Referrals to Children's Services

1. The total number of referrals to Children's Services per year each year for the last five years

2. The total budget allocated to Children's services (by calendar year or financial year, whichever is easier) each year for the last five years

3. The total cost of employing agency (temporary / non-staff) social workers per year each year for the last five years

4. Total expenditure on housing children and young adults in non-local authority (ie. privately run) children's homes per year each year for the last five years, and the average cost per child per annum for such placements in each year for the last five years

1. See below table for the total number of referrals to Children's Services per year each year for the last five years

 *The first row in the table above is a count of the children that the referrals received relate to, & the second row is the number of actual referrals received (so, for example, 3 children might be the subject of 1 referral).

2. 2024-2025 £123,522,200

    2023-2024 £104,563,314

    2022-2023 £96,791,775

    2021-2022 £97,888,958

    2020-2021 £93,381,489

3. 2024-2025 £2,304,660

    2023-2024 £3,376,305

    2022-2023 £3,738,346

    2021-2022 £2,940,736

    2020-2021 £2,286,836

4. Please see table below