Source · Select Committees · Public Accounts Committee
Recommendation 19
19
New investment in children's social care aims to reduce family court cases.
Conclusion
DfE told us its major contribution to the overall system is to reduce the flow of cases to family courts. It told us that successive governments have under-invested in children’s social care but the Spending Review in June this year announced over £2 billion of new investment in Children’s social care. This could help provide better family support “so that more and more children can stay safety with their families and do not ever go into the family court system”.40 34 IFC0091 35 Q 49 36 Qq 44, 47; IFC0074, IFC0079, IFC0091 37 Qq 26, 35, 46, 48; C&AG’s Report, paras 3.8-3.11 38 Q 44; C&AG’s Report, para 3.11 39 C&AG’s Report, para 3.11 40 Q 26 14 2 Taking a whole system approach to overcome barriers and improve family justice Tackling shortages in district judges and social workers