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1. Step 1

   • Publication: LA and school expenditure

2. Step 2

   • Data set: LA maintained schools, all expenditure (National, Regional, LA levels) (£million)

3. Step 3

   • National:
     • England

4. Step 4

   • Time period: 2015-16 to 2020-21

5. Step 5

   • Indicators:
     • Expenditure (£ million)
   • Category of expenditure:
     • Community focused school costs (E32)
     • Community focused school staff (E31)
     • Direct revenue financing (revenue contributions to capital) (E30)
     • Loan interest (E29)
     • Building maintenance and improvement (E12)
   • Phase of education:
     • All maintained schools
     • Nursery
     • PRU
     • Primary
     • Secondary

6. Step 6 Explore data

   This data is not from the latest release

   View latest data: Financial year 2021-22

   Expenditure (£ million) for 'LA maintained schools, all expenditure (National, Regional, LA levels) (£million)' for Administrative and clerical staff (E05), Administrative supplies (E22), Agency supply teaching staff (E26), All maintained schools, Bought in professional services – curriculum (E27) and 37 other filters in England between 2015-16 and 2020-21

   		2015-16						2016-17						2017-18						2018-19						2019-20						2020-21
   		Nursery	Primary	Secondary	PRU	Special	All maintained schools	Nursery	Primary	Secondary	PRU	Special	All maintained schools	Nursery	Primary	Secondary	PRU	Special	All maintained schools	Nursery	Primary	Secondary	PRU	Special	All maintained schools	Nursery	Primary	Secondary	PRU	Special	All maintained schools	Nursery	Primary	Secondary	PRU	Special	All maintained schools
   Staff related expenditure	Teaching Staff (E01)	£67.7	£7,887.5	£3,634.5	£171.6	£715.4	£12,476.6	£68.6	£7,874.6	£3,409.9	£171.2	£717.5	£12,241.8	£68.0	£7,446.2	£3,060.0	£166.5	£690.8	£11,431.5	£68.7	£7,092.8	£2,781.6	£161.4	£673.5	£10,777.9	£70.4	£7,217.6	£2,746.1	£165.3	£702.9	£10,902.2	£72.1	£7,448.4	£2,810.9	£169.1	£742.4	£11,242.8
   	Supply teaching staff (E02)	£1.0	£160.9	£24.0	£5.7	£11.1	£202.7	£0.9	£142.3	£23.1	£5.3	£10.2	£181.8	£0.9	£114.4	£18.8	£3.8	£9.4	£147.2	£0.8	£98.7	£17.4	£3.9	£8.2	£129.0	£0.9	£84.9	£14.7	£3.6	£6.8	£110.9	£0.3	£57.1	£9.3	£2.5	£4.8	£74.1
