Children’s and Young People’s Services

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‘Children’s and Young People’s Services’ refers to services that are included under Sections 3.1 to 3.6 of the Section 251 Budget disclosures from the Department for Education. For just ‘Youth Services’ this would be as per 3.5 of the Section 251 return.

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  £43,718,326 £45,782,412 £50,875,500 £52,610,515 £56,718,018 £68,616,161 £61,889,000  Figures for this financial year are not yet available.
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?  Devon County Council does not hold this information.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Overall budget for youth services  £3,464,223 £2,749,369 £4,831,564 £4,261,098 £4,319,013 £4,293,588 £4,050,000 Figures for this financial year are not yet available.
Overall number of youth centres in local authority  8 LA premises 8 LA premises 8 LA premises 8 LA premises 8 LA premises 8 LA premises  8 LA premises Information for this financial year is not yet available.
Number of allocated places for young people in youth centres (if recorded)  Devon County Council does not hold this information.
Overall number of directly employed youth workers and youth support workers (Head count/FTE)   0  0  0  0  0  0 0  0

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)? 

Devon County Council does not hold this information. In the interests of providing advice and assistance, we can confirm that for all ages the split of the 2021/22 actual expenditure for 3.1 to 3.6 of the S251 return between Council provided and alternative provision is as follows:

Council: £22,037,130

Private: £46,512,719

Voluntary: £66,312.

3. Please state whether directly employed youth workers are employed on JNC, NJC, SJC, or other terms and conditions (please specify):  

  1. JNC for Youth and Community Workers
  2. National Joint Council (NJC)
  3. Scottish Joint Council (SJC)
  4. Other (please specify)
  5. No direct youth provision

Devon County Council does not have any directly employed youth workers.

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. 

Please see the response to question 3.