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Youth Opportunity Fund: Youth Capital Fund

Volume 502: debated on Wednesday 9 December 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many young people received funding from the Youth Opportunity Fund and Youth Capital Fund in the latest period for which figures are available. (304991)

In 2008-09 (the latest period for which figures are available) a total of 905,227 young people were either involved in or benefited from use of the Youth Opportunity and Youth Capital Funds, with 14,163 grants approved during that period. These latest figures mean that almost 2.5 million young people have been involved in or benefited from these Funds in the first three years of operation.