§ Mr. BlunkettTo ask the Secretary of State for Education from which lines of the local authority revenue outturn and revenue accounts returns the estimate of £220 million was made for local authority expenditure on the youth service which can be found in table 3 of the Department for Education and Office for Standards in Education departmental report.
§ Mr. BoswellThe estimate of £220 million for local authority spending on the youth service in 1993–94 was calculated by apportioning total local authority expenditure on education, as recorded on local authority revenue account returns for 1993–94, pro rata to the breakdown of spending in 1993–94 produced by the local authority associations as part of their 1993 report into education spending needs. The expenditure figures used in the calculation were taken from lines 1–11 and 77 of the RA returns. Income in respect of technical and vocational education initiative, WRFE, Polytechnics and Colleges Funding Council/Universities Funding Council payments, EC grants and other grants recorded on the same forms were then netted off.
Final outturn data for 199–94 will not become available until next year This is likely to be different from 675W the estimate shown above. The latest outturn data available is for 1992–93. Local authority Revenue Outturn forms show that net recurrent spending on the youth service in that year was £274 million. The provisional 1992–93 figure shown in the 1994 DFE/Ofsted departmental report was £232 million.