Section 52/251 statements

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Index of Content

• The Budget Statement
• The Outturn Statement

Local Authorities (LA) are required under Section 52 of the Schools Standards and Framework Act 1998 to prepare a budget statement by the 31st March each year for the following financial year (e.g. by 31st March 2008 the LA should have prepared a Section 52 Budget Statement for 2009/2010 financial year).

After the end of that financial year LAs are also required to prepare an outturn statement, which provides details of expenditure for the financial year.

For both the budget and outturn statements, regulations and guidance are published each year, which prescribe the form and content of the statements. These are prescribed by the Secretary of State.

It is a statutory duty that LAs publish their budget and outturn statements. Under the regulations this is fulfilled by making a copy available for inspection at all times free of charge at each principal office of the LA and publication on a website maintained by the LA and accessible to the public.

The Department for Children, Schools and Families maintains a website covering combined information for all LAs going back over several years. View the DCSF Section 52 website.

The Budget Statement

The size of the Schools Budget and the amounts to be allocated to each factor depend on decisions taken by the LA before the prescribed period and the budget statements provide a means with which to inform schools and the public in general about the funding plans of the LA. The copy received by schools is intended to provide a clear picture of the authority’s planned spending:

• how much the Authority intends to spend outside the Schools Budget,
• how much the LA is proposing to retain centrally within the Schools Budget for school services and
• how the formula is working to produce budget shares for each school within the LAs area.

View all the budget statements below:

2010-2011

• Section 52 2010-2011 - Budget - CEL Table 57kb
• Section 52 2010-2011 - Budget - SBS Table 15kb
• Section 52 2010-2011 - Budget - Table 1 28kb
• Section 52 2010-2011 - Budget - Table 3b 16kb

2009-2010

• Section 52 2009-2010 - Budget - CEL Table 28kb .
• Section 52 2009-2010 - Budget - Early Years Table 26kb
• Section 52 2009-2010 - Budget - SBS Table 20kb
• Section 52 2009-2010 - Budget - Table 1 166kb
• Section 52 2009-2010 - Budget - Table 2 921kb
• Section 52 2009-2010 - Budget - Table 3a 2mb
• Section 52 2009-2010 - Budget - Table 3b 47kb
• Section 52 2009-2010 - Budget - Table 4 193kb

2008-2009

• Section 52 Budget Statement 2008 - 2009 - table 1 165kb
• Section 52 Budget Statement 2008 - 2009 - Youth Service annex to table 1 23kb
• Section 52 Budget Statement 2008 - 2009 - Central Expenditure Unit annex to table 1 35kb
• Section 52 Budget Statement 2008 - 2009 - Early Years annex to table 1 14kb
• Section 52 Budget Statement 2008 - 2009 - table 2 769kb
• Section 52 Budget Statement 2008 - 2009 - table 3a 1mb
• Section 52 Budget Statement 2008 - 2009 - table 3b 52kb
• Section 52 Budget Statement 2008 - 2009 - table 4 197kb
• Section 52 Budget Statement 2008 - 2009 - Schools Budget Summary table 24kb

2007-2008

• Section 52 Budget Statement 2007 - 2008 - table 1 128kb
• Section 52 Budget Statement 2007 - 2008 - Youth Service annex to table 1 25kb
• Section 52 Budget Statement 2007 - 2008 - table 2 631kb
• Section 52 Budget Statement 2007 - 2008 - table 3a 1mb
• Section 52 Budget Statement 2007 - 2008 - table 3b 19kb
• Section 52 Budget Statement 2007 - 2008 - table 4 177kb
• Section 52 Budget Statement 2007 - 2008 - Schools Budget Summary table 19kb

2006 - 2007

• Section 52 Budget Statement 2006 - 2007 5mb

2005 - 2006

• Section 52 Budget Statement 2005 - 2006 8mb

2004 - 2005

• Section 52 Budget Statement 2004 - 2005 - table 0 28kb
• Section 52 Budget Statement 2004 - 2005 - table 1 163kb
• Section 52 Budget Statement 2004 - 2005 - table 1a 24kb
• Section 52 Budget Statement 2004 - 2005 - table 2 1mb
• Section 52 Budget Statement 2004 - 2005 - table 3 1mb
• Section 52 Budget Statement 2004 - 2005 - table 4 2mb
• Section 52 Budget Statement 2004 - 2005 - table 5 51kb

2003 - 2004

• Section 52 Budget Statement 2003 - 2004 - table 0 23kb
• Section 52 Budget Statement 2003 - 2004 - table 1 109kb
• Section 52 Budget Statement 2003 - 2004 - table 1a 41kb
• Section 52 Budget Statement 2003 - 2004 - table 2 2mb
• Section 52 Budget Statement 2003 - 2004 - table 3 444kb
• Section 52 Budget Statement 2003 - 2004 - table 4 114kb
• Section 52 Budget Statement 2003 - 2004 - table 5 74kb

The Outturn Statement

is intended to:

• provide details about schools and LA funding and expenditure to schools, parents and others with an interest in education;
• provide data for the Departmental Annual Report
• inform policy making
• inform the Treasury for monitoring purposes
• inform parliament in its role of monitoring the department's accountability for public funds. MPs ask about school and authority expenditure via the mechanisms of Parliamentary Questions or through the Education Select Committee.

View all the outturn statements below:

2009 - 2010

• Section 52 Outturn Statement 2009-2010 table A 24kb
• Section 52 Outturn Statement 2009-2010 table A1 57kb
• Section 52 Outturn Statement 2009-2010 table B 364kb

2008 - 2009

• Section 52 Outturn Statement 2008-2009- table A 242kb
• Section 52 Outturn Statement 2008-2009 - Children and Young People annex to table A 97kb
• Section 52 Outturn Statement 2008-2009- table B 44kb

2007 - 2008

• Section 52 Outturn Statement 2007 - 2008 - table A
• Section 52 Outturn Statement 2007 - 2008 - Youth Service annex to table A 45kb
• Section 52 Outturn Statement 2007 - 2008 - table B 1mb

2006-2007

• Section 52 Outturn Statement 2006 - 2007 - table A 112kb
• Section 52 Outturn Statement 2006 - 2007 - Youth Service annex to table A 22kb
• Section 52 Outturn Statement 2006 - 2007 - table B 405kb

2005 - 2006

• Section 52 Outturn Statement 2005 - 2006 2mb

2004 - 2005

• Section 52 Outturn Statement 2004 - 2005 1mb

2003 - 2004

• Section 52 Outturn Statement 2003 - 2004 - table A 252kb
• Section 52 Outturn Statement 2003 - 2004 - table B 2mb

Last updated: 21 December 2010