Statistics release cancelled
The Department for Education has been publishing information on planned LA and school expenditure for education, children's services (including youth justice), early years, and high needs place funding since 2001-02. The aim of this publication is to provide information on local authority spending plans both at national level and for each local authority. We have reviewed the value and quality of this publication and invited feedback from users during late 2024/early 2025.
Given low engagement with the release and feedback, we are ceasing publication of this official statistics series. The data from the section 251 budget collection will continue to be made available annually on the guidance page for section 251 budget (opens in a new tab) https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/section-251-2024-to-2025 , in the data tool which provides national, regional, and local authority data along with a statistical neighbour’s option.