Council and democracy

Table 1 - Total planned expenditure by the LEA (Section 52 - 2003/2004 Archived Document)

This statement shows how the total resources available for the education aspects of the CSF service have been allocated between schools and non-schools aspects of the service.

The government prescribes in some detail the expenditure and income that relates to each part of the Statement.

The Schools Budget part of the Statement details income, costs and overheads appropriately apportioned between school types across the various categories of spending.

This statement is significantly more detailed than the comparative statement for 2002/03.

The LEA activities are sub-divided into five main categories:

1. Strategic management - overall management of the LEA's responsibilities in relation to education, including service planning, financial management, support for personnel management and compliance with statutory regulations
2. Specific Grants - grant funded expenditure including LEA contributions, but excluding Standards Fund that is not devoted to schools
3. Special Education - expenditure on functions relating to individual pupils with special educational needs, including assessment of children, child protection, parent partnership guidance and promotion of good practice and collaboration
4. School Improvement - provision for preparing, reviewing and implementing the school improvement plans incorporated within the statutary Education Development Plan (EDP)
5. Access - provision of an education infrastructure of school places, buildings and facilities, activities designed to ensure that children can take up a place at school and attend school

The annex to Table 1 details activities on youth and community, other than the provision of compulsory and post-16 education in schools, that are entirely within the control of the LEA, and on student support.

The memorandum items relate, for the most part, to the income and expenditure from the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) to fund post-16 pupils.