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    's251 Budget - planned expenditure on schools' for 1.0.1 Individual Schools Budget, before Academy recoupment, 1.0.2 High needs place funding within Individual Schools Budget, including all pre- and post-16 place funding for maintained schools and academies, 1.1.1 Contingencies, 1.1.10 School improvement, 1.1.2 Behaviour support services and 59 other filters in England between 2015-16 and 2021-22
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    1.0.1 Individual Schools Budget, before Academy recoupment£35,805,808,554:£35,805,808,554£4,407.61£36,367,228,064:£36,367,228,064£4,432.22£37,308,471,328£0£37,308,471,328£4,475.16£37,149,843,495:£37,149,843,495£4,335.52£37,879,314,394:£37,879,314,394£4,366.27£42,789,566,170:£42,789,566,170£4,873.82
    1.0.2 High needs place funding within Individual Schools Budget, including all pre- and post-16 place funding for maintained schools and academiesno datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano data£1,592,252,351:£1,592,252,351£185.82£1,642,392,057£0£1,642,392,057£189.32£1,840,070,143:£1,840,070,143£209.59
    1.1.1 Contingencies£42,910,145£565,120£42,345,025£7.86£42,938,636£94,936£42,843,700£8.90£39,369,726£89,616£39,280,110£8.61£33,760,035£48,872£33,711,163£7.94£29,997,849£39,864£29,957,985£7.50£27,487,324£0£27,487,324£7.41
    1.1.2 Behaviour support services£30,203,268£489,050£29,714,218£5.52£28,604,553£865,022£27,739,531£5.76£23,412,065£496,809£22,915,256£5.02£20,665,020£733,165£19,931,855£4.70£16,737,443£530,077£16,207,366£4.06£14,722,525£183,700£14,538,825£3.92
    1.1.3 Support to UPEG and bilingual learners£28,964,458£246,320£28,718,138£5.33£25,977,064£328,850£25,648,214£5.33£22,143,346£417,268£21,726,078£4.76£15,433,073£270,223£15,162,850£3.57£13,355,939£301,936£13,054,003£3.27£10,698,793£58,842£10,639,951£2.87
    1.1.4 Free school meals eligibility£4,213,651£201,625£4,012,026£0.74£3,892,980£81,722£3,811,258£0.79£3,426,916£106,163£3,320,753£0.73£2,881,586£90,522£2,791,064£0.66£2,639,227£105,495£2,533,732£0.63£2,524,859£29,576£2,495,283£0.67
    1.1.5 Insurance£12,814,753£0£12,814,753£2.38£11,779,449£0£11,779,449£2.45£10,699,954£0£10,699,954£2.35£9,859,538£0£9,859,538£2.32£9,030,160£0£9,030,160£2.26£8,412,551£0£8,412,551£2.27
    1.1.6 Museum and Library services£2,716,455£1,000£2,715,455£0.50£2,684,963£0£2,684,963£0.56£2,633,831£148,514£2,485,317£0.54£1,889,391£159,314£1,730,077£0.41£1,603,685£137,214£1,466,471£0.37£1,411,155£0£1,411,155£0.38
    1.1.7 Licences/subscriptions£9,915,971£470,066£9,445,905£1.75£9,195,824£158,491£9,037,333£1.88£7,304,715£117,575£7,187,140£1.58£6,661,422£121,406£6,540,016£1.54£5,502,247£60,254£5,441,993£1.36£3,493,453£0£3,493,453£0.94
    1.1.8 Staff costs – supply cover excluding cover for facility time£33,344,311£2,588,640£30,755,671£5.71£30,248,705£81,371£30,167,334£6.26£29,083,022£23,271£29,059,751£6.37£27,150,552£27,203£27,123,349£6.39£24,911,302£19,954£24,891,348£6.23£23,748,541£11,971£23,736,570£6.40
    1.1.9 Staff costs – supply cover for facility time£12,365,028£435,391£11,929,637£2.21£12,744,419£377,759£12,366,660£2.57£11,776,911£222,626£11,554,285£2.53£11,195,070£266,893£10,928,177£2.57£10,504,225£217,542£10,286,683£2.58£9,620,745£111,407£9,509,338£2.56
    1.1.10 School improvementno datano datano datano datano datano datano datano data£11,578,954£197,000£11,381,954£2.49£10,957,546£200,198£10,757,348£2.53£9,851,049£353,708£9,497,341£2.38£8,286,177£0£8,286,177£2.23
