The studyof 23 boroughs carried out by the London Safeguarding ChildrenBoard, found annual safeguarding board budgets varied from as little as51,550 in one borough to as much as 294,796 inanother.
The contributions made by various agencies also differed greatly.Boroughs' children's services departments gave anything from 30,000 to 175,295 towards their local boards.
The amount of funding given by health services was similarly variable,ranging from 7,750 in one locality to 60,000 inanother.
Police funding was one of the most consistent, because the Child AbuseInvestigation Command gave 5,000 to each board in thecapital.
However, this was supplemented in some local areas through extra fundingfrom borough policing and, in one case, a special crime and disordergrant.
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