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 (National, Regional, LA levels)’ table, 2009/10–2020/21; DLUHC, ‘Local authority revenue expenditure and financing’, ‘Revenue outturn social care and public health services (R03) 2020–21’ table; DLUHC, ‘Local authority revenue expenditure and financing’, ‘Local authority revenue expenditure and financing England 2021 to 2022 budget, England’ table; DLUHC, ‘Local authority COVID-19 financial impact monitoring information’ table, supported by CIPFA. Notes: Details on forecasts and spend net of Covid can be found in the Methodology chapter. Get the data Embed