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Children's Services: Finance

Answer

The available information on how much was allocated by each unitary local authority for children's services per head of population in 2009-10 is shown in the following table:

Total net budget for unitary local authorities in England covering education, community, youth justice and children and young people's services: 2009-10
	£	£ per head
England	41,441,129,000	3,350
Unitary LAs	9,258,268,000	3,280
Bath and North East Somerset	131,341,000	3,220
Bedford	144,340,000	3,620
Blackburn with Darwen	139,948,000	3,220
Blackpool	117,785,000	3,480
Bournemouth	114,495,000	3,460
Bracknell Forest	84,293,000	2,890
Brighton and Hove	190,243,000	3,560
Bristol	286,039,000	3,060
Central Bedfordshire	201,917,000	3,170
Cheshire East	255,559,000	3,030
Cheshire West and Chester	243,930,000	3,180
Cornwall	377,451,000	3,190
Darlington	74,207,000	3,030
Derby	203,003,000	3,390
Durham	395,445,000	3,420
East Riding of Yorkshire	246,916,000	3,280
Halton	105,750,000	3,430
Hartlepool	86,767,000	3,700
Herefordshire	118,131,000	2,960
Isle of Wight	107,132,000	3,500
Kingston upon Hull	224,771,000	3,620
Leicester	280,435,000	3,570
Luton	184,588,000	3,520
Medway	224,506,000	3,410
Middlesbrough	108,543,000	3,070
Milton Keynes	215,155,000	3,500
North East Lincolnshire	128,877,000	3,240
North Lincolnshire	123,794,000	3,210
North Somerset	142,746,000	3,000
Northumberland	247,062,000	3,610
Nottingham	245,455,000	3,520
Peterborough	162,817,000	3,770
Plymouth	212,136,000	3,620
Poole	98,711,000	3,210
Portsmouth	136,877,000	3,010
Reading	105,327,000	3,180
Redcar and Cleveland	119,466,000	3,560
Rutland	25,996,000	2,490
Shropshire	198,697,000	2,960
Slough	130,942,000	4,120
South Gloucestershire	185,383,000	2,960
Southampton	154,113,000	2,960
Southend-on-Sea	151,255,000	3,950
Stockton-on-Tees	157,166,000	3,300
Stoke-on-Trent	193,586,000	3,330
Swindon	146,146,000	3,110
Telford and Wrekin	128,893,000	3,010
Thurrock	127,624,000	3,160
Torbay	103,522,000	3,520
Warrington	149,784,000	3,140
West Berkshire	135,961,000	3,480
Wiltshire	340,084,000	3,010
Windsor and Maidenhead	104,366,000	2,860
Wokingham	123,389,000	3,060
York	115,406,000	2,730
Notes:
1. The figures for the total net budget covering education, community, youth justice and children and young people's services are drawn from unitary local authorities' 2009-10 Children, Schools and Families Financial Data Collection (Budget Table 1 line 8) submitted to the DCSF. Figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and may not sum due to rounding.
2. The per head figures are calculated by dividing the total net budget by the projected population aged 0 to 19 at mid-2009 in each LA. Figures are rounded to the nearest £10 and may not sum due to rounding. Cash terms figures as reported by local authorities in England as at 12 January 2010.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

504 c138-9W; 309686

Session

2009-10

Subjects

Finance Social services

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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