   	Education support staff (E03)	£85.9	£3,204.9	£715.0	£69.1	£622.9	£4,697.8	£93.2	£3,217.0	£658.9	£72.2	£631.3	£4,672.6	£95.0	£3,049.7	£579.9	£71.0	£623.4	£4,419.0	£100.9	£2,947.9	£528.8	£68.8	£623.1	£4,269.5	£103.4	£2,947.6	£514.7	£70.0	£650.0	£4,285.6	£103.6	£2,942.1	£514.6	£67.7	£669.2	£4,297.2
   	Premises staff (E04)	£5.8	£397.6	£136.6	£4.4	£39.5	£583.8	£6.2	£396.2	£126.9	£4.9	£39.6	£573.8	£6.1	£373.8	£110.1	£5.0	£37.6	£532.6	£6.3	£366.7	£102.4	£4.5	£37.3	£517.3	£6.4	£367.6	£100.1	£4.6	£38.4	£517.1	£6.6	£370.2	£99.5	£4.5	£39.7	£520.5
   	Administrative and clerical staff (E05)	£20.5	£814.7	£431.5	£25.6	£99.0	£1,391.4	£21.4	£821.6	£404.0	£26.5	£100.1	£1,373.5	£20.7	£788.3	£367.7	£26.2	£97.8	£1,300.6	£21.1	£766.7	£333.7	£26.7	£94.0	£1,242.1	£21.5	£763.1	£315.7	£26.7	£96.6	£1,223.6	£22.0	£764.2	£310.2	£26.3	£98.3	£1,221.0
   	Catering staff (E06)	£1.1	£65.4	£39.6	£0.4	£7.9	£114.5	£1.1	£68.4	£38.0	£0.5	£8.1	£116.1	£1.1	£68.3	£34.3	£0.5	£8.0	£112.1	£1.2	£68.1	£32.3	£0.5	£8.1	£110.2	£1.3	£70.1	£31.3	£0.5	£8.6	£111.8	£1.2	£69.9	£30.7	£0.6	£8.9	£111.4
   	Cost of other staff (E07)	£7.8	£402.5	£49.0	£5.5	£38.3	£503.0	£7.5	£412.4	£45.9	£5.0	£38.4	£509.1	£7.4	£402.6	£46.5	£4.2	£36.6	£497.4	£7.4	£398.5	£42.5	£3.9	£35.5	£487.8	£8.2	£406.6	£39.8	£3.8	£35.3	£493.7	£6.9	£394.0	£30.6	£4.8	£34.0	£470.2
   	Indirect employee expenses (E08)	£1.6	£76.9	£52.3	£5.1	£15.6	£151.3	£1.9	£77.2	£50.7	£5.1	£15.0	£149.8	£2.7	£107.2	£52.9	£5.3	£18.9	£186.9	£2.8	£102.6	£47.6	£5.2	£18.2	£176.4	£2.8	£99.7	£43.8	£4.7	£18.0	£168.9	£2.0	£67.0	£28.1	£2.9	£11.6	£111.7
   	Development and training (E09)	£1.9	£133.4	£28.4	£2.6	£14.5	£180.9	£1.9	£120.6	£25.4	£2.4	£14.2	£164.4	£1.7	£101.6	£21.2	£2.1	£12.0	£138.6	£1.7	£91.6	£19.1	£2.1	£11.8	£126.2	£1.5	£82.2	£17.2	£1.9	£11.3	£114.1	£0.8	£50.3	£11.8	£1.4	£7.9	£72.2
   	Supply teacher insurance (E10)	£1.0	£118.6	£17.3	£0.8	£7.9	£145.5	£1.0	£111.9	£14.7	£1.1	£7.4	£136.1	£1.0	£103.4	£13.6	£1.0	£7.5	£126.5	£0.9	£95.3	£11.7	£1.0	£7.1	£115.9	£0.8	£89.3	£10.9	£0.9	£6.4	£108.3	£0.8	£84.9	£10.2	£0.9	£6.3	£103.0
   	Staff related insurance (E11)	£0.8	£33.7	£7.3	£0.3	£4.7	£46.8	£0.9	£36.0	£7.3	£0.4	£4.8	£49.4	£0.9	£33.5	£6.6	£0.4	£4.7	£46.1	£0.8	£30.9	£5.9	£0.5	£4.5	£42.6	£0.7	£28.7	£5.3	£0.6	£4.5	£39.9	£0.7	£25.9	£4.6	£0.4	£3.9	£35.5
