Local Authorities are required under section 251 of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 to prepare and submit an education and children’s social care budget statement (containing details of the LAs funding plans for the financial year) before the start of each financial year. These statistics provide a detailed picture of local authority planned expenditure.
Tables making up the statement -
LA TABLE – an overall picture of the LA’s planned spending on educational provision (both school and non-school) as well as the amount being spent on children’s services provision. Information provided in this Table enables a comparison to be made between the funding being allocated direct to schools and the amount being spent other than on schools, retained centrally or devolved by the LA.
SCHOOL TABLE REPORT – summarises the places for Alternative Provision (AP) and High needs settings.
EARLY YEARS PROFORMA – shows how the formula for early years settings is calculated.
