To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much was allocated to the Youth Opportunities Fund and the Youth Capital Fund in the City of Newcastle (a) in total and (b) for administrative overheads and recharges in each year from 2005-06 to 2007-08. (191627)

I have been asked to reply.

The Youth Opportunity and Capital Funds (YOF and YCF) were established in April 2006 as complementary, universal funds operating under a single management framework. In 2006-07, £179,521 was allocated to the city of Newcastle for YOF and £155,271 was allocated for YCF. The same amounts were allocated to the city of Newcastle in 2007-08. In each of these years, up to £15,000 of the YOF allocation could be used for administrative overheads.

In 2006-07, the city of Newcastle spent both its YOF and YCF allocations in full. Details of 2007-08 expenditure are due to be submitted to the Department for Children, Schools and Families by the end of June.