UK Local Authority Education and Children's Social Care Expenditure, 2009-10

Local authority outturn statements detail actual expenditure on education and children's social care functions, as required by law. The data includes details on the size and amount of school revenue balances. These official statistics are produced by the UK Department for Education.

Use Cases

• Analyze local authority spending patterns on education based on the reported outturn statements.
• Track the distribution and size of school revenue balances across different authorities.
• Benchmark expenditure between different local authorities for the 2009-10 financial year.
• Study the financial impact of statutory reporting requirements under section 251 of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009.

Strengths

• Data is designated as Official Statistics, indicating a formal production process.
• Covers the 2009-10 financial year, providing a specific temporal snapshot.
• Incorporates school revenue balance statistics previously published separately.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect temporal bias inherent to the single year 2009-10.

Provenance

Source

Department for Education

Collection Method

Mandatory submissions from Local Authorities under section 251 of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009.

Time Range

2009-10

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:32:56.785360; freshness should be verified.

Geography

United Kingdom (Local Authorities)