Growth and development.pdf

5. FinanceService Area(£000)Children’s Services £50,424 £53,071 £50,493 £57,531Community Care £108,050 £107,752 £113,368 £110,972Adult Offenders -£177 £290Other SW Services £13,331 £38,418 £13,465 £42,520Total £171,805 £199,064 £177,327 £211,313Spend per headSpend per head £326.67 £346.77Quartile 1 1GAE1999-2000Final netOut turn1999-20001999-2000GAE2000-2001Final netOut turn2000-20012000-2001Criminal justice services are funded directly by the Scottish Executive, and Glasgow received£8,562,908 in 2000-2001.Glasgow has spent 14% more than GAE on children's services. Spend per head on social workservices is high.The Council budgeted to spend over £215m on social work services in 2001-2002, in order toprovide social work services in a city where poverty and deprivation has a major impact on thelives of many people who are already vulnerable. The consequences of drug misuse have anadditional serious influence on services. The costs of addressing the misuse of drugs distort abudget that might otherwise be better focused on preventative services, particularly foryounger children and their families.During the past year the Department has reduced the number of its area social work teamsfrom 17 to 9, which enabled savings of over £1m to be redirected to frontline services.140