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1. Step 1

   • Publication: LA and school expenditure

2. Step 2

   • Data set: LA expenditure on children's services - national rounded summary

3. Step 3

   • National:
     • England

4. Step 4

   • Time period: 2022-23

5. Step 5

   • Indicators:
     • Grants inside of aggregate external finance (£ million)
     • Grants outside of aggregate external finance (£ million)
     • Income (£ million)
     • Net revenue expenditure (£ million)
     • Per capita net current expenditure (£)
   • Category of expenditure:
     • 5.0.2 Total Children and Young Peoples Services Expenditure (excluding CERA)
     • 5.0.3 Total Children and Young Peoples Services Expenditure (including CERA)
     • 4.0.1 Capital Expenditure from Revenue (CERA) (Childrens and young people services)
     • 3.1.1 Residential care
     • 3.1.10 Asylum seeker services children

6. Step 6 Explore data

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   View latest data: Financial year 2023-24

   'LA expenditure on children's services - national rounded summary' for 3.0.1 Spend on individual Sure Start Childrens Centres, 3.0.2 Spend for services delivered through Sure Start Childrens Centres, 3.0.3 Spend on management costs relating to Sure Start Childrens Centres, 3.0.4 Other spend on children under 5, 3.0.5 Total Sure Start childrens centres and other spend on children under 5 and 33 other filters in England for 2022-23