    1.2.1 Top-up funding – maintained schools£1,672,658,144£11,002,672£1,661,655,472£128.63£1,643,057,483£10,089,487£1,632,967,996£125.13£1,621,946,075£12,877,458£1,609,068,617£122.67£1,605,656,710£15,208,986£1,590,447,724£120.13£1,600,665,365£15,592,830£1,585,072,535£118.99£2,031,046,711£15,209,487£2,015,837,224£150.18
    1.2.2 Top-up funding – academies, free schools and colleges£485,176,075£374,802£484,801,273£37.53£585,469,635£693,865£584,775,770£44.81£732,670,854£980,899£731,689,955£55.78£864,572,245£1,438,509£863,133,736£65.19£1,077,901,771£2,557,044£1,075,344,727£80.72£1,544,622,405£2,525,582£1,542,096,823£114.89
    1.2.3 Top-up and other funding – non-maintained and independent providers£908,731,755£4,983,869£903,747,886£69.96£934,738,984£5,797,930£928,941,054£71.18£1,023,205,114£5,612,308£1,017,592,806£77.58£1,060,033,955£3,448,064£1,056,585,891£79.80£1,186,504,107£4,645,587£1,181,858,520£88.72£1,549,091,502£4,274,872£1,544,816,630£115.09
    1.2.4 Additional high needs targeted funding for mainstream schools and academies£50,101,211£95,100£50,006,111£3.87£57,062,951£95,100£56,967,851£4.37£63,047,343£124,215£62,923,128£4.80£57,565,393£0£57,565,393£4.35£50,574,771£0£50,574,771£3.80£44,063,737£0£44,063,737£3.28
    1.2.5 SEN support service£463,408,382£8,438,894£454,969,488£35.22£487,378,360£9,290,672£478,087,688£36.63£448,980,315£9,693,973£439,286,342£33.49£449,623,397£7,877,295£441,746,102£33.36£455,506,067£7,213,934£448,292,133£33.65£517,533,157£6,496,557£511,036,600£38.07
    1.2.6 Hospital education services£41,425,576£140,400£41,285,176£3.20£38,908,928£225,888£38,683,040£2.96£41,907,737£154,988£41,752,749£3.18£48,731,597£154,988£48,576,609£3.67£47,341,153£0£47,341,153£3.55£50,116,705£112,330£50,004,375£3.73
    1.2.7 Other alternative provision services£138,559,807£3,573,451£134,986,356£10.45£151,637,238£4,504,345£147,132,893£11.27£142,505,208£2,761,614£139,743,594£10.65£160,204,001£6,313,498£153,890,503£11.62£162,960,950£5,739,094£157,221,856£11.80£198,734,630£5,497,661£193,236,969£14.40
    1.2.8 Support for inclusion£163,084,003£2,365,579£160,718,424£12.44£171,212,106£1,511,264£169,700,842£13.00£169,158,089£1,683,068£167,475,021£12.77£159,609,363£1,399,969£158,209,394£11.95£158,987,745£1,600,849£157,386,896£11.81£172,749,048£1,688,866£171,060,182£12.74
    1.2.9 Special schools and PRUs in financial difficulty£1,711,909£0£1,711,909£0.13£4,883,489£0£4,883,489£0.37£3,297,920£0£3,297,920£0.25£2,607,810£0£2,607,810£0.20£3,071,325£0£3,071,325£0.23£2,044,891£145,410£1,899,481£0.14
    1.2.10 PFI/ BSF costs at special schools, AP/ PRUs and Post 16 institutions only£10,360,340£4,252,030£6,108,310£0.47£12,176,213£4,252,030£7,924,183£0.61£12,460,448£4,017,750£8,442,698£0.64£12,465,667£4,017,750£8,447,917£0.64£12,598,722£4,479,803£8,118,919£0.61£12,920,597£4,030,272£8,890,325£0.66
    1.2.11 Direct payments (SEN and disability)£3,479,457£0£3,479,457£0.27£4,726,005£0£4,726,005£0.36£6,461,002£355,000£6,106,002£0.47£10,154,248£0£10,154,248£0.77£10,707,663£0£10,707,663£0.80£17,352,760£150,000£17,202,760£1.28
    1.2.12 Carbon reduction commitment allowances (PRUs)£167,403£0£167,403£0.01£142,805£0£142,805£0.01£132,003£0£132,003£0.01£116,900£0£116,900£0.01£26,257£0£26,257£0.00£5,194£0£5,194£0.00
