FOI Request - Children and Young People's Services
Request 101003128333
I am writing with a Freedom of Information request with regards to expenditure on children and young people’s services.
Please can you provide the information detailed below, in both the table, and the additional questions underneath this.
1. What was the expenditure for the following financial years / budget for those upcoming (or counts, where relevant)?
2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24
Overall budget for children’s and young people’s services
Overall budget for children and young people’s services for ages 13-19 and young people up to age 25 with a disability if recorded?
Overall budget for youth services
Overall number of youth centres in local authority
Number of allocated places for young people in youth centres (if recorded)
Overall number of directly employed youth workers and youth support workers (Head count/FTE)
2. What is the current balance of expenditure between council provided services and alternative provision of children and young people services (with a focus on a budget for ages 13-19 and young people up to age 25 with a disability if recorded)?
3. Please state whether directly employed youth workers are employed on JNC, NJC, SJC, or other terms and conditions (please specify):
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a. JNC for Youth and Community Workers
b. National Joint Council (NJC)
c. Scottish Joint Council (SJC)
d. Other (please specify)
e. No direct youth provision
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4. Please supply a copy of the current youth service staffing structure showing the grade and rate of pay, gender and race for each post. Please attach a copy of this separately to your email response and state below whether it is attached or not.
Response 08-09-2022
1. Please note figures for the first two parts are given in thousands, therefore 2016/17 expenditure is £19,319,000.
1. What was the expenditure for the following financial years / budget for those upcoming (or counts, where relevant)?
Figures in Thousands
2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24
£19,319 £20,372 £20,785 £19,809 £18,014 £18,680 £19,695 (Budget) Not set yet
Overall budget for children's and young people's services
Figures in Thousands
2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23
£18,528 £19,469 £20,596 £21,767 £21,058 £20,754 £19,695
Overall budget for children and young people's services for ages 13-19 and young people up to age 25 with a disability if recorded?
Unable to supply as not split out by age.
Overall budget for youth services
2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23
£722,103 £687,428 £721,372 £562,746
Information for prior years for the Youth Serviced Budget not available on Financial Management System - not held. Information that is not held falls under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Information not held.
2. Information not held as costs not recorded split into age groups. Information that is not held falls under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Information not held.
3. Scottish Joint Council
4. Please find the information requested here.