Budgeted Expenditure on Special Educational Needs (SEN) Provision, 2011-12
The latest National Statistics on Budgeted expenditure on Special Educational Needs (SEN) Provision: 2011-12 produced by the Welsh Government were released on 14 June 2011 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 Authorities for 2011-12.
The key points from the latest release are:
- Total expenditure on SEN provision is budgeted to be £348 million.
- Isle of Anglesey has the largest SEN budget per pupil at £1,024, whilst the Vale of Glamorgan has the smallest SEN budget per pupil at £549.
- Delegated expenditure to special schools accounts for 22% of the total budgeted SEN expenditure. Notional allocations within nursery, primary and secondary schools account for a further 38% of the total. The remaining 40% is made up of money held centrally by local authorities.
- Denbighshire delegates the largest proportion of their SEN budget to their schools at 78%, whilst Isle of Anglesey delegates the smallest at 18%.
- Total SEN expenditure per pupil for Wales is budgeted to be £770. This is made up of delegated expenditure at £461 per pupil and non-delegated expenditure at £309 per pupil.
Further information
Contact
Tel: 029 2082 3519
E-mail: stats.finance@wales.gsi.gov.uk
Next update
June 2012 (provisional - to be confirmed on the 'Due Out Soon' page)
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