Its report, Engaging Young People, has found that a higher proportion of youth services were judged good or better during the latest inspection cycle that ended in 2008 compared with the previous one that finished in 2005. No youth services were considered inadequate in the latest round of inspections.
Children's minister Beverley Hughes said the report "paints a picture of rapidly improving youth services around the country". She added: "But it is also a timely reminder that the work needs to continue, and that we need to open evening provision on Friday and Saturday nights if we're going to give young people an alternative to crime and antisocial behaviour."
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