Planned LA and school expenditure
Local authority (LA) spending plans for education, children's services and social care.
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- Department for Education
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- Last updated
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If you have a specific enquiry about Planned LA and school expenditure statistics and data:
Pupil and school finance data team
Email: finance.statistics@education.gov.ukContact name: School Workforce and Finance team
Press office
If you have a media enquiry:
Telephone: 020 7783 8300
Public enquiries
If you have a general enquiry about the Department for Education (DfE) or education:
Phone: 0370 000 2288
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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.
Prime Minister
Secretary of State for Education
Minister of State for Schools
Parliamentary Under Secretary for the Lords
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Children and Families
Permanent Secretary
PS Advisors
Deputy Director - Private Office
Director - Education Funding Group
Director of Communications
Head of Media
Chief Media Officer
Chief Media Officer - News Division
Senior Media Officer x3 - News Division
Media Officer - News Division
Deputy Director - Early Years Funding and Markets
Deputy Director - Early Education Entitlements Portfolio
- Assistant Director - Data & Quality Assurance, Funding
- Team leader - Data & Quality Assurance, Funding
- Assistant Director - Early Years Funding
- Team leader - Early Years Funding
Team leader - Children's Social Care
Team leader - Early Years Providers and Regulation
Executive Officer - Early Years Providers and Regulation
Deputy Director - Child Protection and LA Performance
Assistant Director - Child Protection and LA Performance
Team leader - Children's Social Care Local Government Funding
Higher Executive Officer - Children's Social Care Local Government Funding
Deputy Director - Child Protection and LA Performance
Team leader - Social mobility, health and SEND in the Early Years
Deputy Director - Early Years Providers and Social Mobility
Assistant Director - Early Years Providers and Social Mobility