Provisional figures from the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) show that councils spent a combined £6.95bn on children’s social care services between April 2013 and March 2014.
This figure is £340m (5.1 per cent) higher than spending in 2012/13, when the total came to £6.61bn.
The DCLG said the increase was the largest of any local authority service area.
In contrast, spending on education dropped by 3.4 per cent, from £37.1bn in 2012/13 to £35.9bn in 2013/14.
Meanwhile, local authority contributions to police services fell by 3.7 per cent from £11.3bn to £10.9bn.
Spending on adult social care rose by 0.3 per cent from £14.5bn to £14.6bn.
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