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Financial year 2021-22
Planned LA and school expenditure
Data guidance
Published
Description
This document describes the data included in the Planned School Finance in England National Statistics release’s underlying data files. This data is released under the terms of the Open Government License and is intended to meet at least 3 stars for Open Data.
The methodology document should be referenced alongside this data. It provides information on the data sources, their coverage and quality as well as explaining methodology used in producing the data.
Coverage
The Statistical Publication: ‘Planned LA and school expenditure’ provides the latest information at national, regional and local level on the planned expenditure on schools, education and children's and young people's services by local authorities. The publication summarises the information that was collected via the S251 Budget collections.
This publication includes information on:
Local authority planned spending on schools and other education - time-series giving the detailed breakdown of spending split by school-phase and overall spending area (e.g. individual schools budget, expenditure on free school meals, SEN support etc). Local authority planned spending on children's and young people's services - time-series giving the detailed breakdown of spending split by provision sector (e.g. own, private, voluntary) and spending area (e.g. sure start centres, family services, youth justice etc).
File formats and conventions
The data files are provided in comma-separated values format, which is compatible with standard spreadsheet software such as Excel.
The following symbols are used in the underlying data files as follows:
: Not available - this information has not been collected or there are no estimates available at this level of aggregation.
N/A Not available - this is normally where a statistic cannot be produced. For example where a denominator is not available to produce a percentage.
z = not applicable. The 'z' symbol is only to be used when an observation is not applicable (e.g. in tables of employment where people under 16 cannot legally be employed)
u - suppressed due to data quality concerns (please see methodology document for further details)
Data files
All data files associated with this releases are listed below with guidance on their content. To download any of these files, please visit our data catalogue.
S251 Budget - High needs places by school
Filename
high_needs.csv
Geographic levels
School
Time period
2021-22
Content
The number of planned high needs places, and the planned expenditure per school. This includes SEN places (both mainstream and special), alternative provision and hospital education as reported by local authorities in England for the financial year 2021-22.
Variable names and descriptions
Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:
Variable name
Variable description
ap_funding
Total funding for PRU places
ap_places_apr_to_aug
Number of PRU places between April and August
ap_places_sep_to_mar
Number of PRU places between September and March
hosp_funding
Total funding for hospital education places
hosp_places_apr_to_aug
Number of hospital education places between April and August
hosp_places_sep_to_mar
Number of hospital education places between September and March
S251 Budget - planned expenditure on children's and young peoples services
Filename
s251budget_childrens_servicesv2.csv
Geographic levels
Local authority; National; Regional
Time period
2015-16 to 2021-22
Content
Data on children's services and services for young people
Variable names and descriptions
Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:
Variable name
Variable description
category_of_planned_expenditure
Category of planned expenditure
gross_expenditure
Gross planned expenditure
income
Income
net_expenditure
Net planned expenditure
per_capita_net_spend
Net planned expenditure per capita
Footnotes
To reduce burden on local authorities during the pandemic, data on planned expenditure was not collected for the financial year 2020-21. As a result, there is a break in the time series.
Before using this data, please check the methodology section for important information such as definitions, limitations and caveats.
S251 Budget - planned expenditure on early years education
Filename
s251budget_early_yearsv3.csv
Geographic levels
Local authority; National; Regional
Time period
2017-18 to 2021-22
Content
Data on early years
Variable names and descriptions
Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:
Variable name
Variable description
AverageBaseRate_2YearOlds
Average base rate for entitlement hours for 2 year olds (spend per hour)
AverageBaseRate_EntitlementHours_3and4YearOlds
Average base rate for entitlement hours for 3 and 4 year olds (spend per hour)
AverageFundingRate_2YearOlds
Average funding rate for 2 year olds (spend per hour)
AverageFundingRate_3and4YearOlds
Average funding rate for 3 and 4 year olds (spend per hour)
BudgetExtraLocalHours_3and4YearOlds
Other spend on early education - budget for extra local hours for 3 and 4 year olds
CentrallyRetainedBudget_2YearOlds
Other spend on early education - centrally retained budget for 2 year olds
CentrallyRetainedBudget_3and4YearOlds
Other spend on early education - centrally retained budget for 3 and 4 year olds
ContingencyBudget_2YearOlds
Other spend on early education - contingency budget for 2 year olds
ContingencyBudget_3and4YearOlds
Other spend on early education - contingency budget for 3 and 4 year olds
DisabilityAccessFund_3and4YearOlds
Other spend on early education - disability access fund for 3 and 4 year olds
EarlyYearsPupilPremium_3and4YearOlds
Other spend on early education - early years pupil premium for 3 and 4 year olds
NumberHours_2YearOlds
Number of hours funded for 2 year olds
NumberHours_3and4YearOlds
Number of hours funded for 3 and 4 year olds
SEN_inclusion_fund_EYBlock_2YearOlds
SEN inclusion fund - from early years block funding for 2 year olds
SEN_inclusion_fund_EYBlock_3and4YearOlds
SEN inclusion fund - from early years block funding for 3 and 4 year olds
SEN_inclusion_fund_HNBlock_2YearOlds
SEN inclusion fund - from high needs block funding for 2 year olds
SEN_inclusion_fund_HNBlock_3and4YearOlds
SEN inclusion fund - from high needs block funding for 3 and 4 year olds
SEN_inclusion_fund_Total_2YearOlds
Total SEN inclusion fund for 2 year olds
SEN_inclusion_fund_Total_3and4YearOlds
Total SEN inclusion fund for 3 and 4 year olds
total_eysffbudget_3and4YearOlds
Total planned spend on EYSFF - 3 and 4 year olds
TotalEYSFFBudget_2YearOlds
Total planned spend on EYSFF - 2 year olds
Footnotes
To reduce burden on local authorities during the pandemic, data on planned expenditure was not collected for the financial year 2020-21. As a result, there is a break in the time series.
