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Data Provider: Welsh Government National Statistics Education revenue outturn expenditure, by service (£ thousand)
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[Collapse]Net current expenditureClick here to sortNet current expenditure[Expand]Click here to sortSpecific and special government grants
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[Collapse]Total delegated schools expenditure3,081,543-257,7782,823,765-469,537
Total delegated schools expenditure[Expand]Total expenditure delegated to nursery schools5,732-9484,785-1,271
[Expand]Total expenditure delegated to primary schools1,513,918-127,8301,386,088-236,485
[Expand]Total expenditure delegated to secondary schools1,204,681-98,4551,106,226-196,292
[Expand]Total expenditure delegated to special schools168,921-13,739155,182-7,944
[Expand]Total expenditure delegated to middle schools188,290-16,806171,485-27,546
[Expand]Total Additional learning needs (school budget)137,289-8,432128,857-12,769
[Expand]Total Inter authority recoupment23,994-10,43413,560-841
[Expand]Total school catering127,695-40,67987,016-51,659
[Expand]Total other school budget74,933-11,02863,905-19,219
[Expand]Total Staff2,758-1,6101,148-452
[Expand]Total Capital expenditure charged to revenue account-6920-6920
[Expand]Total School budget3,447,520-329,9613,117,559-554,477
[Expand]Total Additional learning needs (LA budget)36,469-3,34633,123-6,548
[Expand]Total School improvement47,835-4,17743,658-14,056
[Expand]Total Access to education65,429-6,25859,171-24,356
[Expand]Total Home to school transport191,362-4,811186,550-166
[Expand]Total Strategic management68,457-7,07561,382-4,035
[Expand]Total other LA budget on schools8,497-2,3946,104-123
[Expand]Total LA budget418,049-28,061389,988-49,285
[Collapse]Total school expenditure3,865,569-358,0223,507,547-603,761
Total school expenditure[Expand]School expenditure - nursery8,497-1,3117,186-1,997
[Expand]School expenditure - primary1,872,170-175,1461,697,024-322,674
[Expand]School expenditure - secondary1,477,470-131,5051,345,965-235,488
[Expand]School expenditure - special290,732-29,345261,387-11,924
[Expand]School expenditure - middle216,700-20,716195,985-31,680
[Expand]COVID 19 - School Expenditure.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
[Collapse]Total non-school education expenditure104,756-15,98988,767-48,058
Total non-school education expenditure[Expand]Strategic management of non-school services1,738-231,714-399
[Expand]Access to Education (excluding transport) - non-school8980898-837
[Expand]Under 5 provision not in nursery, primary or special schools17,200-3,40413,796-5,171
[Expand]Adult education26,723-6,39820,325-17,643
[Expand]Youth service40,545-2,55237,993-20,496
[Expand]Community education1,414-1981,216-1,003
[Expand]Home to college transport13,157-2,67210,484-1
[Expand]Student support: discretionary awards11201120
[Expand]Student support: Assembly learning grant0000
[Expand]Student support: mandatory awards0000
[Expand]Other continuing education4040
[Expand]Residual pension liabilities: further education81108110
[Expand]Residual pension liabilities: other non-school services23402340
[Expand]Other LA budget (non-school)1,920-7411,180-2,507
[Expand]COVID 19 - Non-school education expenditure.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
[Expand]Total education revenue expenditure3,970,325-374,0113,596,314-651,819

Metadata

Title

Revenue outturn expenditure: education

Last update

October 2024 October 2024

Next update

October 2025

Publishing organisation

Welsh Government

Source 1

Revenue outturn (RO) data collection, Welsh Government

Contact email

stats.finance@gov.wales

Designation

National Statistics

Lowest level of geographical disaggregation

Local authorities

Geographical coverage

Local authorities

Languages covered

English and Welsh

Data licensing

You may use and re-use this data free of charge in any format or medium, under the terms of the Open Government License - see http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence

Weblinks

The associated statistical releases can be found via the links at the following webpage:
https://gov.wales/statistics-and-research?lang=en
A statistical quality report relating to all Local Government Finance statistical releases can be found at the following webpage:
https://gov.wales/local-government-finance-statistics-quality-report


General description

The Welsh Government conducts the revenue outturn survey. Data are available on net current expenditure for Wales by service category. The survey is conducted every summer with results available in October.

Data collection and calculation

The information presented here is collected via annual returns from Welsh Local Authorities.

Frequency of publication

Annual

Data reference periods

Data are shown for each financial year from 2013-14 onwards.

Keywords

Local Government Finance, education school revenue expenditure RO1

Statistical quality

See weblinks