Data set from LA and school expenditure

LA expenditure on children's services - unrounded data

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This file contains information on expenditure on education made by local authorities. Data is at local authority, regional and national level and is unrounded. Data was collected via the S251 Outturn return made to the department in autumn 2024.

Data set details

Theme
Finance and funding
Publication
LA and school expenditure
Release type
Geographic levels
Local authority, National, Regional
Indicators
  • Grants inside of aggregate external finance
  • Grants outside of aggregate external finance
  • Income
Filters
  • Category of expenditure
Time period
2015-16 to 2023-24

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data
time_periodtime_identifiergeographic_levelcountry_namecountry_coderegion_nameregion_codela_nameold_la_codenew_la_codecategory_of_expendituredescription_of_expenditureown_provisionprivate_provisionother_public_sector_provisionvoluntary_provisiontotal_expenditureincomenet_current_expendituregrants_inside_AEFgrants_outside_AEFnet_revenue_expenditureper_capita_net_current_spend
201516Financial yearNationalEnglandE92000001Sure Start and children aged under 53.0.1 Spend on individual Sure Start Childrens Centres39378780955732011221796267678995854848940480861682467627722528606176218746157947440
201516Financial yearNationalEnglandE92000001Sure Start and children aged under 53.0.2 Spend for services delivered through Sure Start Childrens Centres600239561424854912013847153229881016093401023697491372366220004863913455038
201516Financial yearNationalEnglandE92000001Sure Start and children aged under 53.0.3 Spend on management costs relating to Sure Start Childrens Centres40318343108731136546396374060325622885333831472354741217995377493163
201516Financial yearNationalEnglandE92000001Sure Start and children aged under 53.0.4 Other spend on children under 5139919043529456395895570797581532523192293596513031635426246083709012765465611
201516Financial yearNationalEnglandE92000001Sure Start and children aged under 53.0.5 Total Sure Start childrens centres and other spend on children under 5634049151753838553528897399232341843954320116323154727631166848008182213571832895063

Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 12 variables
Variable nameVariable description
description_of_expenditureCategory of expenditure - Filter by expenditure category
grants_inside_AEFGrants inside of aggregate external finance
grants_outside_AEFGrants outside of aggregate external finance
incomeIncome
net_current_expenditureTotal net current expenditure

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