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Councils 'prioritising crisis intervention funding'

3 mins read Social Care
The proportion of children’s services funding being spent on crisis interventions has increased markedly over the last decade, analysis has found.
Youth services and Home Start programmes are among areas being cut, research suggests. Picture: Adobe Stock
Youth services and Home Start programmes are among areas being cut, research suggests. Picture: Adobe Stock

Research finds that while councils in England had increased children’s services spending by £800m for 2021/22, four out of every five pounds of this increase was spent on crisis intervention services.

In contrast, a decade ago just over two thirds of increased funding was being spent on crisis support.

Researchers point out this increase coincides with a fall of 46 per cent in council spending on early intervention services over the last decade. While council early intervention services spending totalled £3.7bn in 2010/11, this had shrunk to just over £2bn in 2021/22.

Over the same period total spending on late intervention services to help families in crisis increased from £6bn to £8.8bn.

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