The cuts were revealed in a letter from Education Secretary Michael Gove, which was sent to all local authorities this week. The letter states that the £15m the previous government committed to improving the Integrated Children’s System, to help social workers keep better records of the children they support, has been scrapped. Local authorities have been instructed to dip into the £23m Local Social Work Improvement Fund if they want to continue to address any IT problems they have.
The remainder of the Youth Capital Fund, which paid for local youth facilities chosen by young people, has been halved to £13m.
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