FOI release

Children Young Carers budget 24/25 & 25/26

Case reference FOI2025/01998

Received 8 October 2025

Published 4 November 2025

Request

1 Please could you provide me with details of your Children's Young Carers budget 24/25 and 25/26

2 Please could you provide me with details of the Children's Social Care total budget (general fund) and outturn 24/25 and 25/26 (forecast)

Response

1 Please could you provide me with details of your Children's Young Carers budget 24/25 and 25/26

Answer: With regards to the childrens young carers budget – there is not a designated budget within the Children & Young People directorate for payments to young carers. The Early Help team, as part of their job roles, offer a young carers support service, however we are unable to calculate a separate staffing budget figure for this, as the staffing costs all come under the Early Help team as a whole, not split by service.


2 Please could you provide me with details of the Children's Social Care total budget (general fund) and outturn 24/25 and 25/26 (forecast)

 

Answer: Please see the table below.

Budget
£m

Outturn
£m

2024/25

59.7

56.9

Budget
£m

Forecast (at Q1)
£m

2025/26

59.1

58

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