The all-party parliamentary group (APPG) on knife and violent crime reduction said the money is needed to ensure youth services can offer specialist support to the victims and perpetrators of violent crime.
The APPG also wants to see youth services work more closely with charities to deliver such specialist support, a new report said.
It looked at ways that youth services are already successfully addressing youth crime, with a strong focus on offering support as soon as a violent incident has occurred.
This includes the charity Redthread’s youth violence intervention programme (YVIP), which embeds youth workers in hospital A&E departments across London and the Midlands.
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