Research and analysis

Children’s services: spending and delivery

Research about local authority spending on children’s services over the last Parliament and related service adaptations.

Applies to England

Documents

Children's services: spending and delivery July 2016

Children's services spending update November 2017

Children's services spending November 2017

Children's services spending November 2017

Details

Research project by Aldaba and the Early Intervention Foundation, based on a combination of quantitative and qualitative research.

The project included:

  • statistical analysis of information on spending by local councils
  • statistical analysis of the number of children in need and looked-after children
  • qualitative interviews with over 50 officials across 17 local councils in England between September and October 2015

The November 2017 research update from Aldaba includes:

  • statistical analysis of information on spending by local councils
  • statistical analysis of the number of children in need and looked-after children
  • updated information for 2014 to 2015 and 2015 to 2016
Published 6 July 2016
Last updated 28 November 2017 + show all updates
  1. Update report and spreadsheets showing local authority spending added.

  2. First published.