    1.2.13 Therapies and other health related servicesno datano datano datano datano datano datano datano data£20,580,328£950,311£19,630,017£1.50£24,397,654£222,568£24,175,086£1.83£28,582,497£554,974£28,027,523£2.10£51,106,093£524,450£50,581,643£3.77
    1.3.1 Central expenditure on early years entitlement£257,337,486£2,893,843£254,443,643£19.70£207,554,919£4,263,769£203,291,150£15.58£184,787,968£6,764,562£178,023,406£13.57£171,795,645£1,252,581£170,543,064£12.88£157,711,888£366,470£157,345,418£11.81£154,446,585£392,503£154,054,082£11.48
    1.4.1 Contribution to combined budgets£183,732,374£4,769,490£178,962,884£21.96£164,518,955£5,931,267£158,587,688£19.23£140,693,291£6,617,954£134,075,337£16.08£128,893,308£3,273,310£125,619,998£14.66£121,725,983£3,767,373£117,958,610£13.60£94,718,486£3,766,376£90,952,110£10.36
    1.4.2 School admissions£69,708,772£738,298£68,970,474£8.46£69,863,560£570,964£69,292,596£8.40£71,216,309£571,431£70,644,878£8.47£72,620,490£736,601£71,883,889£8.39£73,462,920£1,386,259£72,076,661£8.31£74,356,307£887,011£73,469,296£8.37
    1.4.3 Servicing of schools forums£5,741,041£68,100£5,672,941£0.70£5,318,450£12,000£5,306,450£0.64£5,239,696£12,000£5,227,696£0.63£4,645,041£7,600£4,637,441£0.54£4,396,003£2,000£4,394,003£0.51£4,710,341£2,000£4,708,341£0.54
    1.4.4 Termination of employment costs£33,058,186£88,000£32,970,186£4.05£31,965,903£80,000£31,885,903£3.87£28,533,077£120,000£28,413,077£3.41£28,613,382£120,000£28,493,382£3.33£28,488,828£0£28,488,828£3.28£28,878,466£18,000£28,860,466£3.29
    1.4.5 Falling Rolls Fund£7,124,197£0£7,124,197£0.87£8,723,970£0£8,723,970£1.06£9,364,365£0£9,364,365£1.12£8,838,548£0£8,838,548£1.03£8,434,183£0£8,434,183£0.97£8,899,347£0£8,899,347£1.01
    1.4.6 Capital expenditure from revenue (CERA)£96,301,344£7,948,780£88,352,564£10.84£72,001,392£7,313,124£64,688,268£7.84£38,763,799£7,315,844£31,447,955£3.77£31,279,543£7,333,708£23,945,835£2.79£30,496,304£13,908,447£16,587,857£1.91£13,127,452£7,615,767£5,511,685£0.63
    1.4.7 Prudential borrowing costs£31,184,835£61,060£31,123,775£3.82£32,056,449£0£32,056,449£3.89£29,084,477£0£29,084,477£3.49£27,120,741£0£27,120,741£3.17£26,640,914£0£26,640,914£3.07£24,360,032£0£24,360,032£2.77
    1.4.8 Fees to independent schools without SEN£10,104,450£0£10,104,450£1.24£10,291,429£0£10,291,429£1.25£5,812,479£0£5,812,479£0.70£5,628,073£0£5,628,073£0.66£4,810,259£0£4,810,259£0.55£3,724,922£0£3,724,922£0.42
    1.4.9 Equal pay - back pay£18,278,845£0£18,278,845£2.24£5,816,169£0£5,816,169£0.71£5,382,389£0£5,382,389£0.65£4,026,446£0£4,026,446£0.47£1,391,275£0£1,391,275£0.16£1,391,276£0£1,391,276£0.16
    1.4.10 Pupil growth (includes infant class sizes for years prior to 2018-19£174,122,072£0£174,122,072£21.37£174,301,208£0£174,301,208£21.13£183,257,697£0£183,257,697£21.98£180,770,628£0£180,770,628£21.10£165,652,495£0£165,652,495£19.09£161,124,527£0£161,124,527£18.35
    1.4.11 SEN transport£23,709,527£0£23,709,527£2.91£24,101,709£0£24,101,709£2.92£25,126,706£0£25,126,706£3.01£26,716,068£0£26,716,068£3.12£24,357,550£0£24,357,550£2.81£20,765,985£0£20,765,985£2.37
    1.4.12 Exceptions agreed by Secretary of State£20,403,719£0£20,403,719£2.50£4,186,310£0£4,186,310£0.51£3,395,210£0£3,395,210£0.41£3,112,000£0£3,112,000£0.36£1,608,500£0£1,608,500£0.19£3,500£0£3,500£0.00
    1.4.13 Infant class sizesno datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano data£9,979,996£0£9,979,996£1.16£9,104,201£0£9,104,201£1.05£8,397,549£0£8,397,549£0.96
