The admission came when Gove appeared before the British Youth Council’s (BYC) national scrutiny group this week to answer questions on the future of youth policy in central government.
During a 30-minute session with members of the group, Gove was quizzed on comments he made in January, when he told a cross-party group of MPs that youth policy was “not a central government priority”.
Scrutiny group member Yasmin Rufo, 15, said: “I asked if a transfer of responsibility of youth policy to DCLG was being considered.
“He confirmed this is something being looked at hard at the moment, because DCLG already has responsibility for some youth programmes such as the Youth United initiative.”
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