Treasury written question – answered am ar 17 Rhagfyr 2018.
Roger Godsiff
Llafur, Birmingham, Hall Green
To ask the Chancellor of the exchequer, what proportion of total public expenditure is spent on children’s services delivered by local government.
Matt Western
Llafur, Warwick and Leamington
To ask the Chancellor of the exchequer, what proportion of public expenditure is spent on children’s services delivered by local government.
Elizabeth Truss
The Chief Secretary to the Treasury
As outlined in the Office for Budget Responsibility’s October 2018 Economic and Fiscal Outlook, total managed expenditure was £793.8bn in 2017/18 and will increase to £812.8bn in 2018/19.
Local authority spending on children’s services in 2017/18 was £9.4bn. Councils have access to over £200 billion to deliver local services, including children’s services, between 2015/16 and 2019/20 and local government core spending power will increase in real terms next year.
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