To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what the salaries of the senior management at v are. (101137)

As an independent charity, senior management salaries are a matter for v’s board and are governed by charity and company law.

Details of senior management salaries will be included in v’s annual report and accounts, which will be published in 2007.

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many civil servants in her Department are allocated to work with the v charity on youth volunteering. (102833)

Two civil servants and one secondee from the voluntary and charitable sector work with v as part of their role in working on volunteering issues.

v was launched as an independent charity on Monday 8 May 2006, following the recommendation by lan Russell that a dedicated implementation body should commission, through a series of contracts,the delivery of a national framework for youth volunteering.