To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment (1) what the expenditure on the Youth Service was (a) in total and (b) per area in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available; what is the planned expenditure for the next two years; and if he will make a statement; [9132](2) what was the percentage change in Youth Service funding in
(a) cash terms and (b) real terms, in each of the last 10 years; what is the planned percentage change in (i) cash terms and (ii) real terms in the next two years; and if he will make a statement. [9479]
The following table sets out net current expenditure for the Youth Service from 1989–90 to 1995–96, the latest year for which figures are available, and the percentage changes in cash and real terms from 1986–87 and 1995–96 for the all-England totals. Information for each Local Education Authority prior to 1989–90 is not readily available. There are no planning figures for the next two years; LEAs' Standard Spending Assessments are not hypothecated and expenditure will depend upon decisions made at the local level.
Youth Service—Net current expenditure
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1986–87 £000s
| 1987–88 £000s
| 1988–89 £000s
| 1989–90 £000s
| 1990–91 £000s
| 1991–92 £000s
| 1992–93 £000s
| 1993–94 £000s
| 1994–95 £000s
| 1995–96 £000s
| |
All England Cash Terms
| 143,730 | 170,862 | 198,622 | 235,303 | 241,717 | 249,515 | 273,850 | 275,443 | 281,825 | 279,137 |
Year on Year difference percentage
| — | 18.9 | 16.2 | 18.5 | 2.7 | 3.2 | 9.8 | 0.6 | 2.3 | -1.0 |
Real Terms (1997–98 prices)
| 234,428 | 238,677 | 262,163 | 319,241 | 303,646 | 297,261 | 307,241 | 303,329 | 305,746 | 271,034 |
Year on Year difference percentage
| — | 1.8 | 9.8 | 21.8 | -4.9 | -2.1 | 3.4 | -1.3 | 0.8 | -11.4 |
LEAs—Cash Terms
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| Corporation of London | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 8 | 43 |
| Camden | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1,846 | 2,176 | 2,313 |
| Greenwich | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1,966 | 1,627 | 1,832 |
| Hackney | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3,413 | 3,133 | 2,807 |
| Hammersmith and Fulham | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1,924 | 812 | 794 |
| Islington | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3,386 | 3,448 | 3,701 |
| Kensington and Chelsea | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2,280 | 2,259 | 1,785 |
| Lambeth | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2,474 | 2,742 | 3,479 |
| Lewisham | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1,231 | 601 | 5 |
| Southwark | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1,531 | 2,615 | 3,004 |
| Tower Hamlets | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4,421 | 4,462 | 4,159 |
| Wandsworth | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3,132 | 3,202 | 3,140 |
| Westminster | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2,390 | 2,453 | 2,697 |
| Barking and Dagenham | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1,387 | 1,280 | 1,218 |
| Barnet | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1,239 | 1,156 | 1,458 |
| Bexley | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1,321 | 859 | 1,057 |
| Brent | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3,764 | 3,495 | 2,672 |
| Bromley | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 914 | 869 | 876 |
| Croydon | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1,648 | 1,640 | 1,685 |
| Ealing | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1,096 | 1,057 | 1,226 |
| Enfield | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 677 | 738 | 692 |
| Haringey | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 771 | 813 | 805 |
| Harrow | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 736 | 772 | 908 |
| Havering | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1,041 | 1,020 | 906 |
| Hillingdon | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1,220 | 941 | 1,287 |
| Hounslow | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 918 | 858 | 869 |
| Kingston upon Thames | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 739 | 712 | 883 |
| Merton | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 924 | 823 | 522 |
| Newham | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2,291 | 2,055 | 1,106 |
| Redbridge | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1,310 | 1,320 | 1,374 |
| Richmond upon Thames | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 749 | 855 | 926 |
| Sutton | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 991 | 1,109 | 1,222 |
| Waltham Forest | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2,144 | 1,855 | 1,912 |
| Birmingham | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5,782 | 6,868 | 6,684 |
| Coventry | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1,749 | 1,751 | 1,832 |
| Dudley | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 945 | 1,043 | 1,096 |
| Sandwell | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 690 | 729 | 875 |
| Solihull | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 750 | 698 | 623 |
| Walsall | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1,021 | 1,297 | 308 |
| Wolverhampton | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2,625 | 2,733 | 2,828 |
| Knowsley | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2,034 | 1— | 1— |
| Liverpool | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6,514 | 6,215 | 6,527 |
| St. Helens | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 347 | 435 | 643 |
| Sefton | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1,411 | 1,464 | 1,435 |
| Wirral | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2,351 | 2,295 | 2,251 |
| Bolton | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1,642 | 1,438 | 1,571 |
| Bury | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 825 | 895 | 1,087 |
| Manchester | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3,220 | 2,548 | 2,812 |
| Oldham | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1,074 | 1,220 | 1,199 |
| Rochdale | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1,308 | 1,414 | 1,440 |
| Salford | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 937 | 972 | 946 |
