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

Contact: Information Team
[email address]

NOTE: Please do not edit the subject line when replying to this email. If
you have a processing request, please ensure you quote that reference in
your emails to us.

Dear Alan Malarkey

FOI/11436

Subject: FOI - Youth Service Organisation

Thank you for your e-mail rec 1/2/25 in which you have requested an
internal review of your FoI F/11436 in relation to the young peoples team
reorganisation. Please accept our apologies for the delay in responding to
you. Reviews can only be carried out on responses already issued,
therefore we cannot process or log a review in this instance.

We can confirm that the relevant service who hold this information are
working on your request and are aware of the urgency and that it is now
overdue.  We are monitoring its progress and as soon as we receive this
information from them we forward this onto you. 

Your email requesting a review has come into our Infreemation system that
we use for FoIs, and has automatically been given a new ref number. This
will be cancelled and this enquiry merged into the current request
F/11436. Please use this reference in any correspondence regarding this
request.

Further information about your rights to information is available from the
Information Commissioner's Office at www.ico.org.uk

Kind Regard

Information Management Team

Croydon Digital Services

Assistant Chief Executive Directorate

7th Floor, Zone B

Bernard Weatherill House

8 Mint Walk

Croydon CR0 1EA

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

Contact: Information Team
[email address]

NOTE: Please do not edit the subject line when replying to this email. If
you have a processing request, please ensure you quote that reference in
your emails to us.

Dear Alan Malarkey

FOI/11436

Subject: FOI - Youth Service Organisation

Thank you for your e-mail. Please accept our apologies for the delay in
responding to you. 

We can confirm that the relevant service who hold this information are
working on your request and are aware of the urgency and that it is now
overdue.  We are monitoring its progress and as soon as we receive this
information from them we forward this onto you. 

Should we have any further delays we will keep you informed.

Further information about your rights to information is available from the
Information Commissioner's Office at www.ico.org.uk

Kind Regard

Information Management Team

Croydon Digital Services

Assistant Chief Executive Directorate

7th Floor, Zone B

Bernard Weatherill House

8 Mint Walk

Croydon CR0 1EA

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 Alan Malarkey

Request FOI/11436

Freedom of Information Request

Your request has been considered under the provisions of the Freedom of
Information Act. Please accept our apologies for the delay in responding
to you. Specifically, you have requested the following information:

1. Would you please supply a breakdown of Youth Service and Youth Projects
funding including grant funding, LA core funding showing projected
spending limits for financial years 2023-2024, 2024-2025 and 2025-2026

Youth Engagement      
2025-26
  2023-24 budget 2024-25 budget draft budget
General fund 290,000 224,000 224,000
Public Health 700,000 700,000 700,000
  990,000 924,000 924,000

Youth Justice Service      
2025-26
  2023-24 budget 2024-25 budget draft budget
General fund 388,000 551,000 551,000
Public Health 52,000 52,000 52,000
MOPAC 294,000 294,000 294,000
Home Office UASC 86,000 86,000 86,000
Youth Justice Board 535,000 538,000 538,000
  1,355,000 1,521,000 1,521,000
       

2. Please show any and every review document within departments and
between departments and Cabinet Members identifying options and plans for
the configuration and reconfiguration of youth services, youth projects
and jointly funded activities eg with Police, Youths justice and GLA

Please see links below to our cabinet minutes and also a link to our Youth
Justice Plan that has been to cabinet.

[1]www.croydon.gov.uk
[2]Meetings, agendas, and minutes | Croydon Council

[3]croydon-youth-justice-plan-2024-25-v1_0.pdf for the plan.

3. Please share any identified, options. plans or submissions for the
disposal of any Croydon owned capital assets currently used for youth
meetings, assemblies or youth work project staff.

The Cabinet has approved various tranches of property for disposals
(tranche 0-3) These were approved in May 2022, May and December 2023 and
December 2024. Details of those sites can be found on the Council web
site. [4]https://democracy.croydon.gov.uk/uuCover...

A further tranche 4 list of possible disposals is being prepared by the
Council for consideration and approval by Cabinet in June/ July 2025.

4. Please share any documentation for the continuation, development or
cessation of the Croydon Youth/Young Peoples Assembly

We are not aware of any plans for the Croydon Youth Assembly beyond March
25 but expect a decision after the current restructure of the Youth
Engagement Team.

The Council publishes Access to Information requests and responses on its
online Disclosure Log. (Any request included within this log will be
anonymised appropriately)

To view the Council’s Disclosure Log, please visit our website available
here:

[5]The Freedom of Information (FOI) Act | Croydon Council
(disclosure-log.co.uk)

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:        [email address]

Writing:     Information Team

London Borough of Croydon
Bernard Weatherill House
3^rd Floor - Zone E
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 

Croydon Council

References

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4. https://democracy.croydon.gov.uk/uuCover...
5. https://croydon.disclosure-log.co.uk/