Budgeted Expenditure on Special Educational Needs (SEN) Provision, 2008-09
The latest National Statistics on Budgeted expenditure on Special Educational Needs (SEN) Provision: 2008-09 produced by the Welsh Assembly Government were released on 19 June 2008 according to the arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority.
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 Release
Statistical Release 83/2008 (PDF 160kB)
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)