   Premises related expenditure	Building maintenance and improvement (E12)	£6.3	£401.8	£129.0	£9.4	£45.7	£592.2	£5.6	£349.8	£125.7	£6.7	£42.7	£530.4	£4.4	£293.7	£109.8	£7.1	£38.4	£453.4	£4.1	£262.8	£88.7	£6.7	£37.1	£399.4	£4.1	£241.7	£90.6	£5.6	£35.7	£377.8	£3.7	£232.7	£86.1	£4.6	£35.2	£362.3
   	Grounds maintenance and improvement (E13)	£1.0	£67.9	£18.0	£1.0	£4.7	£92.5	£1.2	£59.0	£15.9	£0.6	£4.2	£80.7	£0.8	£51.9	£14.0	£0.6	£4.4	£71.8	£0.9	£49.1	£11.2	£0.4	£3.9	£65.5	£0.9	£45.7	£11.4	£0.5	£3.4	£61.8	£0.7	£44.3	£10.9	£0.5	£3.5	£60.0
   	Cleaning and caretaking (E14)	£3.6	£188.5	£76.3	£3.5	£17.9	£289.9	£3.8	£190.2	£74.1	£3.5	£18.5	£290.0	£4.0	£183.3	£69.9	£3.5	£18.2	£278.8	£4.0	£171.2	£56.8	£3.3	£17.2	£252.6	£4.0	£169.4	£54.3	£3.3	£18.2	£249.2	£4.1	£192.0	£58.0	£3.5	£20.4	£277.9
   	Water and sewerage (E15)	£0.8	£64.4	£19.4	£0.6	£4.9	£90.1	£0.8	£61.9	£18.3	£0.6	£4.8	£86.3	£0.8	£60.5	£16.2	£0.6	£4.9	£83.0	£0.8	£55.7	£13.7	£0.6	£4.5	£75.3	£0.8	£52.4	£11.9	£0.6	£4.3	£69.8	£0.7	£46.4	£10.2	£0.6	£3.8	£61.7
   	Energy (E16)	£2.6	£212.4	£104.8	£3.3	£24.0	£347.1	£2.5	£198.8	£92.4	£3.0	£22.4	£319.1	£2.7	£192.6	£84.4	£2.6	£22.3	£304.6	£2.8	£192.1	£76.4	£3.0	£22.2	£296.4	£3.1	£198.9	£75.9	£3.1	£23.5	£304.5	£2.8	£173.6	£60.7	£2.8	£20.9	£260.8
   	Rates (E17)	£4.1	£198.6	£103.8	£2.5	£0.6	£309.5	£4.1	£198.5	£100.7	£2.3	£0.4	£306.0	£4.5	£203.0	£91.7	£2.4	£0.3	£301.9	£4.9	£206.8	£81.3	£2.4	£0.4	£295.7	£5.1	£212.7	£74.9	£2.5	£0.3	£295.4	£4.3	£215.0	£73.2	£2.3	£0.3	£295.1
   	Other occupation costs (E18)	£2.2	£94.8	£73.2	£3.4	£16.4	£189.9	£2.3	£93.6	£64.9	£3.7	£16.0	£180.5	£2.2	£88.8	£59.8	£3.7	£16.2	£170.7	£2.2	£82.5	£34.1	£3.4	£12.3	£134.4	£2.1	£79.2	£23.3	£3.8	£11.7	£120.1	£2.4	£82.9	£29.3	£3.2	£13.4	£131.0
   Supplies and services expenditure	Learning resources (not ICT equipment) (E19)	£6.3	£785.9	£290.0	£21.6	£68.9	£1,172.7	£5.7	£728.9	£255.5	£21.9	£62.2	£1,074.2	£5.0	£660.7	£220.6	£17.6	£58.8	£962.8	£5.1	£642.8	£199.4	£17.7	£57.0	£921.9	£4.8	£615.1	£190.5	£16.4	£54.5	£881.4	£3.7	£396.6	£136.9	£12.1	£44.1	£593.4
   	ICT learning resources (E20)	£1.7	£254.2	£92.6	£4.6	£20.5	£373.6	£1.7	£214.5	£78.4	£4.4	£17.5	£316.4	£1.5	£185.1	£66.4	£4.0	£17.2	£274.1	£1.5	£174.2	£64.1	£3.6	£17.0	£260.3	£1.7	£164.7	£63.0	£3.6	£16.8	£249.7	£1.8	£190.8	£74.3	£4.3	£18.5	£289.6
