Tristan Donovan finds out what last week's Comprehensive Spending Review means for children and young people's services.
The government's long awaited Comprehensive Spending Review was finally unveiled last week. Chancellor Alistair Darling was however forced to rein in growth in spending. And in the event, with a few exceptions the review amounted to a raft of re-announcements of funding.
EDUCATION AND CHILDCARE
Overall, the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) will have its budget increased by £9.4bn between 2008/09 and 2010/11. This increase will need to bankroll many of the government's key initiatives in children and young people's services including the expansion of children's centres, the growth of extended schools and raising funding per pupil in schools from £5,550 to £6,600 by 2010/11.
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