Governments are often criticised for carrying out consultation on plans that appear to have already been made. In the case of Youth Work - Opportunities for All, however, the Scottish Executive seems to have gone to the other extreme.
Rather than receiving a draft version of the long-awaited national youth work strategy, the eager reader is instead confronted with 36 questions, which it was assumed government officials had been attempting to formulate answers to themselves for the past two years, causing the document's delay.
Up for debate
Until the consultation period is complete in November, the Scottish Executive says it is too early to speculate on the level of funding needed to back up the strategy, or whether a statutory duty should be placed on local authorities to provide youth opportunities.
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