PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Social Services: Children (13 December 2018)
Question Asked
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of public expenditure is spent on children’s services delivered by local government.
Asked by:
Matt Western (Labour)
Asked by:
Matt Western (Labour)
Answer
As outlined in the Office for Budget Responsibility’s October 2018 Economic and Fiscal Outlook, total managed expenditure was £793.8bn in 2017/18 and will increase to £812.8bn in 2018/19.
Local authority spending on children’s services in 2017/18 was £9.4bn. Councils have access to over £200 billion to deliver local services, including children’s services, between 2015/16 and 2019/20 and local government core spending power will increase in real terms next year.
Answered by:
Elizabeth Truss (Conservative)
17 December 2018
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