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Education Expenditure, Bristol

Answer

The information requested is set out in the following table:

Budgeted net expenditure on the provision of education for children with special educational needs in Bristol local authority since 2000-01— Cash terms figures as reported Bristol local authority as at 26 June 2006
	£
2000-01	22,602,000
2001-02	28,522,000
2002-03	28,361,000
2003-04	30,917,000
2004-05	30,758,000
2005-06	32,844,000
2006-07	35,097,000
Notes:
1. Includes planned expenditure on the provision for pupils with statements and the provision for non-statemented pupils with SEN, support for inclusion, inter authority recoupment, fees for pupils at independent special schools and abroad, educational psychology service, local authority functions in relation to child protection, therapies and other health related services, parent partnership, guidance and information, the monitoring of SEN provision and inclusion administration, assessment and co-ordination. Also included is the funding delegated to nursery, primary and secondary schools identified as "notional SEN" and the individual schools budget (ISB) for special schools. Does not include any contribution to combined budgets or fees for pupils at independent schools for pupils without SEN.
2. The ISB for special schools will include some general education costs for pupils with SEN in addition to those costs specifically for SEN while the figures recorded against "notional SEN" are only indicative of the amount that might by spent by schools on SEN. From 2004-05 onwards "notional SEN" delegated to nursery schools was reported on Section 52 for the first time and accounts for £0.5 million, £0.6 million and £0.6 million of the 2004-05, 2005-06 and 2006-07 totals respectively. In 2005-06 and 2006-07, Bristol LA also budgeted £3.7 million and £5.3 million for SEN transport expenditure but this is not included in the above table as figures are not available prior to 2005-06.
3. Figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000.
4. 2006-07 data is provisional and is therefore subject to change by the local authority.
Source:
The data are drawn from Bristol local authority's Section 52 Budget Statements (tables 1 and 2) submitted to the DfES.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

80590; 448 c468-9W

Session

2005-06

Subjects

Bristol Special educational needs

Link

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