UK Local Authority Planned Education Expenditure Benchmarking Tables, 2010-11

Benchmarking Tables of planned expenditure are drawn from the published Children, Schools and Families Financial Data Collection budget statements. The tables give detailed information on each authority's planned expenditure on education in a form which enables comparison between authorities. The data is designated as Official Statistics not designated as National Statistics and is published by the Department for Education.

Use Cases

• Benchmarking local education spending efficiency based on planned expenditure data.
• Analyzing budget allocation patterns across UK local authorities.
• Comparing financial priorities for children and schools services between regions.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from official budget statements, suggesting a structured collection process.
• Designed specifically for comparative analysis between authorities.
• Published under the Open Government Licence (OGL-UK-3.0), allowing for reuse.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data is from the 2010-11 period; freshness should be verified for current applications.

Provenance

Source

Department for Education

Collection Method

Drawn from the published Children, Schools and Families Financial Data Collection budget statements.

Time Range

2010-11

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:32:42.070837; freshness should be verified

Geography

United Kingdom (Local Authorities)