The proposals, already proving controversial in other areas of children’s services, would see authorities rated on the services they provide. But the youth work sector appears split over whether the idea is good for youth services.
Children’s minister Tim Loughton said tables similar to those monitoring outcomes for children in care would help "concentrate people’s minds" on why some authorities are doing well and others are not. He has outlined his desire to see a local audit of provision by young people over the quality of local youth services, which is likely to feature as part of the government’s imminent youth policy statement.
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