The Government make available funds to local authorities each year to provide youth work activities. It is for the local authority to plan and manage how this funding is deployed for youth work provision, including youth centres. Information is not held centrally on the number of youth centres at local, regional or national level, or the funding allocated to them.
There are a number of programmes that contribute to local authorities’ resources to prevent a range of negative outcomes for young people, including involvement in antisocial behaviour. These include resources to improve behaviour and attendance in schools, to improve activities for children and young people, and to improve support for parents. Actual levels of funding from these resources that specifically targets preventing antisocial behaviour are not identifiable.
Specific funding from DfES that does explicitly target the prevention of antisocial behaviour includes:
£3.75 million spread over 2006-07 and 2007-08 provided as part of the Respect Action Plan towards practitioner training for Family Intervention Projects.
£10 million over 2006-07 and 2007-08 for Parenting Early Intervention Pathfinders.
£39 million in both 2006-07 and 2007-08 for the Positive Activities for Young People Programme.