§ 34. Mr. Harold Daviesasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what progress has been made towards establishing a 10-year development programme for the Youth Service, as recommended to the Minister in the Albemarle Report 1960.
§ Mr. ChatawayMy Department, the local education authorities and the voluntary bodies are co-operating closely in giving effect to the developments recommended by the Albemarle Committee. These achievements include the setting up of the Youth Service Development Council, investment over seven years of more than £20 million in new building, co-operation with the Bristol Local Education Authority in designing and building the Withywood Youth Club, a five-fold increase in grants to 261W voluntary organisations, the establishment of a national college for the training of full-time Leaders, and the publication of a monthly broad-sheet to stimulate improvements. Local education authorities have almost doubled their expenditure on the Youth Service in four years.
§ 35. Mr. Harold Daviesasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how much is being spent by the Staffordshire Education Committee on the Youth Service; and how much is devoted to this service in the towns of Leek, Kids-grove, Biddulph and Cheadle in the Leek constituency
§ Mr. ChatawayExpenditure by the Staffordshire Education Committee on the Youth Service in the current year is estimated at £209,940, including £14,527 in respect of the towns of Leek, Kidsgrove, Biddulph and Cheadle.