Information about budget and outturn statements on the planned and expected expenditure of local authority education and children’s social care functions, as required under Section 251 of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009.
Section 251
Budget Instructions
Instructions and Guidance for the financial reporting on the s251 Budget 2013-14 data collection.
General article 19 March 2013
S251 news
Updates to information on Section 251 of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009.
General article 21 February 2013
School balances
Data on school balances.
General article 06 February 2013
Outturn guidance
Access to guidance and further information for local authorities regarding Section 251 outturn statement
General article 01 February 2013
Section 251 Workbooks - Outturn 2011-12
You can download the Section 251 outturn workbooks from these pages.
Multi-page article 28 January 2013
S251 Workbooks: Budget 2012-13
Download the Section 251 budget workbooks from these pages.
Multi-page article 04 October 2012
Contact details for LA chief finance officers
A downloadable list of contact details for all 152 LA chief finance officers.
General article 04 October 2012
Benchmarking tables of LA planned expenditure: 2012-13
Information about benchmarking tables of planned expenditure drawn from the published Section 251 budget statements for the 2012-13 financial year.
General article 28 September 2012
S251 budget 2012-13 data
From this page you can download the following summary - level LA budget data, detailed level information for both LAs and schools budget data.
General article 26 September 2012
Administrative directions
Budget and outturn administrative directions.
General article 20 June 2012
