Latest Department for Education figures detailing how much local authorities spent on different areas of children and young people’s services in 2013/14 reveal that councils spent £1.05bn on children’s centres over the past year.
That represents a reduction of £139.7m since 2012/13, when councils spent £1.19bn.
The DfE statistics, based on section 251 returns, also show that authorities spent £712.8m on youth services in 2013/14.
Broken down, the data shows that councils spent £359.8m on universal services and £352.9m on targeted provision.
The reported spend is £103.1m less than in 2012/13, when councils spent £815.9m on youth services.
The reduction in spend is much higher than the £60m estimated by Unison in August.
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