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Young People: Voluntary Work

Mrs. Maria Miller: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what funding has been allocated to Millennium Volunteers to September 2007; how much funding will be provided in the next three years; and if he will make a statement. [119691]

Mr. Dhanda [holding answer 8 February 2007]: A total of £106.9 million has been allocated to Millennium Volunteers (MV) since its launch in 1999 up to 31 March 2007. A further allocation of £15 million will be made for the 2007-08 financial year ending on 31 March 2008. The funding in 2007-08 is to be transferred to Cabinet Office. The intention is that responsibility for management of the programme will transfer to v, the new youth volunteering body. The continuation of
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Millennium Volunteers from 2008-09 onwards will be subject to the outcomes of the Comprehensive Spending Review, to be concluded later this year.

Youth Unemployment

Jim Cousins: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many and what percentage of (a) 16 to 18, (b) 17 and (c) 18-year-olds were not in education, employment or training in each local education authority area in the North East region in November (i) 2004, (ii) 2005 and (iii) 2006. [112103]

Mr. Plaskitt: I have been asked to reply

The specific information requested is not available.

This is because the figures are taken from the Annual Population Survey (APS) but are not available for individual months. The APS is designed to be an annual survey and the sample size is too small to provide monthly estimates.

Therefore although information could be provided for the North East region it cannot be provided for the specific month of November.

The available information is in the table.

January-December 2004: NEETs defined by LEA within North East Government office region
	Level				Proportion of all (%)
	Aged 16	Aged 17	Aged 18	Aged 16-18	Aged 16	Aged 17	Aged 18	Aged 16-18
Darlington	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	249	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	7.1
Durham	1,346	991	651	2,988	23.7	13.7	10.2	15.5
Gateshead	401	⁽¹⁾—	504	1,052	22.9	⁽¹⁾—	24.5	18.6
Hartlepool	⁽¹⁾—	246	486	809	⁽¹⁾—	18.5	38.5	21.4
Middlesbrough	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	724	1,027	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	28.6	16.6
Newcastle upon Tyne	1,032	605	1,005	2,641	26.3	17.4	29	24.3
North Tyneside	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—
Northumberland	485	498	788	1,771	11.1	12.1	16.1	13.2
Redcar and Cleveland	⁽¹⁾—	437	515	1,112	⁽¹⁾—	21.9	24.1	18.6
South Tyneside	⁽¹⁾—	321	533	970	⁽¹⁾—	14.5	21.8	14.5
Stockton-on-Tees	⁽¹⁾—	558	⁽¹⁾—	899	⁽¹⁾—	18.4	⁽¹⁾—	11.4
Sunderland	⁽¹⁾—	817	1,278	2,704	⁽¹⁾—	18.3	26.9	18.6
All	4,663	4,969	6,760	16,392	13.6	14.5	19.4	15.9
Source: Annual Population Survey

January-December 2005: NEETs defined by LEA within North East Government office region
	Level				Proportion of all (%)
	Aged 16	Aged 17	Aged 18	Aged 16-18	Aged 16	Aged 17	Aged 18	Aged 16-18
Darlington	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	368	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	8.5
Durham	786	1,139	1,270	3,195	14.7	19.1	22.2	18.8
Gateshead	475	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	767	22.7	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	11.7
Hartlepool	193	341	205	739	18.5	30.2	13.6	20.1
Middlesbrough	377	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	741	15.8	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	13.8
Newcastle upon Tyne	⁽¹⁾—	638	⁽¹⁾—	1,544	⁽¹⁾—	16	⁽¹⁾—	15.8
North Tyneside	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	780	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	13.9
Northumberland	390	639	569	1,598	9.3	13.7	11.4	11.6
Redcar and Cleveland	435	425	⁽¹⁾—	990	16.3	21.8	⁽¹⁾—	15.3
South Tyneside	653	363	887	1,902	31.9	23.2	38.5	32.1
Stockton-on-Tees	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	489	1,007	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	17.7	12.8
Sunderland	⁽¹⁾—	781	827	1,922	⁽¹⁾—	14.8	17.8	13
All	4,582	5,216	5,754	15,553	13.9	15.3	16.8	15.4
Source: Annual Population Survey

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