To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what funding her Department provides to support (a) youth councils and (b) other youth organisations in Hampshire. (151043)

I have been asked to reply.

The Government do not set a budget for local authorities to spend on specific youth-related organisations or youth councils, and do not collect this information. Local authorities decide how funding should be deployed in their areas, taking into account Government policy and local needs. For 2007-08, Hampshire local authority reported that they intended to allocate a budget of £8,281,500 for youth services. The Department is currently validating this figure and it is therefore subject to change.