Data published by the Office for National Statistics show that councils have budgeted to spend £9.1bn in 2019/20, an increase of £535m or 6.2 per cent compared to the £8.57bn budgeted in 2018/19.
While the year-on-year rise in spending on children's services was slightly lower than the 6.8 per cent increase seen in 2018/19 - it is still significantly higher than the rise in spending on adult social care and education.
In terms of how spending in children's social care will be allocated, expenditure on looked-after children is predicted to be the highest budgeted area at £4.5bn, up by £352m (8.4 per cent) compared with a budget of £4.2bn for 2018/19.
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