§ Mr. BellottiTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) if he will give the actual expenditure on youth service for each local authority since 1979;
(2) if he will give the expenditure on youth services per local education authority secondary school pupil for each local authority from 1979 to 1991;
(3) if he will give the percentage of actual expenditure on youth service against grant-related expenditure assessment and standard spending assessment for the years since 1979 broken down for each local education authority.
§ Mr. AtkinsThe readily available information is shown in the tables. The latest year for which information on actual expenditure is available is 1988–89. Information for years before 1987–88 could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
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Table 1 Expenditure on the Youth Service, 1987–88 Local education authority Net recurrent expenditure1 Net recurrent expenditure1 per secondary pupil2 Actual expenditure as percentage of GREA for youth and related services £000 £ Per cent. Barking 628 67 97 Barnet 970 54 72 Bexley 783 52 101 Brent 3,625 306 213 Bromley 825 47 82 Croydon 840 71 58 Ealing 3n/a n/a n/a Enfield 687 75 58 Haringey n/a n/a n/a Harrow 621 36 73 Havering 704 52 86 Hillingdon 714 52 81 Hounslow 727 57 73 Kingston-upon-Thames 572 75 130 Merton 376 32 57 Newham 911 66 60 Redbridge 877 65 94 Richmond-upon-Thames 387 57 74 Sutton 479 44 85 Waltham Forest 1,286 102 108 ILEA 30,535 282 225 Birmingham 4,197 61 68 Coventry 906 44 55 Dudley 836 46 73 Sandwell 657 31 39 Solihull 386 25 49 Walsall 1,956 93 154 Wolverhampton 876 50 55 Knowsley 488 45 52 Liverpool 2,101 66 89 St. Helens 0 0 0 Sefton 609 30 54 Wirral 1,025 45 78 Bolton 921 48 76 Bury 872 77 134 Manchester 2,235 83 87 Oldham 630 40 61 Rochdale 1,320 83 134 Salford 516 34 48 Stockport 786 40 79 771W
Local education authority Net recurrent expenditure1 Net recurrent expenditure1 per secondary pupil2 Actual expenditure as percentage of GREA for youth and related services £000 £ Per cent. Tameside 1,039 68 120 Trafford 569 46 67 Wigan 819 34 69 Barnsley 519 32 61 Doncaster 1,366 62 117 Rotherham 889 45 86 Sheffield n/a n/a n/a Bradford 2,827 65 108 Calderdale 930 68 113 Kirklees 1,325 46 72 Leeds 2,592 46 87 Wakefield 678 30 57 Gateshead 795 61 102 Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1,155 65 103 North Tyneside 512 34 76 South Tyneside 1,549 152 242 Sunderland 733 35 60 Avon 4,017 70 124 Bedfordshire 1,058 24 47 Berkshire n/a n/a n/a Buckinghamshire 2,188 62 95 Cambridgeshire 1,626 39 69 Cheshire 1,739 25 49 Cleveland 2,347 55 91 Cornwall 533 17 37 Cumbria 1,256 37 78 Derbyshire 4,522 72 133 Devon 2,611 44 82 Dorset 1,459 36 76 Durham 1,105 27 49 East Sussex 981 27 47 Essex 3,389 32 67 Gloucestershire 1,699 49 93 Hampshire 2,857 32 52 Hereford and Worcester 1,193 24 51 Hertfordshire 2,441 35 70 Humberside 3,178 47 93 Isle of Wight 418 41 112 Kent 2,291 22 42 Lancashire 4,052 44 72 Leicestershire 2,615 41 70 Lincolnshire 1,014 26 51 Norfolk 1,603 37 67 North Yorkshire 1,410 30 62 Northamptonshire 1,609 35 75 Northumberland 698 25 71 Nottinghamshire 4,630 67 114 Oxfordshire 1,101 31 52 Salop 1,587 53 103 Somerset 1,927 65 127 Staffordshire 2,421 32 66 Suffolk 1,966 41 92 Surrey 2,073 43 61 Warwickshire 1,436 51 77 West Sussex 1,394 34 67 Wiltshire 1,499 42 73 England Totals/ averages 161,470 53 87 1 Gross expenditure excluding financing costs of capital expenditure, less income other than specific grant income. Derived from local authorities' spending returns to the Department of the Environment. 2 Derived from local authorities' returns of their pupil numbers to the Department of Education and Science. 3 n/a denotes that a spending return was not received from the authority. 772W
