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Departmental Finance

Volume 508: debated on Monday 22 March 2010

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much his Department spent on (a) Entry to Employment, (b) community service places, (c) community service local authority pilots, (d) opportunities to participate in community service at school, (e) Youth Taskforce, (f) Youth Opportunity Fund, (g) Youth Capital Fund, (h) Positive Activities for Young People, (i) Empowering Young People pilots, (j) residentials (including Do it 4 Real), (k) Youth Sector Development Fund, (l) Youth Leadership Fund, (m) Youth Workforce Reform, (n) Myplace, (o) Youth Media Fund and (p) other activity programmes for young people in 2008-09; and how much his Department plans to spend on each such programme in (i) 2009-10, (ii) 2010-11 and (iii) 2011-12. (318118)

Table 1 as follows shows spend on each of the programmes for 2008-09 and allocations for 2009-10 and 2010-11, except for item (h) Positive Activities for Young People (PAYP). Allocations for this are provided in table 2 as funding for PAYP is included in the area based grant so while local authorities receive a nominal allocation, decisions on planned and actual spend are determined locally.

No funding has been allocated for any of these programmes in 2011-12 as this is outside the current spending review period.

Table 1: Actual and planned spend (for 2008-09, 2009-10 and 2010-11)

£ million

Planned spend

Actual spend in 2008-09

2009-10

2010-111

(a) Entry to Employment

170.0

223.0

2

(b) Community service3

0

468.0

478.0

(c) Community service local authority pilots5

0

2.0

5.0

(d) Opportunities to participate in community service at school6

0

2.0

9.0

(e) Youth Taskforce

12.5

22.2

19.6

(f) Youth Opportunity Fund

36.0

40.9

41.2

(g) Youth Capital Fund7

29.0

46.6

26.5

(i) Empowering Young People pilots

6.7

0.0

0.0

(j) Residentials (including Do It 4 Real)

5.5

6.3

6.5

(k) Youth Sector Development Fund (YSDF)

13.5

36.2

39.7

(l) Youth Leadership Fund

0.7

2.3

3.1

(m) Young People’s Workforce Reform

6.0

10.0

10.0

(n) myplace capital

2.4

27.8

133.7

(o) Youth Media Fund

3.7

3.3

4.1

(p) Other activity programmes for young people

0.0

0.0

0.0

1 2010-11 data are based on allocations.

2 In 2010-11 Entry to Employment (E2E) will become part of provision under the broader Foundation Learning pathway. Funding for Foundation Learning has yet to be determined within the 16-19 further education budget.

3 Funding of £146 million was made available to deliver Community Service following the announcement in April 2009.

4 Includes £64 million/year for community action opportunities as part of E2E (2009-10) and Foundation Learning (2010-11). This funding covers both the overall learning provision and the community action element within it: it therefore overlaps with the funding set out in line (a).

5 The funding for local authority pilots is also included in the figure provided for (b).

6 The funding provided to support all schools in providing opportunities to engage their pupils in community service is also included in the figure provided for (b).

7 Youth Capital Fund (YCF) includes YCF+ funding.

Note:

Do It 4 Real, Youth Media Fund, YSDF and Youth Leadership Fund spend includes contributions from other Government Departments.

Table 2: Positive Activities for Young People allocations within the area based grant (for 2008-09, 2009-10 and 2010-11)

£ million

2008-09

2009-10

2010-11

(h) Positive Activities for Young People (PAYP)

52.85

74.50

94.50