This compares with £3.1m per authority for the previous year. Within this overall figure, total net expenditure amounted to £316m, an average of £2.22m per authority compared with £2.15m for the previous year.
There is good news for youth services, particularly in the outcomes section. These show further improvements on last year's increases against all the benchmarks, including recorded and accredited outcomes.
The average authority contacted 28 per cent of its 13 to 19 youth population, the same as the previous year. Almost four in five services (78 per cent) achieved 90 per cent or more against the benchmark for contacting 13 to 19-year-olds living in their area, compared with 75 per cent in 2006/07.
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