Information Team Croydon
Digital Services
Assistant Chief Executive Directorate
Bernard Wetherill House
7th Floor, Zone B
Croydon
CR0 1EA

Contact: Information Team
[email address]

Dear Fraser Knight

Request FOI/11040

Further to your request received on 06/11/2024, I confirm that the Council
has now considered your request under the Freedom of Information Act
2000. For ease of reference, I will now address each of your questions in
turn. 

Under the freedom of information act 2000, I request the following
information:

How many youth centres was the council operating each year from the
2010/2011 financial year to end of the 2023/2024 financial year?

4 up until 2016, then 3 from 2016, then 2 from 2019 to currently.

How many youth centres operated by councils were closed between 2010/2011
to the end of the 2023/2024 financial year?

2

How many youth centres previously operated by councils were closed between
the start of January 2024 and the end of October 2024?

0

How many council operated youth centres were open at the end of the
2023/24 financial year?

2

How many council operated youth centres were open at the end of October
2024?

2

How much did the council spend on youth services each year between the
2010/11 financial year and end of 2023/24 financial year?

2020/21- £1,218,000
2021/22- £1,168,000
2022/23- £1,119,000
2023/24- £964,000

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anonymised appropriately)

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here:

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If you are dissatisfied with the way the Council has handled your request
under the Freedom of Information Act, you may ask for an internal review.
This should be submitted to us within 40 working days of this response.
You can do this by outlining the details of your complaint by:

Email:        [2][email address]

Writing:     Information Team

London Borough of Croydon

Bernard Weatherill House

Floor 7 - Zone B

8 Mint Walk

Croydon, CR0 1EA

Any requests received after the 40 working day time limit will be
considered only at the discretion of the council.

If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have
the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a
decision. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at:

Information Commissioner’s Office

Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire, SK9 5AF

Yours sincerely,

Information Team

Croydon Digital Services

Assistant Chief Executive Directorate

Bernard Wetherill House,

Mint Walk,

Croydon,

CR0 1EA

[3][email address]

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