S.251 Outturn Statements

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Section 251 Outturn Statements

Purpose of financial statements

It is a statutory duty that Local Authorities (LAs) must publish their outturn statements as and when prescribed in the administrative Direction issued by the Secretary of State for Education. 

The section 251 Outturn statement is intended to:

·        provide schools, parents and others with an interest in education and children services with details about schools and LA funding and expenditure;

·        provide data for the Departmental Annual Report (DAR);

·        inform policy making;

·        inform the Treasury for monitoring purposes;

·        inform Parliament in its role of monitoring the Department’s accountability for public funds.  MPs ask about school and authority expenditure via the mechanisms of Parliamentary Questions or through the Education Select Committee.

It is important that schools forums and others have finance data available to them to inform debate about differing levels of expenditure between LAs and between schools.  Therefore, all statements are prepared to a common format.

The s.251 outturn reports for the period 2010-11

Documents in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF):

• Table A - Spending by Schools [PDF 28 KB]  
• Table A1 – Children and Young People’s Services [PDF 26 KB] 
• Table B – Spending by Schools (detailed breakdown) [PDF 27 KB]

Documents in Microsoft Excel Format:

• Table A - Spending by Schools [Excel 28 KB]  
• Table A1 – Children and Young People’s Services [Excel 26 KB] 
• Table B – Spending by Schools (detailed breakdown) [Excel 27 KB]