| Stockport | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 772 | 1,112 | 1,146 |
| Tameside | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1,838 | 1,685 | 1,789 |
| Trafford | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1,073 | 1,026 | 1,017 |
| Wigan | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 861 | 1,002 | 1,106 |
| Barnsley | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 781 | 986 | 1,212 |
| Doncaster | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1,657 | 1,706 | 1,892 |
| Rotherham | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2,023 | 2,117 | 2,176 |
| Sheffield | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3,828 | 4,133 | 4,290 |
| Bradford | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3,002 | 4,887 | 4,641 |
| Calderdale | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1,669 | 1,801 | 1,890 |
| Kirklees | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3,211 | 3,758 | 2,851 |
| Leeds | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3,656 | 4,055 | 4,350 |
| Wakefield | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1,367 | 1,308 | 1,345 |
| Gateshead | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1,155 | 962 | 897 |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1,598 | 2,355 | 2,439 |
| North Tyneside | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 296 | 265 | 258 |
| South Tyneside | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 873 | 836 | 899 |
| Sunderland | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1,858 | 1,832 | 1,902 |
| Isles of Scilly | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Avon | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6,244 | 6,421 | 6,815 |
| Bedfordshire | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2,369 | 2,288 | 2,299 |
| Berkshire | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4,222 | 4,464 | 4,779 |
Youth Service—Net current expenditure
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1986–87 £000s
| 1987–88 £000s
| 1988–89 £000s
| 1989–90 £000s
| 1990–91 £000s
| 1991–92 £000s
| 1992–93 £000s
| 1993–94 £000s
| 1994–95 £000s
| 1995–96 £000s
| |
| Buckinghamshire | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5,247 | 3,831 | 3,965 |
| Cambridgeshire | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4,093 | 4,521 | 3,864 |
| Cheshire | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3,901 | 4,788 | 3,906 |
| Cleveland | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4,684 | 5,015 | 5,151 |
| Cornwall | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1,797 | 1,895 | 2,382 |
| Cumbria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1,641 | 1,454 | 1,552 |
| Derbyshire | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5,413 | 5,716 | 5,613 |
| Devon | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3,258 | 3,492 | 2,966 |
| Dorset | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3,294 | 3,465 | 3,714 |
| Durham | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4,504 | 4,319 | 3,737 |
| East Sussex | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1,923 | 2,086 | 2,213 |
| Essex | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8,616 | 9,311 | 8,926 |
| Gloucestershire | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2,787 | 2,864 | 3,058 |
| Hampshire | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3,911 | 4,263 | 4,129 |
| Hereford and Worcester | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2,139 | 2,141 | 2,106 |
| Hertfordshire | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4,629 | 4,967 | 4,869 |
| Humberside | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6,093 | 5,964 | 6,378 |
| Isle of Wight | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 985 | 1,008 | 944 |
| Kent | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4,664 | 7,122 | 4,439 |
| Lancashire | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9,898 | 10,261 | 10,758 |
| Leicestershire | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6,279 | 6,048 | 5,211 |
| Lincolnshire | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1,994 | 2,095 | 2,014 |
| Norfolk | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2,940 | 3,218 | 3,025 |
| North Yorkshire | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2,844 | 2,892 | 2,747 |
| Northamptonshire | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2,630 | 2,686 | 2,916 |
| Northumberland | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1,364 | 1,758 | 2,005 |
| Nottinghamshire | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6,469 | 6,610 | 6,999 |
| Oxfordshire | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2,691 | 3,131 | 3,473 |
| Shropshire | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2,823 | 2,807 | 2,720 |
| Somerset | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1,999 | 1,942 | 2,036 |
| Staffordshire | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9,859 | 9,404 | 8,849 |
| Suffolk | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1,405 | 1— | 1— |
| Surrey | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4,511 | 5,281 | 5,195 |
| Warwickshire | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 636 | 769 | 751 |
| West Sussex | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4,132 | 4,046 | 3,988 |
| Wiltshire | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3,935 | 3,875 | 4,025 |
| Total | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 275,443 | 281,825 | 279,137 |
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what plans he has to make provision of the Youth Service a statutory responsibility; and if he will make a statement. [9137]
Local authorities already have a duty under the existing Education Acts to secure provision in their areas of adequate facilities for further education, of which the youth service is a part. However, the Government is committed to raising the profile of the youth service which it values as an important provider of personal and social education for young people. Further details about my right hon. Friend's proposals for legislation to place the youth service on a clearer and more specific statutory footing will be included in the White Paper on Lifelong Learning in the autumn.