Young Offenders: Finance Mr. Sanders To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much funding the Government has provided to youth offending teams in each of the last five financial years. Maria Eagle Youth offending teams receive funding from a number of sources. The following table, taken from the forthcoming Youth Justice Board annual work load publication 2008-09, shows financial contributions made to youth offending teams (YOTs) via the YJB and other Government sources (including police, probation, social services and via local authorities) in the financial year 2008-09: --------------------------------------------------- | | |£ | --------------------------------------------------- |2008-09|YJB |138,557,446| --------------------------------------------------- | |Additional Government funding|222,813,499| --------------------------------------------------- | |Total |361,370,945| --------------------------------------------------- The following tables, taken from the respective YJB annual work load publications, show financial contributions made to youth offending teams (YOTs) via the YJB and other Government sources by financial year: --------------------------------------------------- | | |£ | --------------------------------------------------- |2007-08|YJB |126,762,030| --------------------------------------------------- | |Additional Government funding|213,282,081| --------------------------------------------------- | |Total |340,044,111| --------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- | | |£ | --------------------------------------------------- |2006-07|YJB |118,481,711| --------------------------------------------------- | |Additional Government funding|203,088,565| --------------------------------------------------- | |Total |321,570,276| --------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- | | |£ | --------------------------------------------------- |2005-06|YJB |98,333,746 | --------------------------------------------------- | |Additional Government funding|195,210,650| --------------------------------------------------- | |Total |293,544,396| --------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- | | |£ | --------------------------------------------------- |2004-05|YJB |85,498,841 | --------------------------------------------------- | |Additional Government funding|182,322,955| --------------------------------------------------- | |Total |267,821,796| --------------------------------------------------- Further details on the financial contributions can be found within the work load data publications available on the YJB Website www.yjb.gov.uk