Planned expenditure on the early years budget (unrounded data)
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This file contains the actual figures for planned expenditure on early years, including information on the planned number of hours of early years education. Data is shown for individual local authorities and also includes unrounded regional and national totals.
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Data set details
- Theme
- Finance and funding
- Publication
- Planned LA and school expenditure
- Release
- Financial year 2024-25
- Release type
- Number of rows
- 1,306
- Geographic levels
- Local authority, National, Regional
- 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)
- Average funding rate for 2 year olds (spend per hour)
- Average funding rate for 3 and 4 year olds (spend per hour)
- Average funding rate for children aged 9 months to 2 years old (spend per hour)
- Number of hours funded for 2 year olds
- Number of hours funded for 3 and 4 year olds
- Number of hours funded for children aged 9 months to 2 years old
- Other spend on early education, budget for extra local hours for 3 and 4 year olds
- Other spend on early education, centrally retained budget for 2 year olds
- Other spend on early education, centrally retained budget for 3 and 4 year olds
- Other spend on early education, centrally retained budget for children aged 9 months to 2 years old
- Other spend on early education, contingency budget for 2 year olds
- Other spend on early education, contingency budget for 3 and 4 year olds
- Other spend on early education, contingency budget for children aged 9 months to 2 years old
- Other spend on early education, disability access fund for 2 year olds
- Other spend on early education, disability access fund for 3 and 4 year olds
- Other spend on early education, disability access fund for children aged 9 months to 2 years old
- Other spend on early education, early years pupil premium for 2 year olds
- Other spend on early education, early years pupil premium for 3 and 4 year olds
- Other spend on early education, early years pupil premium for children aged 9 months to 2 years old
- SEN inclusion fund from early years block funding for 2 year olds
- SEN inclusion fund from early years block funding for 3 and 4 year olds
- SEN inclusion fund from early years block funding for children aged 9 months to 2 years old
- SEN inclusion fund from high needs block funding for 2 year olds
- SEN inclusion fund from high needs block funding for 3 and 4 year olds
- SEN inclusion fund from high needs block funding for children aged 9 months to 2 years old
- Total SEN inclusion fund for 2 year olds
- Total SEN inclusion fund for 3 and 4 year olds
- Total SEN inclusion fund for children aged 9 months to 2 years old
- Total planned spend for children aged 2 years old
- Total planned spend for children aged 3 and 4 year olds
- Total planned spend for children aged 9 months to 2 years old
- Time period
- 2017-18 to 2024-25
Data set preview
| time_period | time_identifier | geographic_level | country_name | country_code | region_name | region_code | la_name | old_la_code | new_la_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 | 2614264609 | x | x | 48264745 | 577367556 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 35842533 | 127829484 | 31836918 | 12446550 | 9587726 | 483987967 | x | x | 1891868 | 92093431 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 3852410 | 11518362 | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | |||||
| 201718 | Financial year | Regional | England | E92000001 | East of England | E12000006 | 284363306 | x | x | 4305199 | 63150746 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 2422344 | 13703591 | 3241478 | 1401150 | 1003 | 44149636 | x | x | 100899 | 8467940 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 381985 | 1612512 | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | |||
| 201718 | Financial year | Regional | England | E92000001 | South West | E12000009 | 227830225 | x | x | 3650028 | 53207195 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 1401330 | 8967717 | 2421636 | 1094750 | 0 | 38244891 | x | x | 173073 | 7458522 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 89686 | 754607 | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | |||
| 201718 | Financial year | Regional | England | E92000001 | South East | E12000008 | 410383607 | x | x | 7598372 | 92547831 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4344659 | 21888959 | 3219959 | 1783090 | 279999 | 55162200 | x | x | 374726 | 10532257 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 75635 | 2666229 | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | |||
| 201718 | Financial year | Regional | England | E92000001 | Inner London | E13000001 | 217853901 | x | x | 8371171 | 35616880 | 6.4 | 5.5 | 7324719 | 14904493 | 2408722 | 672600 | 7263517 | 34454524 | x | x | 0 | 5476665 | 6.3 | 6.3 | 373987 | 1496320 | 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) |
| average_funding_rate_under_2_years | Average funding rate for children aged 9 months to 2 years old (spend per hour) |
| budget_extra_local_hours_3and4_years | Other spend on early education, budget for extra local hours for 3 and 4 year olds |
| centrally_retained_budget_2_years | Other spend on early education, centrally retained budget for 2 year olds |
| centrally_retained_budget_3and4_years | Other spend on early education, centrally retained budget for 3 and 4 year olds |
| centrally_retained_budget_under_2_years | Other spend on early education, centrally retained budget for children aged 9 months to 2 years old |
| contingency_budget__3and4_years | Other spend on early education, contingency budget for 3 and 4 year olds |
| contingency_budget_2_years | Other spend on early education, contingency budget for 2 year olds |
| contingency_budget_under_2_years | Other spend on early education, contingency budget for children aged 9 months to 2 years old |
| disability_access_fund_2_years | Other spend on early education, disability access fund for 2 year olds |
| disability_access_fund_3and4_years | Other spend on early education, disability access fund for 3 and 4 year olds |
| disability_access_fund_under_2_years | Other spend on early education, disability access fund for children aged 9 months to 2 years old |
| early_years_pupil_premium_2_years | Other spend on early education, early years pupil premium for 2 year olds |
| early_years_pupil_premium_3and4_years | Other spend on early education, early years pupil premium for 3 and 4 year olds |
| early_years_pupil_premium_under_2_years | Other spend on early education, early years pupil premium for children aged 9 months to 2 years old |
| number_hours_2_years | Number of hours funded for 2 year olds |
| number_hours_3and4_years | Number of hours funded for 3 and 4 year olds |
| number_hours_under_2_years | Number of hours funded for children aged 9 months to 2 years old |
| sen_inclusion_fund_ey_block_2_years | SEN inclusion fund from early years block funding for 2 year olds |
| sen_inclusion_fund_ey_block_3and4_years | SEN inclusion fund from early years block funding for 3 and 4 year olds |
| sen_inclusion_fund_ey_block_under_2_years | SEN inclusion fund from early years block funding for children aged 9 months to 2 years old |
| sen_inclusion_fund_hn_block_2_year | SEN inclusion fund from high needs block funding for 2 year olds |
| sen_inclusion_fund_hn_block_3and4_years | SEN inclusion fund from high needs block funding for 3 and 4 year olds |
| sen_inclusion_fund_hn_block_under_2_years | SEN inclusion fund from high needs block funding for children aged 9 months to 2 years old |
| sen_inclusion_fund_total_2_years | Total SEN inclusion fund for 2 year olds |
| sen_inclusion_fund_total_3and4_years | Total SEN inclusion fund for 3 and 4 year olds |
| sen_inclusion_fund_total_under_2_years | Total SEN inclusion fund for children aged 9 months to 2 years old |
| total_budget_2_years | Total planned spend for children aged 2 years old |
| total_budget_3and4_years | Total planned spend for children aged 3 and 4 year olds |
| total_budget_under_2_years | Total planned spend for children aged 9 months to 2 years old |
Footnotes
- 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 new tab).
- To reduce burdens on local authorities during the COVID-19 pandemic, data for 2020-21 was not collected.
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