Children: Social Services

(asked on 15th May 2019) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the financial sustainability of local government children’s services.


Answered by
Nadhim Zahawi Portrait
Nadhim Zahawi
This question was answered on 23rd May 2019

Funding for children’s services is made available through the Local Government Finance Settlement. We are in the final year of a multi-year settlement deal and have made £46.4 billion available this year for local services including those for children’s services. The government has also made £410 million available to local authorities this year specifically for adult and children social care.

My department is working with the sector, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and with HM Treasury, as part of our preparation for the next Spending Review, to understand the level of funding local government needs to meet demand and deliver statutory duties.

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