Education CommitteeFurther written evidence submitted by the Local Government Association (LGA)
With regards to the point Cllr Simmonds was making on p24, this relates to funding on a national level and an increase for early intervention and a decrease for children’s centres. Information on this is available in this table from the DfE:
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Year on Year Comparison of the Local Authority Planned Expenditure (gross) on Children and Young People’s Services and Social Care 2011–12 |
2012–13 |
Change between |
Change between |
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Total Early Years Budget |
£398.2 million |
£412.4 million an increase of £14.2 million |
a rise of 3.6% |
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Total Sure Start and Children’s Centres |
£1.0 billion |
£0.95 billion a decrease of £46.0 million |
a fall of 4.6% |
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Total Children Looked After |
£2.88 billion |
£2.90 billion an increase of £20.0 million |
a rise of 0.7% |
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Total Children and Young People’s Safety |
£1.64 billion |
£1.67bn an increase of £35.0 million |
a rise of 2.1% |
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Total Family Support Services |
£913.3 million |
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Total Other Children and Family Services |
£355 million |
£383 million an increase of £28.0 million |
a rise of 7.9% |
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Total Services for Young People |
£883 million |
£791 million a decrease of £92.1 million |
a fall of 10.4% |
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Total Children’s Services Strategy |
£224 million |
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Total Youth Justice |
£362 million |
£336 million a decrease of £25.9 million |
a fall of 7.2% |
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Total Children and Young People’s Services and Social Care |
£8.5 billion |
£8.6 billion an increase of £106 million* |
a rise of 1.3% |