Former youth minister Rob Wilson announced plans for a new strategy in November 2016, stating at the time that the government would work with the youth sector to develop a "clear narrative and vision" for how best to help young people.
However, Wilson lost his Reading East seat in this month's general election and youth leaders raised concerns about the future of the strategy after sports, tourism and heritage minister Tracey Crouch took on the civil society brief last week.
But National Youth Agency chief executive Paul Miller has told CYP Now he had been "reassured that the youth strategy will continue".
"Coupled with its new higher profile home with the sports minister, there is an opportunity to give it some teeth," he said.
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