On Thursday in Parliament there was a session entitled Topical Questions and a wide range of MPs contributed which included Nadia Whittome who is the Nottingham East representative. Her question began with the reference to a YMCA report that reports that £1.1 billion has been cut from youth services and the response from the Government came from Lucy Frazer who is the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport. The item is here and I have put the text below.

Nadia: A YMCA report last year found that £1.1 billion had been cut from youth services since 2010-11—a real-terms cut of 74%. While the Government’s national youth guarantee does provide a funding injection for youth services, it is nowhere near enough to reverse those cuts, and the funding is predominantly for capital investments. Will the Secretary of State commit to providing youth services with the sustainable revenue funding that they desperately need?

Lucy: I invite the hon. Member to read a speech I gave on youth, which is a massive priority of mine. We are funding significantly through DCMS and through the National Citizen Service as well as through a number of Departments. There are Home Office funds, Justice funds, and funds through the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities.