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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If you have a specific enquiry about LA and school expenditure statistics and data:
Workforce and Finance Statistics Team
Email: finance.statistics@education.gov.ukContact name: Workforce and Finance Statistics Team
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Official statistics
These are Official Statistics and have been produced in line with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics (opens in new tab).
This can be broadly interpreted to mean that these statistics are:
- managed impartially and objectively in the public interest
- meet identified user needs
- produced according to sound methods
- well explained and readily accessible
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Our statistical practice is regulated by the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR).
OSR sets the standards of trustworthiness, quality and value in the Code of Practice for Statistics (opens in new tab) that all producers of official statistics should adhere to.
You are welcome to contact us directly with any comments about how we meet these standards. Alternatively, you can contact OSR by emailing regulation@statistics.gov.uk or via the OSR website (opens in new tab).
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.
Secretary of state
Minister for Schools
Minister for Children, Families and Wellbeing
Minister for the School System and Finance
Special advisers
Permanent secretary
Deputy permanent secretary
Chief Media Officer
Media Officer
Social media officer
Deputy Director, Academy Programme
Deputy Director - Early Years Strategy and Central COVID-19 Response
Deputy Director - Funding Policy Unit
Deputy Director 16-18 Funding Allocations and Student Support
Deputy Director, Early Years Quality and Outcomes
Deputy Director, Workforce, Children's Social Care
Director - Early Years Sufficiency and Entitlements
Director of Analysis and Strategic Data Transformation
Economic Adviser - Children’s Social Care Analysis & Research Unit
Economic Adviser - Children’s Social Care Analysis & Research Unit
Grade 6 - Funding Policy Unit
Grade 6 - Funding Policy Unit
Grade 7 - Better Financial Reporting Programme
Grade 7 - Early Years Funding team
Grade 7 - High Needs Funding
Grade 7 - High Needs SEN funding
Grade 7 - Schools Financial Benchmarking website
Grade 7 - Stakeholder Engagement, Children's Social Care
Head of Children's Social Care Financial Strategy
Head Of Data and Quality Assurance - AMSG funding division
Head of Data Insight and Statistics Division
Head of Early Years Funding
Head Of LA Analysis And Engagement
Head of pre-16 and high needs funding policy implementation
Local Authority link - School Funding and Regulation
Local Government Funding team in Children's Social Care
Operational Research Analyst - High Needs Analysis and Pre-16 Forecasting Team
Policy Adviser and Briefing Team Lead, CSC Funding
Policy advisor - Children's centre policy,
Policy advisor - Early Years Quality, Outcomes and Providers Division
Programme Delivery Lead - AMSG funding division
Senior executive officer - Funding Data and Financial Monitoring Team
Team Leader - Operational Research
Team Leader - Teacher Pay Policy