Funding of local authorities’ children’s services
Contents
Increasing demands on children’s services
Unaccompanied asylum seeking children
3 Sustainability of current system
Multiple factors behind increased activity
Reductions in other public services
Risk averse and anxious system
Reductions in early help services
Variation in spend and practice
Increasing care costs and the independent sector
Private profit from children’s services
5 Improving children’s services
Conclusions and recommendations
List of Reports from the Committee during the current Parliament
Published: 1 May 2019