As part of a two-year pilot, the young inspectors will monitor and evaluate national programmes that affect young people, carry out local visits and make recommendations to government on how policy and initiatives can be improved.
A separate pilot will see the creation of a national youth steering group, which will help develop youth policy. This may be through designing campaigns to be presented to policymakers and consulting young people.
And a third pilot will focus on researching how digital technology can be used to improve links between young people and government. This will involve both the steering and young inspector groups. The government is keen to make digital engagement with young people the groups' first major policy project.
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