Planned expenditure on the early years budget (National rounded data - £ millions)
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This file contains the national figures for planned expenditure early years including information on the planned number of hours of early years education. Data is shown rounded to the nearest million.
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Data set details
- Theme
- Finance and funding
- Publication
- Planned LA and school expenditure
- Release
- Financial year 2024-25
- Release type
- Geographic levels
- National
- Indicators
- Average base rate for entitlement hours for 2 year olds (spend per hour)
- Average base rate for entitlement hours for 3 and 4 year olds (spend per hour)
- Average base rate for entitlement hours for children aged 9 months to 2 years old (spend per hour)
- Time period
- 2017-18 to 2024-25
Data set preview
| time_period | time_identifier | geographic_level | country_name | country_code | total_budget_3and4_years | sen_inclusion_fund_ey_block_3and4_years | sen_inclusion_fund_hn_block_3and4_years | sen_inclusion_fund_total_3and4_years | number_hours_3and4_years | average_funding_rate_3and4_years | average_base_rate_3and4_years | contingency_budget__3and4_years | centrally_retained_budget_3and4_years | early_years_pupil_premium_3and4_years | disability_access_fund_3and4_years | budget_extra_local_hours_3and4_years | total_budget_2_years | sen_inclusion_fund_ey_block_2_years | sen_inclusion_fund_hn_block_2_year | sen_inclusion_fund_total_2_years | number_hours_2_years | average_funding_rate_2_years | average_base_rate_2_years | contingency_budget_2_years | centrally_retained_budget_2_years | early_years_pupil_premium_2_years | disability_access_fund_2_years | total_budget_under_2_years | sen_inclusion_fund_ey_block_under_2_years | sen_inclusion_fund_hn_block_under_2_years | sen_inclusion_fund_total_under_2_years | number_hours_under_2_years | average_funding_rate_under_2_years | average_base_rate_under_2_years | contingency_budget_under_2_years | centrally_retained_budget_under_2_years | early_years_pupil_premium_under_2_years | disability_access_fund_under_2_years |
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| 201718 | Financial year | National | England | E92000001 | 2614.3 | x | x | 48.3 | 577367556 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 358.4 | 127.8 | 31.8 | 12.4 | 9.6 | 484 | x | x | 1.9 | 92093431 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 3.9 | 11.5 | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| 201819 | Financial year | National | England | E92000001 | 2859.8 | x | x | 0 | 627870882 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 399.9 | 118.2 | 30.9 | 12.7 | 0 | 471.7 | x | x | 0 | 89499367 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 4.9 | 8.2 | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| 201920 | Financial year | National | England | E92000001 | 2859.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 627870882 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 399.9 | 118.2 | 30.9 | 12.7 | 0 | 471.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 89499367 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 4.9 | 8.2 | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| 202021 | Financial year | National | England | E92000001 | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| 202122 | Financial year | National | England | E92000001 | 3018.3 | 48 | 16 | 64 | 641563705 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 210.8 | 114.8 | 29.6 | 14.6 | 0 | 419.5 | 2.2 | 0.7 | 2.9 | 79579392 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 2.4 | 7.7 | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| average_base_rate_2_years | Average base rate for entitlement hours for 2 year olds (spend per hour) |
| average_base_rate_3and4_years | Average base rate for entitlement hours for 3 and 4 year olds (spend per hour) |
| average_base_rate_under_2_years | Average base rate for entitlement hours for children aged 9 months to 2 years old (spend per hour) |
| average_funding_rate_2_years | Average funding rate for 2 year olds (spend per hour) |
| average_funding_rate_3and4_years | Average funding rate for 3 and 4 year olds (spend per hour) |
Footnotes
- Figures are presented to the nearest £ million and are taken from rounded national tables. For local authority or regional data, see unrounded local authority tables in "Explore data".
- In 2024-25 there were changes to early years funding. Funding categories for 2024-25 have been mapped to previous years where applicable. Further information is available in Early years entitlements: local authority funding operational guide 2024 to 2025 (opens in a new tab).
- To reduce burdens on local authorities during the COVID-19 pandemic, data for 2020-21 was not collected.
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