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<p>In total the government has spent £8.7 million on the consultation, preparation
and the introduction of the National Assessment and Accreditation System (NAAS) for
child and family social workers.</p><p> </p><p>These costs can be further broken down
into £4.6 million in preparation costs, which includes money spent on the proof of
concept phase, the preparation of assessment materials and standard setting.</p><p>
</p><p>A further £4.1 million was spent up until June 2018 on the introduction of
assessments. Of this, £3.5 million has been in spent in grants made to local authorities
to support children’s services departments and individual social workers to prepare
for the assessment.</p><p> </p><p>The department has spent no funds on consultation.
The consultation and program development of the NAAS has been resourced directly by
the civil service who have engaged widely with both local authorities and individual
social workers.</p>
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