The inquiry, which is being conducted by the housing, communities and local government select committee, will hear evidence from people working in the sector about whether they are able to fulfil their statutory duties with current levels of investment.
The group also wants to hear about the financial challenges of providing non-statutory services, and how investment can become more sustainable in the long and short term.
It also wants to discover what innovations and approaches local authorities are using to stretch their finances.
The committee published figures suggesting spending on statutory children's services had increased by 3.2 per cent between 2010/11 and 2016/17. However, overall spending on children's services fell by seven per cent in the same period due to cuts for discretionary services such as Sure Start.
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