Proportion of local authority spending going to children's social care, by local authority, 2011/12–2024/25

Source: Institute for Government analysis of MHCLG, ‘Local authority revenue outturns’, 2011/12–2024/25.Notes: Local authority spending is net current expenditure on highways and transport services, adult and children's social care, housing services (GFRA only), cultural and related services, environmental and regulatory services, planning and development services, central services and other services. This excludes spending on education, public health, police and fire services and spending from the Better Care Fund - areas where funding is essentially ringfenced. The analysis shows upper-tier local authorities in England only. The City of London, Isles of Scilly and Rutland are excluded from calculations of the percentiles, as are local authorities that underwent a reorganisation. Get the data Download image
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