Budgeted Expenditure on Special Educational Needs (SEN) Provision, 2008-09

Statistics on budgeted expenditure on Special Educational Needs (SEN) Provision include data for Wales as reported by Welsh Local Education Authorities for 2008-09.  The latest release updates the statistics previously released on 3 July 2007.

The key points from the latest release are:

• Total expenditure on SEN provision in 2008-09 is budgeted to be £321 million. This represents an increase of 4.5% on the previous year's budget.
• In terms of budgeted SEN expenditure per pupil, the highest spender is Ceredigion, whilst Rhondda Cynon Taf has the lowest budget per pupil.
• Delegated expenditure to special schools accounts for 21% of the total budgeted SEN expenditure in 2008-09.  Notional allocations within nursery, primary, and secondary schools account for a further 34% of the total.  The remaining 45% is made up of money held centrally by LEAs.
• Denbighshire delegates the highest proportion of SEN budgets to schools at 75%, whilst Isle of Anglesey delegates the lowest at 22%.

Further information can be found on the StatsWales website.

Contact

Tel: 029 2082 3519
E-mail: stats.finance@wales.gsi.gov.uk

Next update

June 2009 (provisional - to be confirmed on the 'Due Out Soon' page)