Table 2 Expenditure on the youth service, 1988–89 Local education authority Net recurrent expenditure1 Net recurrent expenditure1 per secondary pupil2 Actual expenditure as percentage ofGREAfor youth and related services £000 £ Per cent. Barking 697 78 96 Barnet 966 55 60 Bexley 758 52 86 Brent 2,377 215 122 Bromley 894 57 77 Croydon 1,054 63 64 Ealing 1,804 160 89 Enfield 796 49 58 Haringey 3n/a n/a n/a Harrow 648 83 66 Havering 845 51 92 Hillingdon 1,018 77 100 Hounslow 737 60 63 Kingston-upon-Thames 580 79 115 Merton 459 41 60 Newham 1,104 83 65 Redbridge 1,078 81 100 Richmond-upon-Thames 514 76 86 Sutton 517 49 81 Waltham Forest 1,336 113 98 ILEA 35,377 341 224 Birmingham 4,396 67 62 Coventry 1,095 57 59 Dudley 983 57 76 Sandwell 736 37 39 Solihull 430 29 48 Walsall 2,305 117 160 Wolverhampton 2,070 126 116 Knowsley 666 67 63 Liverpool 2,392 79 89 St. Helens 328 25 40 Sefton 843 44 68 Wirral 1,512 70 101 Bolton 1,057 58 77 Bury 916 87 124 Manchester n/a n/a n/a Oldham 683 45 57 Rochdale 1,453 96 129 Salford 538 38 44 Stockport 598 33 53 Tameside 1,149 79 117 Trafford 677 59 71 Wigan 876 39 65 Barnsley 551 37 57 Doncaster 1,305 62 97 Rotherham 1,029 55 87 Sheffield 3,038 111 125 Bradford 3,127 73 104 Calderdale 1,103 84 119 Kirklees 1,426 52 67 Leeds 6,860 127 205 Wakefield n/a n/a n/a Gateshead 722 59 82 Newcastle-upon-Tyne 659 39 51 North Tyneside 585 40 79 South Tyneside 1,855 195 263 Sunderland 1,010 51 72 Avon 5,269 96 140 Bedfordshire 1,131 26 44 Berkshire 2,185 47 65 Buckinghamshire 2,370 69 88 Cambridgeshire 1,780 44 65 Cheshire 2,005 30 50 Cleveland 2,629 65 90 Cornwall 787 26 48 Cumbria 1,333 41 73
Local education authority Net recurrent expenditure1 Net recurrent expenditure1 per secondary pupil2 Actual expenditure as percentage ofGREAfor youth and related services £000 £ Per cent. Derbyshire 5,066 85 130 Devon 2,913 51 79 Dorset 1,722 44 77 Durham 1,263 33 49 East Sussex 1,089 31 44 Essex 4,026 40 69 Gloucestershire 2,147 65 104 Hampshire 3,230 37 51 Hereford & Worcester 1,201 24 45 Hertfordshire 2,782 42 70 Humberside 3,839 63 99 Isle of Wight 467 46 109 Kent 2,708 27 44 Lancashire 5,179 59 80 Leicestershire 2,946 48 69 Lincolnshire 1,096 30 48 Norfolk 1,870 45 68 North Yorkshire 1,587 36 60 Northamptonshire 1,706 38 60 Northumberland 681 24 60 Nottinghamshire 5,233 80 113 Oxfordshire 1,325 39 55 Shropshire 1,788 63 100 Somerset 2,478 87 143 Staffordshire 2,599 36 62 Suffolk 2,124 45 88 Surrey 2,420 53 63 Warwickshire 1,434 54 69 West Sussex 1,599 40 66 Wiltshire 1,480 43 63 England Totals/ Averages 191,322 65 88 Notes to tables
(1) Gross expenditure excluding financing costs of capital expenditure, less income other than specific grant income. Derived from local authorities' spending returns to the Department of the Environment.
(2) Derived from local authorities' returns of their pupil numbers to the Department of Education and Science.
(3) n/a denotes that a spending return was not received from the authority.
§ Mr. BellottiTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will make a statement following the annual review of the voluntary sector of the youth service as indicated by him on 5 April 1990,Official Report, column 731.
§ Mr. AtkinsIn announcing his proposals for the establishment of a National Youth Agency on 5 April 1990, the then Secretary of State said that he proposed to require the agency to report to him annually. The National Youth Agency was established on 1 April 1991 and its first annual report will be made in 1992. We have separately carried out a review of grants to the voluntary sector of the Youth Service, and are currently considering the comments submitted by interested bodies as part of a process of consultation.
§ Mr. BellottiTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will give the expenditure on grant aid given to voluntary youth organisations by each local authority from 1979 to 1991.
§ Mr. AtkinsThis information is not collected centrally.