Latest projected figures from the Department for Education show that the gross spend on children’s services will come to £8.35bn for the current financial year 2013/14, compared to £8.58bn in 2012/13, a drop of £233m.
The cut represents a 2.73 per cent fall in funding, before the effect of inflation is taken into account.
However, total funding for children’s centres and early years services showed the biggest decrease – down £190m from £1.28bn in 2012/13 to £1.09bn in 2013/14, representing a drop of 14.8 per cent.
Other sectors to be hit by the spending downturn include youth justice, which is projected to see funding fall around five per cent, from £336m in 2012/13 to £319m in 2013/14.
Despite the overall drop in funding, areas that feature high on the list of government priorities have seen resources increase.
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