   	Exam fees (E21)	£0.0	£0.1	£100.8	£1.6	£2.6	£105.1	£0.0	£0.1	£91.6	£1.5	£2.5	£95.6	£0.0	£0.1	£80.9	£1.6	£2.3	£84.8	£0.0	£0.0	£74.8	£1.6	£2.3	£78.7	£0.0	£0.0	£70.5	£1.5	£2.4	£74.4	£0.0	£0.0	£53.8	£0.9	£1.6	£56.4
   	Administrative supplies (E22)	£3.6	£197.9	£93.8	£4.7	£21.5	£321.6	£3.6	£192.3	£82.1	£4.8	£20.1	£302.9	£3.3	£172.4	£73.8	£4.5	£19.6	£273.4	£3.4	£165.2	£62.6	£4.3	£18.5	£254.0	£3.1	£154.7	£60.1	£3.7	£18.2	£239.8	£3.2	£147.2	£67.0	£3.7	£17.8	£238.8
   	Other insurance premiums (E23)	£0.9	£102.7	£35.2	£0.8	£7.4	£147.1	£1.1	£104.4	£34.6	£1.0	£7.3	£148.4	£1.2	£98.5	£31.8	£1.1	£7.6	£140.3	£1.3	£89.3	£25.7	£1.1	£6.7	£124.0	£1.3	£86.5	£24.0	£1.0	£6.6	£119.3	£1.1	£79.9	£21.3	£0.9	£5.9	£109.1
   	Special facilities (E24)	£1.5	£81.6	£52.1	£5.4	£11.8	£152.3	£2.1	£81.5	£43.8	£5.5	£11.2	£144.2	£1.1	£71.9	£40.0	£6.5	£10.3	£129.9	£1.1	£61.6	£25.7	£5.1	£8.8	£102.2	£1.0	£57.9	£26.2	£3.7	£9.5	£98.2	£0.8	£40.7	£20.9	£2.5	£7.7	£72.7
   	Catering supplies (E25)	£3.5	£797.0	£110.1	£4.2	£27.0	£941.9	£3.7	£797.8	£105.3	£4.2	£28.2	£939.2	£3.6	£735.2	£95.7	£3.8	£26.4	£864.7	£3.7	£705.1	£90.2	£3.8	£26.1	£829.0	£3.5	£670.1	£87.6	£3.7	£25.5	£790.4	£2.4	£508.6	£62.4	£2.6	£21.2	£597.1
   Staff related expenditure	Agency supply teaching staff (E26)	£2.8	£360.2	£131.8	£20.2	£39.7	£554.6	£3.2	£336.6	£121.6	£20.1	£38.8	£520.4	£3.0	£289.3	£104.0	£18.4	£36.4	£451.2	£3.1	£273.1	£93.3	£18.3	£37.9	£425.8	£3.2	£261.1	£86.5	£17.8	£42.1	£410.7	£1.7	£175.0	£56.0	£10.4	£31.5	£274.6
   Supplies and services expenditure	Bought in professional services – curriculum (E27)	£4.6	£374.0	£101.2	£29.2	£44.4	£553.2	£4.5	£371.2	£94.7	£31.5	£46.5	£548.4	£4.6	£352.3	£86.9	£27.1	£46.8	£517.7	£4.4	£343.9	£80.2	£23.5	£48.1	£500.0	£3.9	£342.2	£75.7	£22.0	£50.8	£494.6	£2.7	£271.5	£64.3	£17.2	£41.7	£397.4
   	Bought in professional services, other, not PFI (E28A)	£0.0	£0.0	£0.0	£0.0	£0.0	£0.0	£0.0	£0.0	£0.0	£0.0	£0.0	£0.0	£0.0	£0.0	£0.0	£0.0	£0.0	£0.0	£9.1	£364.5	£82.1	£11.2	£40.9	£507.8	£8.5	£341.8	£76.3	£10.7	£37.5	£474.9	£7.6	£319.6	£65.1	£9.5	£34.8	£436.7
   	Bought in professional services, other, PFI (E28b)	£0.0	£0.0	£0.0	£0.0	£0.0	£0.0	£0.0	£0.0	£0.0	£0.0	£0.0	£0.0	£0.0	£0.0	£0.0	£0.0	£0.0	£0.0	£0.4	£31.3	£108.2	£0.6	£9.7	£150.2	£0.4	£37.6	£104.7	£1.0	£10.4	£154.1	£0.4	£33.9	£104.6	£0.8	£9.5	£149.2
