Connexions was introduced in a staged way from April 2001. The following table provides information on the budgets and numbers of interventions with young people for each year since the service’s inception. The intervention data are included as information on the number of people receiving advice is not collected.
Connexions budget (£ million) Careers Service budget (£ million) Interventions 2001-02 151 173 1,257,437 2002-03 378 52 3,090,000 2003-04 455 — 3,656,000 2004-05 470 — 3,908,000 2005-06 475 — 4,264,000 2006-07 476 — 1— 1 Not yet available Notes: 1. The above figures reflect the staged way in which Connexions was introduced. 2. Young people also receive support from Connexions through group activities and events and from Connexions Direct, none of which are included in the above intervention figures. There are over 130,000 visits per week to the Connexions Direct website, with around 6,000 contacts per week to the helpline.