HC Deb 15 November 1982 vol 32 cc21-2W
Mr. D. E. Thomas

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) what was the expenditure per head of population for each English local education authority on youth service provision in each year since 1974;

(2) what was the expenditure per head of population aged nil to 15 years and aged 11 to 18 years for each English local education authority on youth service provision in each year since 1974;

(3) what was the expenditure per head of population on the youth service in England in each year since 1974;

(4) what was the total local education authority expenditure for each local education authority in England on youth service provision in each year since 1974;

(5) what was the proportion of each individual local education authority's total expenditure spent on youth service provision for each individual local education authority in England in each year since 1974;

(6) what proportion of full or part-time youth service staff has a professional qualification in youth work, social work or related fields for (a) England and (b) each local education authority in England;

(7) what was the number of local authority (a) full-time officers, (b) part-time workers and (c) full-time workers to each 10,000 head of total population for (i) England and (ii) each individual local education authority in England in each year since 1974;

(8) how many (a) full-time youth officers, (b) full-time youth workers and (c) part-time workers existed in each local education authority in England in each year since 1974;

(9) if he will publish in the Official Report details of departmental capital grant allocation to local education authorities for local voluntary youth organisations in each year since 1974 by local education authority and by voluntary agency;

(10) what was the total indentifiable expenditure within his Department for youth provision in each year since 1974 by (a) local education authority and (b) support for voluntary agencies.

Mr. William Shelton

The hon. Member will find much of the available information about youth service expenditure and staffing in England in chapter 10 of the report of the Review Group on the Youth Service (Cmnd. 8686), copies of which are in the Library. I will write to him shortly with further detailed information.