Data collected by the union through a Freedom of Information request reveals that children’s centres spending has fallen by £82m since ringfencing for the funding was removed in April 2010.??
The reduction in spending has seen councils close or merge 292 centres during the same timeframe, with London losing 67 centres, the highest in any region.
According to the research, councils in the West Midlands have made the biggest funding cuts (25.4 per cent of total children's centres budget), followed by Yorkshire and Humberside (21.6 per cent).
The findings are drawn from the responses of 116 councils, a response rate of 76 per cent.
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