§ Mr. Simon HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will set out the amount of money spent in(a) Greater London, (b) inner London and (c) Southwark on the youth service in each of the financial years from 1979 to 1991 inclusive; and what was the amount budgeted in each of the same areas for 1991–92, both absolutely and as a proportion of the total education budget.
§ Mr. AtkinsThe available information is shown in the table. The latest year for which information on actual spending is available is 1988–89. This information is taken from local education authorities' spending returns and is not collected for particular areas within a local education authority. The information requested on amounts budgeted is not collected.
Net recurrent spending1 on the Youth Service Greater London (£000) ILEA (£000) 1979–80 18,500 11,338 1980–81 22,998 14,168 1981–82 27,011 16,597 1982–83 30,712 19,300 1983–84 34,505 21,699 1984–85 35,584 22,726 1985–86 3 36,568 23,725 1986–87 243,054 27,193 1987–88 346,545 30,535 1988–89 253,559 35,377 1Excluding costs of financing capital expenditure, and specific grant income. 2One Outer London authority did not submit a return. 3Two Outer London authorities did not submit a return.