Early Help Service - Budget and Structure - Find a freedom of information request

I would like to request the following information as an FOI request.

1. What percentage of your Children and Young People's Services Budget is allocated to the provision of your Early Help Service?

2. With regards to the budget allocated to delivering the Early Help Service please detail the different budgets and funding streams that contribute to the overall budget.

3. The management and staff structure chart of your Early Help Service.

4. Details of the Governance process related to your Early Help Service

1. 2021-2022 Early Help Services as a percentage of the Children & Young People's Services Budget (excluding Dedicated Schools Grant)

• Early Help Service £11,276,656 (9.2%)
• Children and Young People £122,184,504

2.2021-2022 Original Budget

• Early Help Workers £6,714,946 Children’s Centres £2,757,100
• Best Start Lincolnshire: Early Years and Family Service £1,916,712
• Team Around the Child (TAC) and troubled families teams £566,566
• Strategic Development, Supported Childcare & Harship funds £263,897
• Future4me teams (50%) £882,795
• Virtual School £98,963

Total £13,201,379 S31

• Extension of the Role of Virtual School Heads to Certain Previously Looked After Children -£98,963
• Troubled Families Programme - £1,825,760

Net LCC funded budget £11,276,656

3. If you would like to see a copy of this attachment, please contact CustomerInformationService@lincolnshire.gov.uk quoting the reference number 2890269.

4. The governance for our Early Help Strategy is owned by our Local Safeguarding Children’s Partnership and we have an Early Help Strategy Steering group comprised of cross-partnership professionals who help to implement and drive the strategy.