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Truancy

Michael Gove: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what proportion of pupils have had (a) one, (b) two and (c) more than five unauthorised absences in the latest year for which data are available. [240614]

Sarah McCarthy-Fry: The requested information can be found at:

http://www.dfes.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000775/index.shtml.

UK Council for Child Internet Safety

John Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families on what date the UK Council for Child Internet Safety came into operation; and what funding his Department has allocated to the Council for each of the next three years. [247009]

Beverley Hughes: The UK Council for Child Internet Safety (UKCCIS) was launched by the Prime Minister on 29 September and the first meeting of the Council's Executive Board took place on 9 December. The UKCCIS secretariat is currently establishing working groups to take forward the programme of activity agreed by the Executive Board.

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DCSF allocated up to £300,000 for the establishment of UKCCIS, although the implementation of the Byron Review relies on building digital safety into planned activities and services that are already funded. Longer term, UKCCIS goals will be achieved through working in partnership with Council members, such as the upcoming ‘Know IT All' guide for primary teachers that is funded jointly by the DCSF, Becta and Training and Development Agency for Schools (TDA).

Budget allocations for UKCCIS are still to be finalised for the forthcoming year.

Young People: Drugs

John Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what estimate he has made of the percentage of (a) males and (b) females under the age of 25 years who used Class A drugs in 2006-07. [247482]

Mr. Alan Campbell: I have been asked to reply.

There are two primary sources of statistics on the use of illicit drugs by young people: the British Crime Survey (which covers England and Wales) and the drug use, smoking and drinking survey among young people in England.

According to the 2006-07 British Crime Survey 10.6 per cent of males and 5.5 per cent. of females aged 16-24 reported using a Class A drug in the last year.

Figures from the most recent smoking, drinking and drug use survey, which was carried out in the autumn school term of 2007, show that 3.8 per cent. of male pupils and 4.2 per cent. of female pupils aged 11-15 years reported using Class A drugs in the previous 12 months.

Youth Services: South East

Dr. Stoate: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the budgeted net expenditure on youth services was in the south east (a) by each local authority and (b) per young person aged between 13 and 19 years in each of the last eight years. [248839]

Beverley Hughes: The Government do not set a budget for spending on youth services. Local authorities receive funding from Government through the revenue support grant for youth services, but it is up to them to decide how much funding should be spent based on Government priorities and local needs. Tables set out the net expenditure for each local authority in the South East per year since 2001.

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Budgeted net expenditure by local authorities in the South East of England on Youth Services(1): 2001-02 to 2008-09( 2, 3) , Cash terms figures4 as reported by local authorities as at 14 January 2009
		Budgeted net expenditure by local authorities in the South East of England Government Office Region on Youth Services( 1)
		2001-02( 2)		2002-03( 2)		2003-04
LEA number	Local authority name	£( 4)	£ per pupil aged 13-19( 5)	£( 4)	£ per pupil aged 13-19( 5)	£( 4)	£ per pupil aged 13-19( 5)
	England	306,762,000	136	316,288,000	137	343,365,000	147
South East Government Office Region		40,157,000	109	41,990,000	112	47,003,000	122
	Bracknell Forest	758,000	144	651,000	122	923,000	174
	Brighton and Hove	771,000	80	778,000	77	882,000	84
	Buckinghamshire	3,163,000	130	2,788,000	113	3,012,000	119
	East Sussex	2,012,000	99	2,071,000	101	2,453,000	117
	Hampshire	4,635,000	97	4,903,000	102	5,243,000	106
	Isle of Wight	1,008,000	159	1,306,000	202	1,287,000	199
	Kent	4,688,000	68	4,980,000	71	6,180,000	86
	Medway	909,000	68	1,130,000	83	1,236,000	88
	Milton Keynes	1,775,000	180	1,935,000	194	1,877,000	183
	Oxfordshire	2,948,000	100	3,104,000	102	3,275,000	105
	Portsmouth	877,000	117	903,000	118	984,000	129
	Reading	1,657,000	293	1,896,000	329	2,064,000	353
	Slough	1,065,000	204	595,000	111	1,043,000	191
	Southampton	956,000	112	973,000	114	1,110,000	129
	Surrey	5,891,000	120	6,723,000	135	7,747,000	151
	West Berkshire	945,000	100	997,000	103	1,129,000	116
	West Sussex	4,171,000	130	4,450,000	135	4,605,000	136
	Windsor and Maidenhead	970,000	112	1,033,000	120	1,088,000	123
	Wokingham	958,000	120	776,000	95	867,000	103

		Budgeted net expenditure by local authorities in the South East of England Government Office Region on Youth Services( 1)
		2004-05		2005-06		2006-07
LEA number	Local authority name	£( 4)	£ per pupil aged 13-19( 5)	£( 4)	£ per pupil aged 13-19( 5)	£( 4)	£ per pupil aged 13-19( 5)
	England	364,016,000	153	382,468,000	159	403,384,000	166
South East Government Office Region		49,632,000	127	53,768,000	137	56,254,000	142
	Bracknell Forest	920,000	170	1,048,000	196	1,001,000	184
	Brighton and Hove	901,000	86	1,073,000	105	1,029,000	102
	Buckinghamshire	2,935,000	114	2,994,000	115	3,167,000	120
	East Sussex	2,564,000	120	2,532,000	117	2,470,000	113
	Hampshire	5,295,000	106	5,832,000	116	6,524,000	129
	Isle of Wight	1,286,000	197	1,339,000	201	1,231,000	186
	Kent	6,833,000	94	8,568,000	115	9,560,000	128
	Medway	1,442,000	101	1,427,000	99	1,363,000	95
	Milton Keynes	2,062,000	195	2,145,000	198	2,375,000	215
	Oxfordshire	3,503,000	110	3,613,000	112	4,037,000	123
	Portsmouth	1,207,000	159	1,413,000	189	1,383,000	183
	Reading	2,152,000	373	2,078,000	370	1,673,000	300
	Slough	1,108,000	198	1,210,000	211	1,067,000	177
	Southampton	1,251,000	143	1,368,000	162	1,511,000	181
	Surrey	8,252,000	159	8,763,000	168	9,361,000	177
	West Berkshire	1,205,000	121	1,283,000	128	1,351,000	132
	West Sussex	4,701,000	136	4,938,000	143	4,932,000	141
	Windsor and Maidenhead	1,138,000	126	1,203,000	131	1,188,000	130
	Wokingham	877,000	103	944,000	112	1,031,000	123

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