Tom Wylie, chief executive of The National Youth Agency, said: "I outlined our concerns to the minister last week. The change of title is a little triumph. I would like to see the name of the directorate also changed to include young people in the title."
Hodge was made the first minister of state for children at the DfES in the ministerial reshuffle (YPN, 18-24 June, p2). Her portfolio includes Connexions, youth services and the Children and Young People's Unit.
A reshuffle of portfolios has resulted in young people and adult skills minister Ivan Lewis taking on the role of parliamentary under secretary of state for skills and vocational education, while Alan Johnson is named minister of state for lifelong learning and higher education. The Teenage Pregnancy Unit, drug, alcohol and sex education now come under the remit of Stephen Twigg, as parliamentary under secretary of state for schools.
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