Department for Education figures for confirmed spending by councils on children's services, show that in the 2017/18 financial year they spent £664.8m on Sure Start children's centres, compared with £774.3m in 2016/17 - a fall of £109.5m, or 14.1 per cent.
It is the latest in a series of annual declines in Sure Start spending over the last eight years. Last year's council spending figures showed that children's centre spending had fallen by £670m between 2010/11 and 2015/16.
A consultation on the future of Sure Start children's centres was announced in 2015 but has not been carried out. Last month MPs sitting on the science and technology select committee called on ministers to clarify the government's position on Sure Start and whether a consultation will take place.
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