For personal social service spending, young people in Northern Ireland received less per head than their counterparts in England, Wales and Scotland. In 2004-05 Northern Ireland expenditure per young person was 287, followed by 402 in England, 429.10 in Wales, and 513 in Scotland.
The report also highlights a postcode lottery of access to speech and language, mental health and sexual health services in Northern Ireland.
Patricia Lewsley, Northern Ireland's children's commissioner, says: "We need to look at why children are losing out in personal social services at a time when we hear that services in mental health and speech and language therapy are not meeting their needs."
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