The NAO report collates for the first time a wide range of information from across government about the adverse outcomes facing the most vulnerable adolescents. The Department for Education told us it would be challenging to report across government on ‘every possible difficulty’ but it would be possible to focus on individual issues or clusters of issues that often co-occur.14 It also said there was value in understanding the complex overlaps between clusters and using that information to identify where a particular approach to a set of overlapping needs makes sense.15 6 C&AG’s Report, paras 3, 1.5 7 Q 23 8 Q 81 9 Q 88 10 Q 94 11 Q 17 12 Children’s Commissioner for England, Teenagers falling through the gaps, July 2020 13 C&AG’s Report, Figure 9, para 1.32 14 Q 92 15 Q 94 Support for vulnerable adolescents 11 Leadership in addressing the challenges faced by vulnerable adolescents.