Gove made the comments last month during an education select committee meeting about ongoing reforms at the Department for Education, stating: “Youth policy is a priority for local government and not central government.”
The words have prompted more than 100 senior figures in the sector to sign a joint letter warning that a lack of government interest in youth services risks triggering social unrest.
The National Scrutiny Group – which is composed of fifteen 11- to 19-year-olds formed to ensure government policies that affect young people take their views into account – has revealed it will probe Gove’s remarks at its next meeting on 25 February.
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