Youth minister Margaret Hodge said the green paper, announced in the Government's five-year education plan, will examine how existing services can work more closely.
"There are too many silos," she told YPN. "Think of how often young people are assessed. They get assessed by drug action teams, by youth offending teams, by Connexions. It's crazy."
The green paper, due out in the autumn, will define the policies necessary to realise the "integrated youth offer" that the Government proposed in its education plan, Five Year Strategy for Children and Learners.
The "offer" aims to provide young people with more out-of-school activities, advice and chances to volunteer. It will draw on the experience of Connexions.
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