Children, Young People & Families

The Office for National Statistics has published the latest unemployment figures, which show that in the three months to March 2013, there were 958,000 unemployed 16 to 24 years olds, down 17,000 from the previous quarter.

The Department for Education has launched a consultation on the method used to allocate the discretionary element of the 16-19 Bursary Fund to providers.

The Institute for Youth Work has confirmed that it will be open to qualified, non-qualified and student youth workers in September.

The Department for Education has been working with the Centre for Analysis of Youth Transitions (CAYT) to set up an open access data bank of quality assured impact studies on services and programmes that support the development of young people.