Leeds Schools Agency Staff Expenditure to Third Parties

Leeds Local Education Authority data details payments from all its schools to third-party agencies for temporary staffing cover. The dataset was published by the Government Digital Service under the UK Open Government Licence. Its last recorded update was on 2019-02-12 12:29:42.928000.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in temporary staffing expenditure based on payment amounts to third parties.
• Benchmark school-level spending on agency staff across the Leeds LEA.
• Assess the financial scale of outsourced labor in the public education sector.
• Support budget transparency and accountability initiatives for local government spending.

Strengths

• Data covers all schools within the Leeds Local Education Authority, providing a complete jurisdictional view.
• Specific focus on payments to third parties for temporary staffing offers clear financial scope.
• Published under the permissive Open Government Licence, facilitating reuse.

Limitations

• Last updated 2019-02-12 12:29:42.928000; freshness should be verified.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service

Collection Method

Likely compiled from financial reports or payment systems of schools within the Leeds LEA.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2019-02-12 12:29:42.928000

Geography

Leeds, United Kingdom (Local Education Authority)