Overspend on children's social care as a proportion of budget, by local authority, 2015/16–2023/24

A line chart from the Institute for Government showing overspend on children's social care as a proportion of budget, by local authority, 2015/16–2023/24, where on average in England, overspend has risen from 14% to around 21% over the time period, with the 90th percentile overspending 42% and the 10th percentile at 6.5%.

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Source: Institute for Government analysis of DfE, 'LA and school expenditure’, 2015/16–2023/24 and DfE, 'Planned LA and school expenditure', 2015/16–2023/24.Notes: Data was not collected for 2020/21. Figures are calculated from net (planned/current) expenditure on children in care, safeguarding and family support services. Isles of Scilly, City of London and Rutland excluded from calculations of percentiles.Get the dataEmbed Download image

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