   	Total bought in professional services (E28a/b)	£8.4	£403.6	£153.2	£10.5	£43.7	£619.4	£8.7	£395.0	£137.5	£10.6	£42.8	£594.5	£8.8	£379.5	£128.7	£11.8	£41.3	£570.2	£9.5	£395.8	£190.3	£11.7	£50.6	£658.0	£8.9	£379.4	£181.1	£11.7	£47.9	£628.9	£8.1	£353.5	£169.7	£10.3	£44.4	£585.9
   Finance related expenditure	Loan interest (E29)	£0.0	£1.7	£1.0	£0.0	£0.1	£2.8	£0.0	£1.8	£1.3	£0.0	£0.1	£3.2	£0.0	£1.8	£1.1	£0.0	£0.1	£3.1	£0.1	£1.5	£1.3	£0.0	£0.2	£3.1	£0.2	£1.1	£1.5	£0.0	£0.1	£2.9	£0.1	£1.8	£3.1	£0.0	£0.3	£5.3
   	Direct revenue financing (revenue contributions to capital) (E30)	£1.4	£145.5	£37.6	£3.5	£17.0	£205.0	£0.9	£105.4	£26.8	£2.1	£13.6	£148.7	£0.9	£74.5	£20.2	£2.5	£10.8	£109.0	£0.7	£64.1	£17.1	£1.7	£9.9	£93.5	£0.6	£52.3	£14.2	£1.4	£9.1	£77.4	£0.7	£57.3	£22.1	£1.3	£15.1	£96.5
   Community expenditure	Community focused school staff (E31)	£25.5	£87.9	£7.9	£0.4	£2.9	£124.7	£20.1	£86.2	£8.1	£0.4	£3.2	£118.0	£18.9	£80.0	£7.2	£0.6	£2.2	£108.8	£14.4	£68.4	£6.1	£0.4	£1.8	£90.9	£13.4	£65.1	£5.2	£0.3	£2.6	£86.7	£10.1	£58.6	£5.2	£0.5	£1.0	£75.3
   	Community focused school costs (E32)	£7.8	£33.4	£6.6	£0.6	£1.1	£49.4	£5.9	£30.9	£6.0	£0.8	£1.8	£45.2	£5.7	£27.2	£5.6	£0.7	£0.9	£40.0	£5.1	£24.1	£5.6	£0.7	£0.9	£36.3	£3.9	£20.7	£4.1	£0.7	£0.7	£30.0	£2.0	£11.9	£2.5	£0.8	£1.0	£18.2
   Total expenditure	Total expenditure	£274.9	£17,746.5	£6,720.6	£411.6	£1,955.9	£27,109.5	£277.1	£17,481.2	£6,246.4	£413.0	£1,948.3	£26,366.0	£273.6	£16,411.8	£5,591.5	£395.1	£1,890.7	£24,562.7	£285.6	£16,088.7	£5,221.7	£391.4	£1,904.4	£23,891.8	£287.5	£16,028.1	£5,071.7	£389.4	£1,962.4	£23,739.1	£274.2	£15,554.4	£4,948.0	£365.7	£1,976.0	£23,118.3
   	Total net expenditure	£239.6	£17,222.7	£6,581.0	£405.7	£1,919.5	£26,368.6	£247.3	£16,990.9	£6,119.7	£407.9	£1,914.6	£25,680.4	£249.1	£15,977.3	£5,479.3	£389.8	£1,863.2	£23,958.7	£264.9	£15,687.7	£5,113.3	£387.5	£1,878.6	£23,332.0	£270.3	£15,659.5	£4,975.4	£386.0	£1,937.6	£23,228.7	£261.2	£15,318.9	£4,894.0	£362.6	£1,950.6	£22,787.4

   Footnotes

   1. There are a small number of local authorities with no LA maintained secondary schools, all are academies.

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