title: Young modules and filtration multiplicities for Brauer algebras authors: Robert Hartmann and Rowena Paget address: University of Leicester, Department of Mathematics, University Road, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK status: submitted, 2005 abstract: We define permutation modules and Young modules for the Brauer algebra $B_k(r,\delta)$, and show that if the characteristic of the field $k$ is neither 2 nor 3 then every permutation module is a sum of Young modules, respecting an ordering condition similar to that for symmetric groups. Moreover, we determine precisely in which cases cell module filtration multiplicities are well-defined, as done by Hemmer and Nakano for symmetric groups.