Institute for Government

Change in local authority spending on children’s social care in England since 2009/10 (real terms)

Source: Institute for Government analysis of DfE, ‘LA and school expenditure’ (‘S251 Outturn - Children and Young People's Services' table), 2009/10–2021/22; DLUHC, ‘Local authority revenue expenditure and financing’, supported by CIPFA. Notes: Details on forecasts and spend net of Covid can be found in the Methodology chapter. Get the data Embed