| Heading: |
Social Services: Children |
| Question ID: |
1805810 |
| UIN: |
54465 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-05-22 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5119 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Natasha Irons
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| Asking Member handle: |
NDIrons
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@NDIrons
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of reductions in early intervention funding on levels of demand for (a) child protection services and (b) care placements. |
| Is named day: |
true |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-05 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4698 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Janet Daby
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| Answering Member handle: |
JanetDaby
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@JanetDaby
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| Answer text: |
This government recognises that early intervention improves outcomes and reduces overall public spending.In the 2023/24 financial year, local authorities’ gross expenditure on children and young people's services was £14.8 billion, a 12% increase in cash ... |
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| Answering body ID: |
60 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Education |
| Tweeted: |
true |