A question on #YouthWork tabled by Cat Smith on 23-01-2025 has been answered by Stephanie Peacock.

Heading: Youth Work
Question ID: 1758294
UIN: 26023
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-01-23
Asking Member ID: 4436
Asking Member display name: Cat Smith
Asking Member handle: CatSmithMP
Asking Member Twitter reference: @CatSmithMP
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to support youth work as a profession by providing (a) financial support for students and (b) fieldwork placements.
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Date answered: 2025-01-31
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Is holding answer: false
Is correcting answer: false
Answering Member ID: 4607
Answering Member display name: Stephanie Peacock
Answering Member handle: Steph_Peacock
Answering Member Twitter reference: @Steph_Peacock
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Answer text: DCMS works with the National Youth Agency (NYA) to fund bursaries for individuals to obtain youth work qualifications. Since 2019, £4 million of funding has been provided to the NYA via the Youth Worker Bursary Fund, allowing over 2,500 individuals from u...
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Answering body ID: 217
Answering body name: Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Tweeted: true