Calls for more funding as children's social care reaches ‘breaking point’
Derby Telegraph
|April 17, 2025
COUNCILS and charities have joined forces to call on the Government to stabilise a children’s social care system at “breaking point”.
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Organisations providing support to children said it is vital that additional funding is included in the forthcoming spending review to ensure children and young people are shielded from harm at a time of rising demand and costs.
The latest Government figures show there were 621,880 referrals to children's social care in the year to March 31, 2024 - equivalent to 1,704 a day.
Nearly 400,000 children were classified as being in need of support and protection in the same period, while 50,000 were on child protection plans due to the severity of risk.
This story is from the April 17, 2025 edition of Derby Telegraph.
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