Council and democracy

Table 1 - The total planned education spending by the LEA (Section 52 2004/2005 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 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 information
4. School Improvement - provision for preparing, reviewing and implementing the school improvement plans incorporated within the statutory 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

There are two annexes to table 1:

1. Central Expenditure Limit - relates to the central expenditure of the LEA within the schools budget
2. Youth Service - relates to the planned expenditure of the Youth Service

The memorandum items in table 1 relate, for the most part, to the income and expenditure from the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) to fund post-16 pupils.