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Local Education Authorities (LEA) 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 2006 the LEA must prepare a Section 52 Budget Statement for 2006/2007 financial year).

After the end of that financial year LEAs 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 LEAs 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 LEA and publication on a website maintained by the LEA and accessible to the public.

The Department for Children, Schools and Familiesls maintains a website covering combined information for all LEAs 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 LEA 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 LEA. 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 LEA 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 LEAs area.

View all the budget statements below:

2008-2009

2007-2008

2006 - 2007

2005 - 2006

2004 - 2005

2003 - 2004

The Outturn Statement

is intended to

  • provide details about schools and LEA 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:

2003 - 2004

2004 - 2005

2005 - 2006

2006-2007

Contact Details

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Wiltshire County Council
Department for Children and Education
Children and Education Finance
County Hall
Bythesea Road
Trowbridge
Wiltshire
BA14 8JB

By Email

edfinance@wiltshire.gov.uk

By Telephone

01225 713618

By Fax

01225 713569

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