To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to the answer of 15 May 2007, Official Report, columns 672-75W, on the Youth Opportunity Fund, which local authorities made unsuccessful applications for funding from the (a) Youth Opportunity Fund and (b) Youth Capital Fund in each of the last two years; and for what reasons their applications were unsuccessful. (140656)

No local authorities have been refused funding. Every local authority in England receives a grant funding allocation, based on the size of the local 13-19 population and indices of deprivation. It is up to the local authority to operate the funds within the conditions of the grant.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to the answer of 15 May 2007, Official Report, columns 672-5W, on the Youth Opportunity Fund, what the reasons are for the regional disparities in local authority allocation for the (a) Youth Capital Fund and (b) Youth Opportunity Fund. (140657)

Funds are allocated to all local authorities on the basis of the local 13-19 population and indices of deprivation. These produce different grant allocations for each LA area.