Youth Services (Funding)

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Children, Schools and Families – in the House of Commons at 2:30 pm on 26 January 2009.

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Photo of Chris Mullin Chris Mullin Labour, Sunderland South 2:30, 26 January 2009

With regard to the funding of youth facilities, does my right hon. Friend agree that there is a difficulty? While the amount available for new projects from both charitable and Government sources is still fairly large, the amount available for core funding is shrinking. The danger is that many very worthwhile projects, such as the Pennywell youth project in my constituency, will find themselves out of business in due course unless some long-term funding arrangements can be put in place.