    1.4.14 Other Items£29,964,840£190,642£29,774,198£3.65£37,491,853£154,120£37,337,733£4.53£39,902,500£142,040£39,760,460£4.77£40,997,066£0£40,997,066£4.78£42,042,558£0£42,042,558£4.85£57,693,385:£57,693,385£6.57
    1.5.1 Education welfare service (funded within schools budget)no datano datano datano datano datano datano datano data£30,888,627£1,229,251£29,659,376£3.56£32,015,873£1,435,226£30,580,647£3.57£32,773,795£1,150,180£31,623,615£3.65£33,908,216£1,156,482£32,751,734£3.73
    1.5.2 Asset management (funded within schools budget)no datano datano datano datano datano datano datano data£18,150,658£52,378£18,098,280£2.17£18,533,389£86,877£18,446,512£2.15£20,500,982£27,756£20,473,226£2.36£18,672,305£0£18,672,305£2.13
    1.5.3 Statutory/ Regulatory duties (funded within schools budget)no datano datano datano datano datano datano datano data£67,513,087£860,102£66,652,985£8.00£71,790,145£427,916£71,362,229£8.33£73,237,953£275,846£72,962,106£8.41£76,913,511£458,321£76,455,190£8.71
    1.6.1 Central support servicesno datano datano datano datano datano datano datano data£5,713,274£3,598,802£2,114,472£0.46£2,885,338£264,625£2,620,713£0.62£4,796,331£2,695,870£2,100,462£0.53£2,912,353£0£2,912,353£0.79
    1.6.2 Education welfare service (funded through maintained schools budget)no datano datano datano datano datano datano datano data£4,311,481£103,406£4,208,074£0.92£4,897,469£132,729£4,764,740£1.12£2,340,628£181,396£2,159,232£0.54£1,515,444£0£1,515,444£0.41
    1.6.3 Asset Management (funded through maintained schools budget)no datano datano datano datano datano datano datano data£3,687,720£196,434£3,491,286£0.77£6,436,652£50,602£6,386,050£1.50£5,254,747£71,275£5,183,472£1.30£5,185,798£0£5,185,798£1.40
    1.6.4 Statutory/ Regulatory duties (funded through maintained schools budget)no datano datano datano datano datano datano datano data£15,492,940£1,281,513£14,211,427£3.11£15,404,926£524,286£14,880,640£3.51£16,081,107£815,892£15,265,216£3.82£19,515,523£323,446£19,192,077£5.17
    1.6.5 Premature retirement cost/ Redundancy costs (new provisions)no datano datano datano datano datano datano datano data£7,453,979£185,928£7,268,051£1.59£7,279,721£138,187£7,141,534£1.68£7,405,159£112,717£7,292,442£1.83£4,421,590£0£4,421,590£1.19
    1.6.6 Monitoring national curriculum assessmentno datano datano datano datano datano datano datano data£1,467,301£280,464£1,186,837£0.26£976,690£66,277£910,413£0.21£1,244,518£147,747£1,096,771£0.27£939,191£0£939,191£0.25
    1.7.1 Other Specific Grants£150,109,044£148,630,463£1,478,581£0.18£163,717,147£161,846,377£1,870,770£0.23£85,650,489£85,650,489£0£0.00£33,619,707£27,763,240£5,856,467£0.68£34,938,302£34,938,302£0£0.00£24,192,114£24,192,114£0£0.00
    1.8.1 TOTAL SCHOOLS BUDGET (before Academy recoupment)£41,033,001,387£205,612,685£40,827,388,702£0.00£41,638,598,278£218,620,353£41,419,977,925£0.00£42,767,142,721£156,013,025£42,611,129,697£0.00£44,277,164,903£85,613,188£44,191,551,715£0.00£45,340,165,352£103,997,689£45,236,167,663£0.00£51,776,204,073£79,863,003£51,696,341,070£0.00
    1.9.1 Estimated Dedicated Schools Grant for year£39,581,016,359::£0.00£39,986,798,782::£0.00£41,689,319,555::£0.00£43,557,889,145::£0.00£44,640,618,889::£0.00£51,089,993,881::£0.00
    1.9.2 Dedicated Schools Grant brought forward from previous year£398,957,915::£0.00£325,572,485::£0.00£145,372,411::£0.00£95,915,328::£0.00-£40,436,287::£0.00-£807,305,813::£0.00
