youth Parliament was conducted between October 2022 and March 2023 and found that all stakeholders, participants, delivery staff and policy officials, agreed that the programmes were important vehicles to engage young people in the UK political processes and support youth-informed policy development. A new evaluation of the UK Youth Parliament programme was started in 23/24 and is due to conclude in 24/25.
Since 2017, Government has provided a total amount of c.£2.4m to the British Youth Council to deliver youth voice activities including the UK Youth Parliament, Youth Select Committees and Make Your Mark.
Oral Evidence Apr. 23 2024
Inquiry: Defence in the Grey ZoneFound: among the public are public levels of trust in Government, which is key, and levels of public media literacy
Mentions:
1: Rachael Maskell (LAB - York Central) We need to deal with that to ensure we have universal provision, address the death literacy of our nation - Speech Link
2: Sally-Ann Hart (Con - Hastings and Rye) and consensus that shows that the funding of hospices and palliative and end of life care is not a political - Speech Link
Found: unable to provide that confirmation in writing as a result of P’s physical impairment or lack of literacy
Found: • Local authorities may use minimum expectations for literacy and numeracy in assessing suitability