LA and school expenditure
Local authority and school spending on education, children's services and social care across financial years. Also includes income of LA maintained schools.
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- Department for Education
- Published
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- meet identified user needs
- produced according to sound methods
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Pre-release access list
Besides Department for Education (DfE) professional and production staff, the following post holders were given pre-release access up to 24 hours before release.
Prime Minister
Secretary of State for Education
Minister of State for School Standards
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the School System
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Children and Families
Permanent Secretary
Special advisors
Policy adviser, AMSG funding division
Analyst, Funding Data and Financial Monitoring Team
Analyst, High Needs Analysis and Pre-16 Forecasting Team
Chief Media Officer
Delivery Coodinator
Deputy Director - Early Years Strategy and Central COVID-19 Response
Deputy Director 16-18 Funding Allocations and Student Support
Deputy Director, Children’s Social Care – Central Division
Deputy Director, Early Years Quality and Outcomes
Deputy Director, Workforce, Children's Social Care
Digital communication officer
Early Years Funding team
Economic Adviser, Children’s Social Care Analysis & Research Unit
Head of digital engagement and creative content
Head of Local Government Funding, Children's Social Care
Head of pre-16 and high needs funding policy implementation
Media officer
Operational Research Analys
Policy Adviser and Briefing Team Lead, CSC Funding
Policy adviser, Early Years Funding
Policy adviser, AMSG funding division
Policy adviser, Better Financial Reporting Programme
Policy adviser, Children's Centre Policy,
Policy adviser, Core Schools Budget team
Policy adviser, Early Years Quality, Outcomes and Providers Division
Policy adviser, Funding Data and Financial Monitoring Team
Policy adviser, Funding Policy Unit
Policy adviser, High Needs Funding
Policy adviser, Local Government Funding team in Children's Social Care
Policy adviser, School Funding and Regulation
Policy adviser, Schools Financial Benchmarking website
Team leader for the SEND Review analysis