questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of increasing funding for early intervention in children’s social care on costs to the public purse.
answerText: Local government spending on children’s social care has risen by £4.4 billion over the last decade whilst spend on non-statutory, preventative services has fallen from £3.9 billion in 2012/13 to £2.7 billion in 2022/23, which is a fall of 31% in real term...
heading: Children: Social Services