    1.9.3 Dedicated Schools Grant carried forward to next year-£32,019,264::£0.00-£21,764,717::£0.00-£32,176,297::£0.00-£14,503,720::£0.00£234,301,228::£0.00£1,025,123,666::£0.00
    1.9.4 ESFA Sixth Form Grant for maintained school 6th forms (excluding high needs)£742,422,458::£0.00£1,271,760,451::£0.00£627,197,232::£0.00£513,393,052::£0.00£422,163,764::£0.00£409,453,525::£0.00
    1.9.5 Local Authority additional contribution£13,459,340::£0.00£15,397,476::£0.00£23,876,168::£0.00£32,591,685::£0.00£38,198,982::£0.00£5,147,049::£0.00
    1.10.1 Academy: recoupment from the Dedicated Schools Grant-£11,402,880,916::£0.00-£12,382,508,166::£0.00-£15,239,847,956::£0.00-£16,084,062,433::£0.00-£17,929,792,605::£0.00-£22,073,850,967::£0.00
    1.10.2 Academy: recoupment from the Dedicated Schools Grant of high needs place fundingno datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano data-£551,791,759::£0.00-£585,579,945::£0.00-£716,713,152::£0.00
    4.0.1 Capital Expenditure from Revenue (CERA) (Non-schools budget functions and Childrens and young people services)£116,082,246£31,920,333£84,161,913£0.00£138,594,019£13,226,026£125,367,993£0.00£27,412,397£4,947,229£22,465,168£0.00£55,068,981£7,504,658£47,564,323£0.00£71,800,383£3,491,658£68,308,725£0.00£39,275,945£3,184,500£36,091,445£0.00
    5.0.1 Total Schools Budget and Other education and community budget£43,894,052,931£918,351,328£42,975,701,603£0.00£44,338,293,907£838,574,227£43,499,719,680£0.00£45,317,528,569£801,540,087£44,515,988,482£0.00£46,862,296,749£722,541,251£46,139,755,498£0.00£48,025,729,141£754,318,141£47,271,411,000£0.00£54,751,215,819£702,912,794£54,048,303,026£0.00
    5.0.2 Total Children and Young Peoples Services and Youth Justice Budget£8,204,735,922£697,709,791£7,507,026,131£0.00£8,292,933,552£752,784,338£7,540,149,214£0.00£8,363,236,939£751,872,777£7,611,364,163£0.00£8,819,411,546£788,933,654£8,030,477,892£0.00£9,376,936,718£860,095,288£8,516,841,430£0.00£10,597,585,251£1,041,604,239£9,555,981,012£0.00
    6.0 Total Schools Budget, Other education and community budget, Children and Young Peoples Services and Youth Justice Budget£52,098,788,853£1,616,061,119£50,482,727,733£0.00£52,631,227,459£1,591,358,565£51,039,868,894£0.00£53,680,765,508£1,553,412,864£52,127,352,645£0.00£55,681,708,295£1,511,474,905£54,170,233,390£0.00£57,402,665,860£1,614,413,430£55,788,252,430£0.00£65,348,801,071£1,744,517,033£63,604,284,038£0.00
    7.0 Capital Expenditure (excluding CERA)£2,326,875,884£953,684,149£1,373,191,735£0.00£2,106,534,583£844,527,386£1,262,007,197£0.00£1,924,675,581£703,660,743£1,221,014,838£0.00£1,630,192,184£450,398,247£1,179,793,937£0.00£1,590,143,128£368,481,703£1,221,661,425£0.00£1,473,448,411£360,771,127£1,112,677,284£0.00
    Total funding supporting the Schools Budget£40,703,836,807::£0.00£41,577,764,477::£0.00£42,453,589,069::£0.00£44,185,285,490::£0.00£44,830,745,190::£0.00£51,722,412,308::£0.00

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    1. Before using this data, please check the methodology section for important information such as definitions, limitations and caveats.
    2. FSM expenditure in line 1.1.4 relates to expenditure on determining the eligibility of a pupil for free school meals

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