   		2022-23
   		Spend on LAs own provision (£ million)	Spend on other public sector provision (£ million)	Spend on private provision (£ million)	Spend on voluntary provision (£ million)	Total gross expenditure (£ million)	Income (£ million)	Total net current expenditure (£ million)	Per capita net current expenditure (£)	Net revenue expenditure (£ million)	Grants inside of aggregate external finance (£ million)	Grants outside of aggregate external finance (£ million)
   Sure Start and children aged under 5	3.0.1 Spend on individual Sure Start Childrens Centres	£250.6m	£12.8m	£16.5m	£53.2m	£333.1m	£50.0m	£283.1m	£23	£271.2m	£10.9m	£0.9m
   	3.0.2 Spend for services delivered through Sure Start Childrens Centres	£57.5m	£2.2m	£7.3m	£5.5m	£72.6m	£5.6m	£67.0m	£6	£61.8m	£4.6m	£0.5m
   	3.0.3 Spend on management costs relating to Sure Start Childrens Centres	£30.1m	£0.0m	£0.3m	£0.0m	£30.5m	£2.1m	£28.4m	£2	£27.6m	£0.8m	£0.0m
   	3.0.4 Other spend on children under 5	£79.9m	£5.4m	£2.6m	£2.3m	£90.3m	£22.7m	£67.6m	£6	£63.8m	£2.1m	£1.7m
   	3.0.5 Total Sure Start childrens centres and other spend on children under 5	£418.1m	£20.5m	£26.8m	£61.1m	£526.5m	£80.4m	£446.0m	£37	£424.4m	£18.5m	£3.1m
   Children looked after	3.1.1 Residential care	£579.2m	£95.4m	£1,837.8m	£35.8m	£2,548.2m	£166.3m	£2,381.9m	£197	£2,333.2m	£47.5m	£1.1m
   	3.1.2a Fostering services (excluding fees and allowances for LA foster carers)	£377.7m	£44.7m	£744.6m	£30.0m	£1,196.9m	£17.0m	£1,180.0m	£98	£1,158.6m	£20.8m	£0.6m
   	3.1.2b Fostering services (fees and allowances for LA foster carers)	£622.0m	£11.6m	£148.3m	£5.4m	£787.3m	£7.4m	£779.9m	£64	£767.4m	£12.1m	£0.4m
   	3.1.2 Total Fostering services	£999.7m	£56.2m	£892.9m	£35.4m	£1,984.2m	£24.3m	£1,959.9m	£162	£1,926.0m	£32.9m	£1.0m
   	3.1.3 Adoption services	£251.1m	£42.5m	£42.2m	£5.2m	£341.0m	£54.6m	£286.4m	£24	£270.7m	£13.9m	£1.7m
   	3.1.4 Special guardianship support	£339.0m	£9.0m	£57.1m	£8.7m	£413.6m	£1.0m	£412.6m	£34	£409.4m	£3.2m	£0.0m
   	3.1.5 Other children looked after services	£226.2m	£12.5m	£308.5m	£7.8m	£555.1m	£34.8m	£520.3m	£43	£477.4m	£42.2m	£0.8m
   	3.1.6 Short breaks (respite) for looked after disabled children	£34.9m	£0.6m	£11.3m	£0.8m	£47.6m	£2.0m	£45.6m	£4	£44.7m	£0.8m	£0.2m
   	3.1.7 Children placed with family and friends	£127.1m	£3.9m	£21.1m	£4.7m	£156.9m	£0.8m	£156.1m	£13	£155.9m	£0.2m	£0.0m
   	3.1.8 Education of looked after children	£66.3m	£3.3m	£4.7m	£0.1m	£74.4m	£19.8m	£54.6m	£5	£33.6m	£18.1m	£2.9m
   	3.1.9 Leaving care support services	£380.4m	£23.2m	£238.2m	£5.7m	£647.5m	£38.8m	£608.7m	£50	£527.2m	£72.2m	£9.3m
   	3.1.10 Asylum seeker services children	£136.4m	£7.6m	£118.3m	£1.2m	£263.4m	£49.3m	£214.1m	£18	£14.0m	£184.9m	£15.3m
   	3.1.11 Total Children Looked After	£3,140.3m	£254.1m	£3,532.1m	£105.3m	£7,031.9m	£391.8m	£6,640.2m	£549	£6,192.2m	£415.7m	£32.3m
   Other children and family services	3.2.1 Other children and families services	£89.8m	£7.5m	£27.1m	£4.6m	£129.0m	£18.2m	£110.8m	£9	£93.5m	£10.2m	£7.1m
   Safeguarding children and young peoples services	3.3.1 Social work (including LA functions in relation to child protection)	£2,687.9m	£78.7m	£132.6m	£4.4m	£2,903.5m	£76.3m	£2,827.3m	£234	£2,754.5m	£68.7m	£4.1m
   	3.3.2 Commissioning and Childrens Services Strategy	£275.4m	£8.7m	£27.3m	£1.7m	£313.1m	£43.0m	£270.0m	£22	£259.4m	£8.0m	£2.7m
   	3.3.3 Local Safeguarding Children Board	£40.1m	£3.4m	£2.6m	£0.0m	£46.2m	£17.1m	£29.1m	£2	£27.9m	£1.2m	£0.1m
   	3.3.4 Total Safeguarding Children and Young Peoples Services	£3,003.4m	£90.7m	£162.6m	£6.1m	£3,262.8m	£136.4m	£3,126.4m	£259	£3,041.7m	£77.9m	£6.8m
   Family support services	3.4.1 Direct payments	£109.7m	£4.5m	£52.4m	£3.6m	£170.2m	£13.6m	£156.7m	£13	£156.3m	£0.4m	£0.0m
   	3.4.2 Short breaks (respite) for disabled children	£167.8m	£10.8m	£57.0m	£17.6m	£253.2m	£24.9m	£228.3m	£19	£226.8m	£1.4m	£0.1m
   	3.4.3 Other support for disabled children	£43.7m	£3.2m	£21.6m	£0.5m	£69.0m	£6.3m	£62.7m	£5	£62.6m	£0.0m	£0.0m
   	3.4.4 Targeted family support	£789.0m	£63.2m	£121.7m	£17.4m	£991.3m	£132.7m	£858.6m	£71	£637.7m	£192.5m	£28.4m
   	3.4.5 Universal family support	£98.1m	£1.5m	£8.7m	£1.1m	£109.3m	£18.4m	£90.9m	£8	£78.3m	£12.5m	£0.0m
   	3.4.6 Total Family Support Services	£1,208.3m	£83.1m	£261.3m	£40.3m	£1,593.0m	£195.9m	£1,397.0m	£116	£1,161.8m	£206.7m	£28.5m
   Services for young people	3.5.1 Universal services for young people	£150.6m	£8.0m	£16.2m	£12.9m	£187.7m	£35.1m	£152.6m	£13	£136.6m	£14.6m	£1.4m
   	3.5.2 Targeted services for young people	£234.1m	£9.8m	£11.4m	£5.3m	£260.5m	£45.1m	£215.5m	£18	£189.3m	£23.0m	£3.2m
   	3.5.3 Total Services for young people	£384.7m	£17.7m	£27.6m	£18.2m	£448.2m	£80.2m	£368.0m	£30	£325.9m	£37.5m	£4.6m
   	8a.1 Substance misuse services (Drugs, Alcohol and Volatile substances) (included in 3.5.1 and 3.5.2 above)	x	x	x	x	£8.6m	x	x	£0	x	x	x
   	8a.2 Teenage pregnancy services (included in 3.5.1 and 3.5.2 above)	x	x	x	x	£2.1m	x	x	£0	x	x	x
   Youth justice	3.6.1 Youth justice	x	x	x	x	£298.7m	£144.9m	£153.8m	£13	x	x	x
   Capital expenditure	4.0.1 Capital Expenditure from Revenue (CERA) (Childrens and young people services)	x	x	x	x	£18.7m	£5.6m	£13.1m	£1	x	x	x
   Total	5.0.2 Total Children and Young Peoples Services Expenditure (excluding CERA)	x	x	x	x	£13,234.6m	x	£12,242.3m	£1,012	x	x	x
   	5.0.3 Total Children and Young Peoples Services Expenditure (including CERA)	x	x	x	x	£13,253.4m	x	£12,255.4m	£1,013	x	x	x

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