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
- Published
- Last updated
Get help by contacting us
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
Opening times
Monday to Friday from 9.30am to 5.30pm (closed on bank holidays)
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
Minister for Children and Families
Minister for Early Education
Minister for School Standards
Minister for Skills
Special adviser
Special adviser
Special adviser
Special adviser
Special adviser
Permanent secretary
Deputy director for press office
Deputy director, Funding policy unit
Deputy Head of Profession for Statistics
Funding officer - Funding Data and Financial Monitoring Team
Grade 6 - Funding policy unit
Grade 7 - Early Years Funding team
Grade 7 - High Needs SEN funding
Grade 7 - Local Government Funding
Head of Data and Quality Assurance - funding division
Head of Early Years Funding
Head of Profession for Statistics
Media Officer
Policy Advisor - Early Years Funding Policy Unit
Policy advisor - Family Hubs Programme
Policy advisor - Funding Policy Unit – Early Years
Programme Delivery Lead - ESFA
SARDIS Director
School Funding and Regulation.
Senior executive officer - Funding Data and Financial Monitoring Team
Social Media Team
Team Leader - Operational Research