Representatives from the academic community will present their views to the education select committee inquiry into services for young people on 9 March. Committee chair Graham Stuart described the lack of evidence to show that youth programmes make a difference as an "extraordinary failure" during the first inquiry sitting.
But Janet Batsleer, principal lecturer in youth and community work at Manchester Metropolitan University, who is due to speak to the committee, said: "Youth workers have been evaluating their programmes for a long time.
"The previous government evaluated the schemes it funded such as the Positive Activities for Young People programme. Yet no-one seems to be mentioning these."
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