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
- Last updated
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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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Telephone: 020 7783 8300
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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
Find out more about the standards we follow to produce these statistics through our Standards for official statistics published by DfE guidance (opens in new tab).
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.
Permanent Secretary
Operational Researcher - Children's Social Care Analysis
Grade 6 - funding policy unit
Grade 6 - Data Insight
Policy adviser - VMFI
Head of Profession for Statistics
School Funding and Regulation.
SARDIS Director
Deputy Head of Profession for Statistics
Senior executive officer - Funding Data and Financial Monitoring Team
Children's Social Care Local Government Funding Policy
Financial associate - Early Years Funding Team
Grade 7 - EarlyYears Sufficiency and Entitlements Division
Funding officer - Funding Data and Financial Monitoring Team
Grade 7 - High Needs SEN funding
Team Leader - Operational Research
Deputy director, Funding policy unit
Grade 7 - Early Years Funding team
Chief Media Officer
Media Officer
Media Officer