Social Services: Children

(asked on 11th June 2019) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has plans to ensure local authorities ringfence any future investment into children's services over the next five years.


Answered by
Elizabeth Truss Portrait
Elizabeth Truss
This question was answered on 18th June 2019

Individual local authorities have flexibility to set their own budgets and spend on services according to local need, priorities and to meet their statutory duties. Decisions on future funding for local government will be made in the round at the next Spending Review.

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