HC Deb 20 November 2003 vol 413 cc1479-80W
Mr. Battle

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many young people in(a) Leeds and (b) Leeds, West have been reached by the neighbourhood support fund. [132733]

Margaret Hodge

The number of young people engaged in learning and self developmental activities through NSF projects based in Leeds local education authority since the start of the pilot is 3,017, through 37 projects. Young people supported by NSF projects based in Leeds, West number 542, through a total of eight projects. This information has been collected via the Department's managing agents on a central database. However, it is difficult to give totally accurate figures for young people from Leeds, West because young people can, and do, attend NSF projects outside of their immediate area. The database only holds information by project and does not link to the addresses of the young people attending them. These statistics cover the period from April 2000 to September 2003.