Before using this data, please check the methodology section for important information such as definitions, limitations and caveats.
S251 Budget - planned expenditure on high needs places
Filename
s251budget_high_needs_placesv2.csv
Geographic levels
Local authority; National; Regional
Time period
2015-16 to 2021-22
Content
Planned expenditure by local authorities on high needs places - SEN, PRU and hospital education.
Variable names and descriptions
Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:
Variable name
Variable description
hospital_ed_places_AprilAugust
Number of hospital education places between April and August
hospital_ed_places_SeptMarch
Number of hospital education places between September and March
hospital_ed_total_funding
Total funding for hospital education places
pru_places_AprilAugust
Number of PRU places between April and August
pru_places_SeptMarch
Number of PRU places between September and March
pru_total_funding
Total funding for PRU places
sen_places_AprilAugust
Number of SEN places between April and August
sen_places_SeptMarch
Number of SEN places between September and March
sen_total_funding
Total funding for SEN places
Footnotes
To reduce burden on local authorities during the pandemic, data on planned expenditure was not collected for the financial year 2020-21. As a result, there is a break in the time series.
Before using this data, please check the methodology section for important information such as definitions, limitations and caveats.
s251 Budget - planned expenditure on other education and community budget
Filename
s251budget_other_education_communityv2.csv
Geographic levels
Local authority; National; Regional
Time period
2015-16 to 2021-22
Content
Data on planned other education and community spending
Variable names and descriptions
Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:
Variable name
Variable description
category_of_planned_expenditure
Category of planned expenditure
early_years_establishments
Early years establishments
gross_planned_expenditure
Gross planned expenditure
income
Income
net_per_capita_planned_expenditure
Net planned expenditure per capita
net_planned_expenditure
Net planned expenditure
post_16
Post 16 including sixth form and colleges
primary_schools
Primary schools
pupil_referral_units_and_alt_provision
Pupil referral units and alternative provision
secondary_schools
Secondary schools
sen_and_special_schools
SEN and Special schools
Footnotes
To reduce burden on local authorities during the pandemic, data on planned expenditure was not collected for the financial year 2020-21. As a result, there is a break in the time series.
Before using this data, please check the methodology section for important information such as definitions, limitations and caveats.
Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:
Variable name
Variable description
category_of_planned_expenditure
Category of planned expenditure
early_years_establishments
Early years establishments
gross_planned_expenditure
Gross planned expenditure
income
Income
net_per_capita_planned_expenditure
Net planned expenditure per capita
net_planned_expenditure
Net planned expenditure
post_16
Post 16 including sixth form and colleges
primary_schools
Primary schools
pupil_referral_units_and_alt_provision
Pupil referral units and alternative provision
secondary_schools
Secondary schools
sen_and_special_schools
SEN and Special schools
Footnotes
To reduce burden on local authorities during the pandemic, data on planned expenditure was not collected for the financial year 2020-21. As a result, there is a break in the time series.
Dedelegated items are those that the local authority retains central control over rather than delegating funds to individual schools to spend.
FSM expenditure in line 1.1.4 relates to expenditure on determining the eligibility of a pupil for free school meals
Before using this data, please check the methodology section for important information such as definitions, limitations and caveats.
Net expenditure per pupiil on items relating to total pupils aged 3-19 in LA maintained and recoupment academies
Footnotes
To reduce burden on local authorities during the pandemic, data on planned expenditure was not collected for the financial year 2020-21. As a result, there is a break in the time series.
Before using this data, please check the methodology section for important information such as definitions, limitations and caveats.
Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:
Variable name
Variable description
cyps
Total planned spend on children's and young peoples services
other_education
Total planned spend on other education and community budget
schools
Total planned spend on schools
Footnotes
To reduce burden on local authorities during the pandemic, data on planned expenditure was not collected for the financial year 2020-21. As a result, there is a break in the time series.
Before using this data, please check the methodology section for important information such as definitions, limitations and caveats.