§ Mr. CoxTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how much money was spent by his Department on youth services in the London Borough of Wandsworth in the last year for which figures are available. [122388]
§ Mr. WicksMy Department does not fund Wandsworth's youth service. Youth service funding is provided centrally from the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions to each local authority. In 1997–98, the latest confirmed figures taken from the local authority returns (R01), Wandsworth spent £2,958,000 on its youth service.