HC Deb 25 July 1991 vol 195 cc769-72W
Mr. Bellotti

To 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. Atkins

The 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.

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
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.
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. Bellotti

To 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. Atkins

In 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. Bellotti

To 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. Atkins

This information is not collected centrally.