Among the key findings the report shows is that spending on youth services by local authorities from their Education Formula Spending (EFS) is 305.7m, an increase of 29.7m (10.7 per cent) on the previous year.
The average local authority spent 71 per head on its 13 to 19 population, an increase of 5 (7.5 per cent) on the previous year.
Spending by local authorities on youth services in addition to the EFS amounted to 119.3m, accounting for 28 per cent of the total spending.
And 25.8m was given in grant aid and contract arrangements to the voluntary sector.
On contacts, the report found that just over one million 13- to 19-year-olds were in contact with local authority youth services in England - 23.5 per cent of the total.
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