Children: Social Services

(asked on 12th December 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the amount spent under section 17 of the Children's Act 1989 by public bodies in each of the last five years.


Answered by
Robert Goodwill Portrait
Robert Goodwill
This question was answered on 19th December 2017

The Department for Education collects data on local council spending on a range of services for children and young people. Local councils are not required to provide separate data regarding spend on children provided with support under section 17 of the Children Act 1989.

The following local authority gross spend may be on children in need but may also provide services to children not assessed as needing support under section 17:

2012-13 £000s

2013-14 £000s

2014-15 £000s

2015-16 £000s

2016-17 £000s

Child protection and safeguarding

£1,965,569

£2,026,366

£2,122,368

£2,226,843

£2,334,268

Early years and children’s centres

£1,193,408

£1,053,716

£945,453

£843,954

£774,349

Family support

£973,056

£1,043,722

£1,078,865

£1,073,944

£1,087,140

Other children and families services

£110,534

£100,008

£86,959

£102,933

£87,175

Services for young people

£815,910

£712,771

£627,070

£527,980

£447,532

Source: Section 251 Outturn

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