During a debate in the House of Commons last week, Hughes said she was keeping an eye on a number of authorities. She highlighted Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council, which the MP for Stourbridge, Lynda Waltho, complained is cutting its grants to voluntary sector projects.
Last year Hughes told Young People Now that she would consider not giving authorities the second-year allocation if they do not follow the guidelines (YPN, 15-21 March 2006, p2). Dudley council said that its 31,000 cut was due to "budget constraints".
More than 9,000 young people have been involved in making decisions about how the funds are used, with a further 24,000 involved in developing bids.
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